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Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter ANOTHER Bulawayo laboratory services company has dragged the Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) to court for defaulting in settling more than $300,000 in claims…
More child abuse cases reported in Mat South
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent MATABELELAND South Province has recorded a rise in reported cases of child abuse this year compared to last year. Statistics from the National Aids Council (NAC)…
Woman seeks dissolution of 30-year marriage
Lethokuhle Moyo Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman yesterday begged a magistrate to dissolve her 30-year-old marriage after her husband deserted their matrimonial home 10 years ago.
Kombi crushes baby to death
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter A SEVEN weeks old baby girl was crushed to death when a kombi, which was being pushed to a service station, ran over her as her…
Duo remanded over housebreaking, theft
Emily Mbewe Court Reporter TWO suspects have been arrested for breaking into different houses and stealing property worth more than $8,000 after cutting burglar bars and using duplicate keys to…
Plumtree serial robber thrown behind bars
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 26-YEAR-OLD serial robber from Plumtree who robbed two women has been sentenced to a combined seven years in prison by two local magistrates.
Hooker arrests outlawed
Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau The Constitutional Court yesterday outlawed the arrest of women on charges of soliciting for paid sex in the absence of men confirming they were offered the…
Gender activists celebrate landmark ruling
Daisy Jeremani Gender Editor Women’s rights activists yesterday welcomed the ruling by the Constitutional Court barring police from arresting women on suspicion of soliciting for paid sex without a man…
No pay rise for civil servants
Harare Bureau THE government cannot afford to increase civil servants’ salaries as its annual employment costs have risen steeply from $550 million in 2009 to $3 billion now against falling…
3 dead in truck, bus sideswipe
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THREE women died yesterday while 13 other people were injured when a bus carrying them overturned at the 72km peg along the Zvishavane-Gweru highway after…