ZUMA RECALL UPDATE: Hawks arrest three people Gupta compound

The Hawks have confirmed that three people have been arrested at the Gupta family compound in Saxonwold, among them a Gupta brother and associate.

ZUMA RECALL UPDATE: Unite behind the NEC: ANCWL

The ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) is singing a different tune after the NEC’s decision on Monday to recall President Jacob Zuma.

Sleeping with wrong hubby: Accused fined

Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
A Harare man who was accused of raping his housemate’s wife who responded thinking it was her husband, was acquitted of rape but the magistrate found him guilty of indecent assault.

Thornycroft wins top rowing award

TOP Zimbabwean female rower Micheen Thornycroft got any early Valentine’s Day present when she was yesterday named as the winner of the 2017 Filippi Spirit Award.

Govt plans to cut prison population

Walter Nyamukondiwa in KADOMA
Government intends to release about 3 000 inmates and de-congest prison population as reports of crowding and attendant malnutrition have seen more than 578 inmates needing urgent medical attention.

ZUMA RECALL UPDATE: Presidency planned for, then withdrew 10:00 media briefing plans

The Presidency had initially planned to hold a media briefing for President Jacob Zuma at the Union Building at 10:00 on Wednesday, but the request was later withdrawn, an official email shows.

Uncollected garbage triggers outcry in city

Mellisa Mutasa Herald Reporter Harare residents have voiced concern over council’s failure to collect garbage, especially in high-density suburbs. Residents feel such incompetence, particularly during the current rainy season, is…

Armed robber gets 42-year jail term

Heather Charema  in Kadoma
A notorious machete-wielding robber, who terrorised Kadoma and Chegutu residents, has been jailed 42 years after being convicted on five counts of armed robbery.

Academic freedom and reason in Zimbabwe

Sharon Hofisi Legal Letters
IN  and around Zimbabwe, there are academics that burn out for improving the theory and practice of education in many disciplines. Not just that but the iconic role and place of the academic in our society fit for the roll of honour. The academic has many hats: the voice of reason, the conscience of the society, and if truth be said, she towers head and shoulders over her contemporaries in many ways than one: teaching or lecturing; research; and supervision of student researches.

Panner arrested for murder

Police in Shurugwi have arrested a 57-year-old gold panner who, together with three accomplices, reportedly murdered an alleged leader of a rival gang due to a dispute over a gold claim.