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Benson Moyo (26) and wife Tafadzwa Moyo, whose ages were not given in state papers, both from Chipikiri village under Chief Masunda in Zvishavane, colluded to rape the complainant, who is a niece of Benson after she was left in their custody.Gweru regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa convicted the duo after a full trial and sentenced them to 17 years before suspending two years on condition of good behaviour.The couple, who kept on changing their defence…

MDC-T senators were cajoled into voting with Zanu-PF to pass controversial amendments to the constitution in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the mainstream MDC alliance, it has emerged.The Douglas Mwonzora-led party made a stunning somersault last week by backing the amendments that will see President Emmerson Mnangagwa single-handedly picking the chief justice, deputy chief justice and the judge president.Mwonzora was one of the…

ZIMBABWEAN a catering manager for Remote Site Solutions, one of the contracted companies at the multi billion-dollar gas projects being built by France’s Total and other energy companies remains missing after Mozambique’s Palma terrorist attack in Mozambique one of Africa’s poorest and underdeveloped countries despite having the potential of its natural resources. FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal…

THE continued imposition of illegal sanctions will not stop Zimbabwe’s economic transformation as the country is building robust internal capacities to create wealth and expand job opportunities for its citizens, Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday.The rollout of the National Development Strategy (NDS1 2021-2025), which builds on the milestones achieved under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), marks the march towards realisation of this transformation, with the ultimate goal being to achieve an upper middle-income economy…

RAW SEWAGE INTO Glen View 3 houses and businesses along First Drive opposite Glen View 1 High School at Munyarari shops, HarareRaw sewage is flowing inside houses and business premises in some parts of Glen View 3 in Harare, sending residents into panic mode amid fresh fears of water borne disease outbreaks.The area has seen cholera and typhoid outbreaks that have claimed lives over the past years due to a poor sewer reticulation system that…

COVID-19: OVER 200 000 Zimbabweans have returned home due to job losses and deportations, to the very communities which led them to look for a better life elsewhere and have no livelihood opportunities to sustain their return and overall socio-economic stability. – International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Zimbabwe

George Leather, 60, inflicted between 50 and 100 injuries to 56-year-old Paula Leather’s face and neck, and between 200 to 300 injuries to her body, a court heard. Liverpool Crown Court was told how the victim was unrecognisable when officers arrived at the “horrific” scene at their home in Prescot, Merseyside at 1.20am on November 16 2020.A post-mortem concluded the grandmother died from stab wounds to the head.Leather’s family paid tribute to the “devoted” grandmother…

In an ironic twist of fate, a Bulawayo man, who sustained horrific burns while allegedly attempting to steal a Zesa high voltage transformer at Mpilo Central Hospital, could not be fully attended to for three days as the hospital had no electricity following theft of cables by unknown suspects. Ishmael Mpofu (25) sustained burns while allegedly attempting to steal a 1 000-volt transformer at Mpilo Central Hospital on Saturday and was immediately admitted to the…

Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a “catastrophic cardiac arrest”, his family has said.The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New York on Friday 2 April and was initially placed on life support.Earlier this week, family, friends and fans had held a vigil outside the hospital.In a statement announcing his death, his family said relatives had been by his side and described him as “a…

HIGH Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa has thrown out an application by the MDC Alliance which sought to bar the government from disbursing funds to the main MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora under the Political Parties Finance Act. The MDC Alliance had approached the court arguing that Mwonzora had no right to the political funds under the Act as his formation had not participated in the 2018 harmonised elections. In its application, the MDC Alliance…