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BREAKING NEWS : Jonathan Moyo killed by brother A 42-YEAR-OLD man from Brunapeg in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province has been arrested after he killed his brother for trying to restrain him from assaulting their mother. Thabani Moyo of Fanyana Moyo’s homestead New Line 1 in Brunapeg, killed his younger brother Jonathan Moyo (40) from the same homestead last Wednesday. Matabeleland South police provincial spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident that has left villagers…

THREE Drug dealers caught with 230 grammes of cocaine valued at $1 932 000 from Brazil on Ethiopian Airline at Harare Robert Mugabe airport. Patience Murinda (23), Siegfried Zibusiso Ndlovu (33) and Karoline Silva Mafra (23) were facing charges of contravening the dangerous drugs act when they appeared before Harare Magistrate Mrs Babra Mateko. They were advised to apply bail at the High Court. Allegations are that on April 1 information was received to the…

ZANU-PF resists calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a female party VP- to replace Kembo Mohadi . This comes amid intense pressure from women for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a woman as one of his deputies, as was the case before former vice president Joice Mujuru was fired from the party and government by the late former president Robert Mugabe in 2014. It also comes as Mnangagwa is said to be facing a…

Emmanuel Mucheni (36) of New Parklands suburb allegedly attended to and issued a prescription to Mr Chenjerai Kudzurunga at 8th Avenue Emergency Clinic without a valid practicing certificate.Mr Kudzurunga took the prescription to Medi Health Pharmacy located along Joshua Nkomo Street before he tendered it to the pharmacist, Mr Azeem Gaibi, intending to purchase the prescribed medicine.Mr Gaibi discovered that the prescription was issued by Mucheni and made a police report leading to his arrest.The…

PARLIAMENT seeks High Court recovery of US$55 000 loan and motor vehicle granted to ex MP Chalton Hwende (MDC Alliance} during his time in office.Alternatively, Parliament wants an order compelling Hwende to repay the US$55 000 loan that was advanced to him under the government vehicle loan facility agreement. The august House initially approached the court in March with similar summons against 20 recalled MDC MPs demanding that they return the motor vehicles granted to…

7,9 million people, including 4,1 million children, need urgent life-saving health services and humanitarian assistance in 2021 due to multiple hazards, including the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the economic crisis- United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) MORE than 38 000 children in the country are facing acute starvation as guardians fail to access food due to the COVID19-induced economic hardships. This was revealed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in its latest…

When schools opened their doors for the new year on March 15 and March 22, a significant number of female learners did not turn up for classes, and there are now disturbing reports explaining why.Some of the learners fell pregnant, while others simply got married or eloped, The Sunday Mail reported.Schools in rural areas and mining towns were affected the most. There was a lot of upheaval in the 2020 school calendar owing to the…

Actress Thandie Newton has said she is reverting to the original Zimbabwean spelling of her first name, Thandiwe. The actress has hitherto been known as Thandie, an anglicised version of her name with the “w” absent. All of Newton’s films will be credited with the name Thandiwe (pronounced “tan-DEE-way”) Newton in future. “That’s my name. It’s always been my name. I’m taking back what’s mine,” Newton told British Vogue. The actress, whose full name is…

A REDCLIFF woman (24) allegedly strangled her stepson (6) to death and locked her step daughter (8) in a bedroom that she tried to set on fire so that she could inherit her husband’s house.Alice Chikono (24) of T.C 1 in Torwood Redcliff reportedly killed Dean Dube with her bare hands on Easter Friday and hid his body in the house.She allegedly locked his sister in the bedroom after switching on a stove and covering…

A FAMILY from Killarney suburb in Bulawayo has been left without shelter after their house worth nearly US$100 000 was gutted by fire.The inferno which is suspected to have been caused by an electric fault, razed the house last Thursday afternoon.The Mupure family failed to salvage anything as property, identity documents, educational and professional certificates were reduced to ashes.Two minors aged five and seven years who were in the company of a helper escaped unhurt….