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Esau Mandipa TWO major events have changed the colour and taste of disability activism in Zimbabwe. The events are the adoption of a new Constitution in 2013 and the ratification…
Rise in cases of GBV cause for concern
Vaidah Mashangwa THE issue of gender based violence has reached unprecedented heights as perpetrators continue to butcher women and rape girls and children including babies. His Excellency, the President of…
Editorial Comment: Tsvangirai out to whittle down Biti’s support base
Democracy, freedom of expression and ambition are on trial in MDC-T. In his later-day version of The Night of the Long Knives, MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai moved on Thursday to…
Polygamy, Aids, conjugal rights
Perspective Stephen Mpofu Can it be said with equanimity that a decision by traditional leaders voluntarily to present themselves for HIV/Aids testing and counselling, as reported recently in the press,…
Teacher impregnates pupil, demands DNA tests
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A teacher at Majiji High School in Matabeleland North reportedly had sexual intercourse with a pupil and impregnated her and later asked her to conceal the…
1,3m Zimbabweans blind
Moleen Machingura Harare Bureau NEARLY 1,3 million Zimbabweans are blind and more will develop vision loss due to cataract-related ailments, a University of Zimbabwe ophthalmologist says.
Mangoma, colleagues defy expulsion
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter EXPELLED MDC-T deputy treasurer-general, Elton Mangoma and three other party executives have vowed to ignore the party’s national council decision to fire them, saying the action…
Umarobane caught off guard
Mpumelelo Nyoni and Filbert Ruwende Chronicle Reporters A 22-YEAR-OLD marobane — a popular name for shoplifters — from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo, ran out of luck on Thursday when…
Stepson framed for indecent assault
Patrick Chitumba Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman fabricated indecent assault charges against her step-son in a bid to have him incarcerated so that she could take over her late…
11 arrested, $50,000 goods seized from smugglers
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Police have arrested 11 suspects and recovered goods worth more than $50,000 that were being smuggled into the country from neighbouring South Africa.