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Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau— MURDER suspects could avoid the death penalty in Zimbabwe by skipping the border into South Africa, which now says it will only extradite suspects if capital punishment…
MPs speak on US ties
Harare Bureau— LEGISLATORS implicated in secret meetings with United States embassy officials, briefing them on classified internal discussions related to the party’s succession and receiving finances for their work, have…
Man up for sex attacks on street kids
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A 38-YEAR-OLD man allegedly sodomised four street kids after promising to accommodate and take them away from the streets. Elton Ngwenya allegedly forced the four boys to have…
Graft major ailment derailing economy: Mavhaire
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent THIEVING government officials are forcing the country to import major goods and services as they misappropriate resources to enrich themselves, a senior official has said. Zanu-PF Secretary for…
War vets endorse President
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter WAR veterans in Matabeleland North met in Lupane on Saturday and endorsed President Mugabe as the party’s sole candidate for the Zanu-PF elective congress in…
Cops, gold panners in running battles
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter ABOUT 500 illegal gold panners at Inyathi fought running battles with the police over the weekend over a gold mining claim in Motapa area. Scores of panners are…
SOLDIER BASHES COP HUBBY…Midnight row over hooker’s panties
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A POLICE officer arrived home at midnight waving a pair of woman’s panties and told his soldier wife: “I’ve just had unprotected sex with a hooker.” Onwell Mtetwa,…
‘Tertiary education curriculum to be reviewed’
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent THE government is reviewing tertiary institutions’ curriculum to ensure that they offer degree and diploma programmes that are relevant to the country’s economic and industrial requirements.…
Bank robber jailed 4 years
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent AN ARMED robber who was part of a three-man gang that raided Agribank in Maphisa and got away with just over $36,000 has been jailed for…
Garnishee order cancelled as woman fails to turn up for DNA test
Lethokuhle Moyo Court Reporter A WOMAN from Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb who failed to pitch up for a DNA test to establish paternity in a maintenance case, was yesterday denied a…