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Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A MAN from Plumtree who was accused of storming his 65-year-old grandmother’s hut and axing her to death before torching the woman’s grass thatched hut, has…
Teen gets 15 years jail for granny rape
Patience Mutsiwi Midlands Reporter An 18-year-old Silobela man will spend the next 15 years in jail for raping his 85-year-old grandmother. The man from Rungu Village, Chief Malisa, Lower Gweru, was convicted…
Woman tortures would be rapist
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A BRAVE married woman from Binga fought off a rapist who had sneaked into her bedroom hut at midnight by grabbing his manhood until he was…
Court waives inquest in baby’s death by fire
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief A FOUR-YEAR-OLD watched in horror as his one-year-old sibling was consumed by an inferno that gutted their house in Gweru while their parents had gone to…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Govt, civil servants must find best solution to salaries dispute
Government and civil servants meet again today for another round of talks centred on payment of this month’s salaries. The Government has since last month been engaging civil servants to…
Identity crisis causes moral decadence in youths
Mpumelelo Nyoni MORAL decadence among the youth in the country, and in Bulawayo in particular, has been increasing at an alarming rate. Just last week, reports in this paper revealed…
From Churchill to Blair: How British leaders have destroyed Iraq for over a century
Garikai Chengu After seven years, the Chilcot report has delivered a damning verdict on Tony Blair’s role in the war on Iraq, but British Prime Ministers playing a destructive role…
Chris Evans quits Top Gear
Chris Evans has admitted he’s “entirely sad” to leave his dream job on Top Gear and that he would have “loved” to carry on fronting the BBC show. The Radio 2…
Sulumani cancels show at 11th hour…Apologises to Bulawayo fans
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent DENDERA King Pin Sulumani Chimbetu has apologised to Bulawayo fans for cancelling his show at the 11th hour after he was requested by the First Lady Dr…
Winky D, Sulu in Midlands shutdown
Peter Matika Showbiz Reporter MUSIC legends, Winky D and Sungura maestro Suluman Chimbetu are billed for an explosive shindig in the usually sleepy town of Gweru at the end of this…