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  A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with an accomplice and lured their neighbour into a bush where they stripped him before strangling him and looting his house, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.   Victor Teera (30) of Pumula South was convicted of murder with constructive intent by retired Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Ndou.   Teera and his accomplice, Lungisani Dube who is on the run assaulted Mgcini Nyathi (21) before they…

A 25-year-old Figtree man who tracked and raped his mother’s 67 year-old drunken friend while she was coming from a beer drink, was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in jail. Smile Zikhali of Ezihwabeni village was convicted on his own plea of guilty to rape by Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Crispen Mberewere. He will serve an effective 10 years in jail after four years were suspended for five years on condition that he does…

A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from Masvingo Mavis Madenga allegedly axed her husband to death while he was sleeping before burning the body beyond recognition.   Madenga of Madenga village under Chief Mugabe had been accused by her husband of having extra-marital affairs with several villagers, including his uncle.   She allegedly woke up in the wee hours of Saturday morning, grabbed an axe and struck Joseph Marisa (40) who was fast asleep, thrice in the head….

ACTING President Emmerson Mnangagwa says banks are sitting on more than $9 billion as there are no takers due to the unavailability of viable projects.   The Acting President said on Wednesday that Government has engaged financial institutions to release funds to finance productive sectors of the economy and called on the generality of Zimbabweans, including youths, to come up with bankable projects which can be guaranteed by Government.   Delivering a public lecture on…

The MDC-T yesterday criticised Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede over his remarks that the government will not seek to re-align the Citizenship Act to the new Constitution regarding the issue of dual citizenship, claiming it posed a security threat to the country.Zimbabwe has an estimated three million of its nationals living in the Diaspora, mostly in South Africa and the United Kingdom, many of whom are now holders of dual citizenship. Mudede on Wednesday reportedly to a…

DEPUTY INFORMATION MINISTER MATHUTHU says everyone is allowed to use the public media to communicate messages As the public Broadcaster ZBC has continuously been blasted by the opposition political parties for being a mouth piece of the ruling Zanu PF, Deputy Minister of Information Media and Broadcasting Services Thokozile Mathuthu has said the public media can be used by everyone in the country to communicate a message. “In media, there is no policy which prevents…