adminPresidential guard guilty of carjacking
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A MEMBER of the Presidential guard based in Harare teamed up with a friend to rob a Bulawayo motorist of his vehicle and valuables. Zvikomborero Sigudu (25) and…
No jail for Ingutsheni staff who beat up mental patient
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has quashed a two-year jail term for three Ingutsheni Central Hospital workers who were convicted of assaulting a mental patient for refusing to…
Step-daughter rapist jailed 17 years
Tanaka Mrewa Court Reporter A MAN from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for raping his stepdaughter. The stepfather (43) raped the girl (17) while her…
Man up for rape of 2 kids
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A MAN from Pumula in Bulawayo allegedly raped his niece and her friend aged six and eight respectively. The man (41) allegedly raped the two children at his…
Disciplinary hearing for gold mine cops
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief FOUR senior police officers have appeared before a disciplinary hearing for allegedly operating a gold mine in violation of the Police Act. Chief Superintendent Fiona Hlomani and…
Nssa sues college over $120,000 debt
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has taken Foundation College to court for failing to settle a debt of more than $120,000 in contributions accrued over…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s curb rape, abuse of young girls
ELSEWHERE on these pages, we publish a disturbing story detailing shocking statistics released by the police yesterday in which they revealed that about 325 girls are raped in the country…
New farming methods to counter climate change
Senior Reporter Leonard Ncube MOST farmers in Zimbabwe, both commercial and communal, want to quickly forget the 2015-2016 farming season. It is the year in which a ravaging El-Nino driven drought left…
Death of so-called revolutionaries
Analysis Stephen Mpofu Façade-democracy dies once adversarial pressure is mounted on it as a litmus test of its staying power. And so like façade democracy, façade-revolutionaries die the moment the enemies of…
Goodbye Cloud Nine . . . hello Club 263
Melissa Mpofu Showbiz Editor— BULAWAYO’s night life will never be the same again as almost each week, a new nightclub is opening. First to open was strip club – Private Lounge then…