admin124 war vets convicted for illegal occupation
Walter Mswazie and Tawanda Mangoma ONE HUNDRED and twenty-four war veterans were yesterday found guilty by Chiredzi magistrate Honest Musiyiwa of illegally occupying sugar plantations in the lowveld. Their court…
Sekeramayi’s dying son robbed $20k
Harare Bureau DEFENCE Minister Dr Sydney Sekeramayi’s dying son was robbed of $20,000, it has been learnt. Shungu, 28, was travelling to Chirundu to meet Zambian business associates and had…
5,000 stampede for teaching course
Nyemudzai Kakore Harare Bureau SEKE Teachers’ College in Chitungwiza posted an advert inviting applications for teacher training — and 5,000 people turned up. The trouble? Well, there are only 500…
Macheso paternity saga takes new turn
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Harare Bureau The circus between Alick Macheso and his estranged second wife Fortunate Tafadzwa Mapako took a twist yesterday when it emerged that the artiste had not booked…
Girl, 9, raped thrice
Mpumelelo Nyoni Chronicle Reporter A NINE-year-old girl from Insuza under Headman Jefry Masuku in Matabeleland North has been raped thrice by three men since last year. This was revealed when…
Rape prophet jailed 18 years
Midlands Reporter A Gweru regional magistrate yesterday sentenced a self-proclaimed prophet and leader of an apostolic sect to 18 years in prison for raping a congregant. Wellington Lawa, 34, of…
Wood’s original will vanishes
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter AN original copy of a will that was reportedly left by Robert Wood, who was found hanged in his rented home two years ago, has vanished.…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s upgrade our airspace security
“Let’s improve the security around our minerals to prevent smuggling,” President Mugabe told an Ordinary Session of the Central Committee in Chinhoyi last December on the eve of Zanu-PF’s 14th…
Harare to turn party capital…Local celebs captain street parade
From Melissa Mpofu in Harare Harare will be a melting pot of cultures tomorrow when it hosts the climax of the Harare International Carnival with a street parade which will…
Maskiri joins ‘smart’ brigade
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent URBAN grooves bad boy Maskiri is now a smart man after he was circumcised in Harare yesterday at the City Centre Male Circumcision clinic, a procedure…