Peace pope

VATICAN.—Peace be with all of you! Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV just after Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost was elected the 267th Bishop of Rome.

MAN REGRETS AFFAIR WITH ‘MARRIED’ WOMAN

A 31-year-old man is regretting bedding a ‘married’ woman he claims lured him by asking him to help her have a baby after years of trying, and failing, with her husband.

FUNERAL COVER FIRMS REJECT 122-YR-OLD MAN…Four firms in SA, Zim say NO to Sekuru Banda…They say he is a high-risk client likely to die soon…Banda must be the oldest person in the world now

HE has outlived the colonial era, the two World Wars and the pandemics which struck the globe but Sekuru Anuloisa Banda, who is 122 years-old, can’t get funeral cover to help offset the funeral costs when death finally catches up with him.

WE WERE SOLICITING FOR PROSTITUTION, SAY NINE WOMEN

THE nine women who went viral over the weekend after being accused of advertising illegal massage and sexual services on social media platforms, have pleaded guilty to the offence.

Rural industrialisation in motion

Ray Bande Senior Reporter THE Government’s Rural Industrialisation Policy and thrust has received a significant boost from private investors that are injecting substantial funds into cutting-edge monitoring and production technologies…

Mutare keeps bed bugs at bay

Tendai Gukutikwa Post Reporter IN a proactive bid to prevent a bed bug outbreak — City of Mutare — has launched an emergency fumigation programme, targeting Bako Flea Market and…

Brother murdered over dog fight

Ray Bande Senior Reporter A FIGHT between dogs belonging to two brothers from Chipinge sparked a long-standing family feud, culminating in the brutal murder of one of them. Police in…

National Championships: The lessons learnt

Ray Bande Senior Reporter THE Basketball Union of Zimbabwe National Clubs Basketball Championship 2025 has come and gone, but the lessons learnt and memories created will linger in the minds…

World leaders in Moscow . . . As Russia celebrates World War II victory

Kuda Bwititi in Moscow, Russia SADC chair, President Mnangagwa, who is in Moscow, will today to join other world leaders at a high-profile ceremony marking Russia’s victory in World War…

122-year-old uKhulu Banda rejected by FOUR funeral cover providers. . . ‘He CAN DIE ANYTIME,’ they say!

Raymond Jaravaza, B-Metro Reporter HE’S outlived the colonial era, all the world wars, independence, and more presidents than we care to count, but Anuloisa Banda, at a mind-blowing 122 years…

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