adminLawyer in trouble over ‘manufactured facts’
Midlands Bureau THE Law Society of Zimbabwe has given Gweru lawyer, Tonderai Chitere, a 14-day ultimatum to respond to allegations that he “manufactured facts” which contradicted with an accused person’s…
HIV+ patients warned against black market drugs
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter THE Government has warned people living with HIV and Aids against buying smuggled anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs from the black market as this exposes them to complications.
85pc confirm Midlands show presence
Midlands Bureau THE annual prime Midlands agricultural event, the Midlands Show, is on this month-end. Management team is wrapping up preparatory work for the yearly agricultural showcase.
Pensioner ordered to pay for grandkids’ upkeep
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter A WOMAN from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane suburb yesterday dragged her ex-husband to the Maintenance Court demanding money for her upkeep as well as that of her two…
Girl narrates 4-month sex slavery
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A 16 year-old girl has told the court how her step-father allegedly raped her daily over a four-month period. This was heard on Tuesday when Simbarashe Mwayenga, 41,…
Man ties wife to tree, whips her
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 30-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man tied his wife to a tree before assaulting her with a whip after accusing her of infidelity. Thulani Moyo appeared before Plumtree…
Gokwe man gets 21 years for killing brother
Lindani Dube Court Correspondent A GOKWE man has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for killing his brother. Enrod Mzira,43, had initially denied having killed his brother, William, 29, before Bulawayo…
Nkomo: Visionary leader, unifier and father figure
Yoliswa Dube Features Reporter ON July 1, 1999, a dark cloud hung over Zimbabwe after Umdala Wethu, Father Zimbabwe, Chibwechitedza — the late nationalist and Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo breathed…
Nkomo the trade unionist
THE late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo, one of the luminaries who founded this country started off as a trade unionist. He played a key role in the 1948 general strike,…
Kidnapped Israelis shot 10 times with silencer: lab
Jerusalem — Three Israeli teenagers who were abducted by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank last month were shot at least 10 times with a silenced gun in what appeared…