adminGirl narrates 4-month sex slavery
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A 16 year-old girl has told the court how her step-father allegedly raped her daily over a four-month period. This was heard on Tuesday when Simbarashe Mwayenga, 41,…
Man ties wife to tree, whips her
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 30-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man tied his wife to a tree before assaulting her with a whip after accusing her of infidelity. Thulani Moyo appeared before Plumtree…
Gokwe man gets 21 years for killing brother
Lindani Dube Court Correspondent A GOKWE man has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for killing his brother. Enrod Mzira,43, had initially denied having killed his brother, William, 29, before Bulawayo…
Nkomo: Visionary leader, unifier and father figure
Yoliswa Dube Features Reporter ON July 1, 1999, a dark cloud hung over Zimbabwe after Umdala Wethu, Father Zimbabwe, Chibwechitedza — the late nationalist and Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo breathed…
Nkomo the trade unionist
THE late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo, one of the luminaries who founded this country started off as a trade unionist. He played a key role in the 1948 general strike,…
Kidnapped Israelis shot 10 times with silencer: lab
Jerusalem — Three Israeli teenagers who were abducted by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank last month were shot at least 10 times with a silenced gun in what appeared…
Hundreds celebrate S Sudan’s Uhuru
Juba — Thousands of South Sudanese waved flags at military parades to mark three years of independence yesterday, despite little to celebrate in a war-torn young nation ravaged by ethnic…
Somali troops retake presidential palace
Somali troops have retaken the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu after al-Shabab fighters forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with soldiers and guards.
Fresh start for scandal-dogged Vatican bank
Vatican City — The Vatican was expected to name a French businessman to head up its scandal-prone bank yesterday as part of a radical overhaul of the murky institution ordered…
‘Good news’ soon on kidnapped girls
Aabuja — Nigeria’s National Council of State is promising to deliver “some good news” very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.