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Nyemudzai Kakore Herald Reporter ZIMBABWE’S major local authorities are owed more than US$500 million in bills by residents, Government, industry and commerce, a situation that has seen various councils failing to…
4 elephants killed in fresh cyanide poisoning
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter FOUR elephants have died from fresh cyanide poisoning at Zambezi National Park raising fears that more game could be killed by poachers using the deadly chemical.
8 000 tonnes sugar bootleg seized
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter POLICE in Harare have bust a sugar smuggling syndicate and recovered over 8 000 tonnes worth thousands of dollars at two warehouses in the city’s industrial area.
Govt to address media polarisation
Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau THE government has expressed concern over polarisation that characterised the country’s media industry in the past 15 years adding that the vice will be dealt with accordingly…
Minister ordered out of lodgings
Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The High Court has ordered Environment, Water and Climate Deputy Minister Engineer Simon Musanhu to vacate the premises he is renting after his appeal to remain…
Woman jailed for strangling baby
Lindani Dube Hwange Court Correspondent A 21-YEAR-OLD Plumtree woman strangled her one- month-old baby girl and buried her in a shallow grave along Manzamnyama River, telling a court that her…
Luck runs out for bogus cops
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A quest for quick buck backfired for two bogus cops who were terrorising motorists along Josiah Tongogara Avenue near State House in Harare.
Rape a virgin sangomas denounced
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter SOME traditional healers have been accused of fuelling rape crimes by lying to people that sleeping with virgins cures diseases and brings riches.
MDC-T sodomy case: Lawyer warned
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter MDC-T Harare Ward 33 (Budiriro) councillor Sydney Chirombe’s lawyer, was yesterday clutching at straws trying to defend his client, who was allegedly caught sodomising another man in…
Grade 6 boy waylays, rapes three pupils
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A 13-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho boy waylaid three girls as they were coming from school and indecently assaulted them before raping them in a bush.