Courts won’t tolerate sodomy: Magistrate
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A 19-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sodomy. Nkosentsha Ndlovu from Lobengula, who was being charged with indecent assault, pleaded…
Residents petition council
Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporter PUMULA South residents have petitioned the Bulawayo City Council over critical water shortages in some sections of the suburb. In a petition addressed to the mayor…
Woman implicated in sister’s rape
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 26-YEAR-OLD Mangwe woman is in trouble for allegedly assisting her two workmates to rape her 14-year-old sister. Lebani Dube appeared before Plumtree magistrate Gideon Ruvetsa…
Father rapes daughter, 10, to get rich
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man who pleaded with his wife to sleep with his own daughter claiming that it would bring an end to their problems, was yesterday…
Infant, 5, admitted after youth, 17, rape
Victoria Falls Reporter A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after being sexually abused by a 17-year-old boy from a neighbouring village.
Bulilima shooting saga: Third house torched
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A THIRD hut was torched in Dombodema, Bulilima amid revelations that police investigations indicate that seven shots were fired in the same district where a 22-year-old…
Experts defend telecoms wizard
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter INFORMATION Communications Technology (ICTs) experts have defended Velaphi Hlabangani who was recently fined for operating a “mobile call centre’” without a licence saying the country needs…
Timely boost for women in mining
Daisy Jeremani Gender Editor THE United Women Miners Association got a boost when they received $20,000 from the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development to buy a stamp…
$2,4bn agriculture fund launched
Harare Bureau THOUSANDS of farmers are set to benefit from a $2,4 billion agriculture fund launched at the Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare on Thursday.
Man fined for insulting daughter
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 46-YEAR-OLD Bulilima man has been fined $20 for calling his 14 year-old daughter a slut and using other vulgar words. Plumtree magistrate Gideon Ruvetsa has…



