Child smuggling into SA causes concern

Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter SCORES of children are smuggled into South Africa from Zimbabwe everyday as child traffickers especially omalayitsha take advantage of lax immigration systems at the borders.

Man demands maintenance receipts

Mpumelelo Nyoni Chronicle Reporter A BULAWAYO man yesterday said he would only pay maintenance on condition that every expense is accounted for. Katazo Sibanda who was dragged to court by…

Defamation law struck down

Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau THE Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that criminal defamation must be struck off the statutes because it is not a justifiable law in a democratic society like…

BULILIMA GUN RAMPAGE

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A GUNMAN opened fire on a Bulilima family, killing a 22-year-old woman and wounding her grandmother, 60, shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

Masvingo poison mum ‘a serial killer’

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A WOMAN feared to have poisoned to death her two children and their cousin killed TWO other babies in the last three years, according to shock…

Woman dies on bus

Pamela Shumba  Senior Reporter PASSENGERS travelling on a Bulawayo-bound bus from South Africa yesterday panicked when a woman quietly passed away in her seat just after Esigodini.

Three commissioners for Lupane

Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing has appointed three commissioners to the Lupane Local Board to oversee development projects at the Matabeleland…

Russian journalist arrested

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter POLICE in Victoria Falls have arrested a Russian journalist for entering the country disguised as a geography teacher. Alert detectives at Victoria Falls Border Post…

Milton High teacher, pupil fight under probe

Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporter THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has instituted a probe into Wednesday’s fight between a Milton High School teacher and a Sixth Form pupil, amid…

Fighting flares up at DRC-Rwanda border

Kinshasa — Fighting flared up again on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo early yesterday, according to Congolese sources, the second day of skirmishes between two…