Underage Bulawayo Kombi Driver Ploughs Into Roadblock, Dragging Cop Along For 30 Metres

Underage Bulawayo Kombi Driver Ploughs Into Roadblock, Dragging Cop  Along For 30 Metres

AN underage commuter omnibus driver, Junior Peter Gopito, 20, ploughed through a roadblock and dragged a police officer for about 30 metres, a magistrate heard yesterday. The traffic officer, who was not named in court, sustained serious head injuries and multiple fractures and is still admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH). Tony Kamudyariwa who was prosecuting said on July 4, Gopito was driving a public service vehicle along Birkenhead Road near Westgate in Bulawayo….

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Police Arrest 16, Mostly Northlea High School Teenagers, Holding A ‘Sex Party / Vuzu’

Police Arrest 16, Mostly Northlea High School  Teenagers, Holding A ‘Sex Party / Vuzu’

Police in Bulawayo on Friday raided and arrested 16 teenagers conducting a ‘sex party’ popularly known as Vuzu at a house in Cowdray Park where they allegedly abused alcohol while engaging in sex. Police spokesperson for Bulawayo metropolitan province, Inspector Precious Simango, told Chronicle that the ‘vuzu parties’ were held at a house belonging to two of the teenagers whose parents are in the diaspora. According to police most of the children were pupils from…

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Obama Attends Private Dinner In Nairobi With Step-grandmother & Kenyan Family

Obama Attends Private Dinner In Nairobi With Step-grandmother & Kenyan Family

  US President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya on a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital, and a visit to the home of the African Union. Obama landed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Friday, and was greeted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta with a handshake and embrace as he stepped off Air Force One. The president’s half-sister Auma was also on the tarmac to welcome him and travel…

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‘Globe-Trotter Vascoda Mugabe’ Ever In Flight Yet National Sports Team, ‘Warriors’ Are Grounded

‘Globe-Trotter Vascoda Mugabe’ Ever In Flight Yet National Sports Team, ‘Warriors’  Are Grounded

President  Robert Mugabe, an assiduous globe-trotter over the 35 years he has ruled Zimbabwe, has this year hardly slept at home. The 91-year-old leader has roamed the world, finding a convenient excuse in his ceremonial roles as African Union and SADC chairman. The government is broke, but the treasury is forced to find millions of dollars to fund Mugabe’s foreign jaunts which now number 25 or so this year; and its only July. He travels…

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Deputy Sheriff Again, Fails To Remove Property From Tsvangirai’s Highlands Home

Deputy Sheriff Again, Fails To Remove Property  From Tsvangirai’s Highlands Home

The Deputy Sheriff today attempted, yet again, to remove President Morgan Tsvangirai’s personal property at his Highlands home and the party property at Harvest House despite the existence of an urgent chamber application for stay of execution that is still pending at the High Court. There is also an interpleader application that was filed at the High Court clearly submitting that the 14 former employees were employed by the MDC-T and not by President Morgan…

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Insiza District Pupil (4) Found Dead With Missing Lips, Liver & Other Body Parts

Insiza District Pupil (4) Found Dead With Missing  Lips, Liver & Other Body Parts

A four year old pupil from St Lucy primary school in the Kombo area of Insiza district has been found dead with her lips, liver and other body parts missing in a suspected case of ritual murder. Princess Mpofu, a Grade Zero pupil, did not return home from school on Monday, sparking panic among villagers who immediately constituted a search party which found her mutilated body in a pond at around 7AM on Tuesday. The villagers…

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Ex Prison Commander Alexandru Visinescu, (89) Jailed 20 Yrs For Crimes Against Humanity

Ex Prison Commander Alexandru Visinescu, (89)  Jailed 20 Yrs For Crimes Against Humanity

A former Communist-era prison commander has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after being convicted of crimes against humanity in the first such trial in Romania. Alexandru Visinescu, 89, ran the notorious Ramnicu Sarat prison from 1956 to 1963, where inmates were allegedly tortured and starved. At least 12 people are said to have died as a result of the abuse. Mr Visinescu denied the charges, saying he was just following orders. Prosecutors had…

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Chinamasa Refutes Marginalisation Claims Over Distribution Of Resources To Matebeleland

Chinamasa Refutes Marginalisation Claims Over Distribution Of Resources To  Matebeleland

THE Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa has dismissed suggestions by MDC-T Magwegwe legislator Anele Ndebele that the government was marginalising the Matabeleland region in the distribution of resources. During Parliament’s question time on Wednesday, Ndebele accused the government of pursuing alleged separatist policies when it comes to the treatment of Matabeleland. In response, Chinamasa said the government does not discriminate against any part of the country in the deployment of resources. “I…

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US$15m Tobacco Destroyed By Fire At Harare, Mashonaland Tobacco Company

US$15m  Tobacco Destroyed By Fire At Harare, Mashonaland Tobacco Company

TOBACCO worth millions went up in smoke on Thursday after a freak fire engulfed a Mashonaland Tobacco Company (MTC) warehouse in Harare’s Willovale industrial area. MTC, which employs over 1,000 workers, is owned by American leaf merchant, Alliance One International. As usual the fire-brigade arrived but without water according to workers who talked to NewZimbabwe.com. “Two fire engines came but the firefighters spent almost an hour searching for highdrants in the area while the fire…

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Rusape Man (29) Chops Up Brother (34), Packs Pieces In Bag And Buries Remains

Rusape Man (29) Chops Up  Brother (34), Packs Pieces In Bag And Buries Remains

RUSAPE-A mentally challenged man from Chief Marange butchered his brother in cold blood, chopped him into pieces and packed his remains in an empty fifty kg bag after he denied him food. Police confirmed the incident. Tonderai Kichini 29 of Muchiwanga village has since been arrested by police. Police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Luxon Chananda, said on July 10, the deceased Tichaona Kichini, 34, was left to care for his mentally challenged brother Tonderai after their…

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