‘Congo militia leader ordered rapes, massacres’

THE HAGUE — A Congolese militia leader widely known as “the Terminator” ordered troops, including child soldiers, to massacre and rape civilians to spread terror and grab territory, prosecutors told…

PSMAS to hold special general meeting

GOVERNMENT has directed Premier Service Medical Aid Society to hold a special general meeting on Friday to dissolve the board and pave way for issuance of an operating licence for…

Prosecutor, cop arrested for demanding bribe

Masvingo Court Correspondent A POLICE officer attached to the Prosecutor General’s Office at the Masvingo magistrates’ court was arrested for allegedly soliciting a 900 rand bribe to facilitate the release …

Hubby brags about ‘infecting’ wife with HIV

Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman has dragged her husband to court alleging he was physically and verbally abusing her and bragging about having “infected” her with HIV.

Flood evacuees return home

Chronicle Reporter About 100 families who were on Saturday temporarily evacuated from their homes following heavy rains that flooded Manningdale Dam in Bulawayo have returned after council declared that the…

Mcheznana fears for life

Entertainment Reporter CONTROVERSIAL kwaito/hip-hop artiste Lwazi Skuza aka Mcheznana got his friends and family worried at the weekend when he raised alarm over fear of his life on his Facebook…

Police name accident victims

Midlands Reporter POLICE have released the names of the four accident victims who perished when a Zupco bus they were travelling in was swept away while trying to cross a …

Granny dies fetching firewood

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 90-YEAR-OLD Mangwe woman collapsed and died while gathering firewood in the company of her three-year-old grandson, police said. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Philisani…

Mat North STIs cases surge

Patrick Chitumba Victoria Falls Reporter Cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections rose to 11,000 in Matabeleland North last year from 8,000 in 2012. National Aids Council (NAC) provincial co-ordinator, Dingani Ncube…

Miner buried alive as shaft collapses

Midlands Reporter AN 18-year-old man from Kwekwe died on the spot after the mine shaft he was working in collapsed on Friday morning, police confirmed yesterday.