Amnesty International Alarmed, By 18 Murders Of Albinos & 5 Abductions Of Malawi Albinos In 19 Months

  LONDON — An increase in the number of attacks on people with albinism in Malawi since late 2014 by people seeking their body parts for witchcraft prompted Amnesty International to call yesterday for authorities to do more to punish those responsible. The human rights group said April was the bloodiest month for attacks on albinos in the southern African nation, with four people murdered including a child aged under two. The child’s father and…

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Supreme Court To Determine Whether Or Not Chivayo Should Be Acquitted On Money Laundering Charges.

 THE Supreme Court will next month determine whether or not controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo should be acquitted on money laundering charges.   The Registrar of the Supreme Court has set down the challenge for July 21 at 9.30am.   Chivayo was in 2005 jailed five years for money laundering, which involved R837 000 by the High Court.   Two years were conditionally set aside, leaving him to serve an effective three years in prison.  …

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The Late, Hit-and-run Victim,17-Year-Old Jocelyn’s Mum Collapses In Court

The mother of the Form Four Harare Girls High School pupil, who was recently ran over and killed by a negligent commuter omnibus driver, yesterday collapsed in court and was rushed to hospital. Evelyn Gomba had attended the court hearing of Wadzanayi Mabika (41), who killed her 17-year-old daughter Jocelyn and seriously injured Odwell Mabanga before he fled to South Africa. Gomba died on the spot while Mabanga sustained serious spinal injuries and has since…

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Two Zimbabwean Men Stripped, Gagged, Tied, Cut Up And Killed A Colleague With A Hacksaw.

Two Zimbabwean Men  Stripped, Gagged, Tied,  Cut Up And Killed A Colleague With A Hacksaw.

      TWO homeless men allegedly stripped their colleague, gagged him and tied his hands and legs with a rope and chopped him with a hacksaw after accusing him of informing the police of their shenanigans. Never Nyarambi and Alfred Chitate, approached the unnamed man at his sleeping spot armed with a hacksaw and stones, where they assaulted him. It is the State’s case that Nyarambi took out the hacksaw and cut the deceased…

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Permanant Secretaries Have Been Spooked By Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Blitz

Permanent secretaries yesterday expressed outrage over the behaviour of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to ambush them and accuse them of alleged crimes committed by officials in parastatals and state-owned enterprises under their purview. Some of the affidavits, signed by chief investigations officer Servious Kufandada, cited the permanent secretaries as accused persons even when most of the cases said to be under investigation belong to their respective parastatals. It also emerged yesterday that while the…

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The Girl Child Has Spoken!-‘Hit And Run Kombi Driver, Mabika, Sentenced To Six Years, Eight Month In Prison’

Breaking News: Hit-and-run kombi driver gets 6 years The Hit and run kombi driver, Wadzanai Mabika, who  had fled to Polokwane South Africa after  knocking down and killing a Form Four Girls High School pupil, Jocelyn Gomba (17), has been sentenced to an effective six year , eight month prison term. The fugitive Kombi driver’s escape did not last long as he was swiftly traced to Polokwane in South Africa and hauled back on Sunday to Zimbabwe…

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Gwanda Man, (59) In Court 16 Years After Murdering Daughter (5) And Cutting Off Part Of Her Arm,

Gwanda Man, (59) In Court 16 Years After Murdering Daughter (5) And Cutting Off Part Of Her Arm,

A Gwanda man, 59, allegedly killed his daughter, 5, and cut off part of her arm before claiming that she had fallen into a fire while cooking. Chest Moyo, allegedly committed the offence in 2000 when he was aged 43, and told neighbours that the toddler fell into the fire while cooking after hiding his blood stained clothes. Moyo had been out of custody since 2000 due to ill health and was taken in sometime…

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Six Wedza Children Aged Between (1-9), Die In Baptism Ceremony Conducted By Johanne Masowe Prophetess.

 Six children aged between one and nine died on Tuesday during a baptism ceremony conducted by a self proclaimed prophetess. The incident happened in Wedza and the 30 year old woman is from the Johanne Masowe church. Two of the dead kids are her children and four are cousins. According to a state radio report, the children died after being repeatedly immersed in water. Each time the children came out of the water they where…

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Kombi Transporting Townsend School Girls, In Accident While Fleeing traffic Cops: One dead

One person died on the spot this morning in Bulawayo after a commuter omnibus was involved in a accident. One person died on the spot this morning in Bulawayo after a commuter omnibus was involved in a accident.   It is reported that the kombi was taking Townsend High Students to school.   The kombi driver was reportedly fleeing traffic police.   Four people are critical injured and currently admitted at hospital. by Thobekile Zhou….

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People Power By Girls High And Queen Elizabeth Pupils Marching In Protest To A Colleague’s Death.

  Recently, a Form Four Harare Girls High School pupil, Jocelyn Gomba (17) was knocked down and killed by a kombi at an undesignated, illegal taxi rank close to the school’s entrance.   Sadly, Jocelyn Gomba passed away on the spot, while Wadzanayi Mabika (41) was seriously injured in the accident. The Kombi driver, Odwell Mabanga (35), fled to South Africa but was swiftly tracked down to Polokwane, in South Africa.   Harare Girls High…

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