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FIVE PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD AFTER A lorry carrying them was swept away while trying to cross a flooded river in Chikombedzi on Monday. Bodies of two of the five, a male and female adult have since been retrieved from Malibangwe River where the lorry was swept away after getting stuck in the mud along a narrow bridge. There were 12 passengers aboard the lorry and all of them are believed to be traders who…

Genevieve Roth said she realised she was “racist” after marrying her black husband.“Race is an issue in our marriage because as a white woman of privilege, I have racist tendencies written in at a cellular level,” she said.The comment echoes an observation made by Prince Harry, who said his own upbringing and education meant he had been ignorant about the widespread nature of racism until he met his wife.Ms Roth founded Invisible Hand, a “female-led,…

Zimbabwe government spokesman Nick Ndavaningi Mangwana brandished a gun and told a defiant farmer to “leave peacefully” as he intensified his desperate push to evict some 70 families from a farm he recently grabbed, it was claimed.The families, who have lived on Thorndike Farm near Chegutu for the past six years, say despite applying for formalised settlement on parts of the 2,000-hectare property between 2014 and 2016, they were surprised to see Mangwana show up…

An 84-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin woman died on the spot when a Nissan lorry she was travelling in hit a pothole and veered off the road before falling in a ditch yesterday.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the accident.“I can confirm a fatal road accident along Glendale – Centenary highway where Sangras Maswi died on the spot, ” Mundembe said.Allegations are that a 15-year-old minor was driving the lorry with five passengers on board…

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He made the claims remarks Sunday in Rukweza, Makoni South, Manicaland province where he was the guest of honour at the official handover of 44 bicycles to Nyazura Police Station by Makoni South MP Misheck Mataranyika.“The real reason for us to assemble here (in Rukweza) is to advance the cause of development. Development needs peace, tranquility, political stability, security; law and order,” said Chinamasa.“The support that MP Misheck Mataranyika has done is a good gesture…

The government is setting out its plans to change the way people applying for asylum in the UK are dealt with.For the first time, people seeking protection as refugees would have their claim assessed based on how they arrive in the UK.Home Secretary Priti Patel says the new system will be “fairer” and will crack down on criminal gangs.Campaigners say the proposals would create an unfair system and would not address people smuggling.Under the plans,…

PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON has said “capitalism” and “greed” are behind the success of the UK’s vaccine programme, according to reportsAfter striking a sombre tone at his Downing Street news conference to mark a year since the first lockdown, Mr Johnson then joked with Tory colleagues at a meeting of the backbench 1922 Committee.“The reason we have the vaccine success is because of capitalism, because of greed my friends,” he told MPs on a Zoom…

‘A SELF-PROCLAIMED Jotsholo Matabeleland North pophet jailed 20-years for raping a 10-year-old girl who was taken to him for prayers by her mother’.Emmanuel Ncube (34) on Monday pleaded guilty to the rape charge when he appeared before Hwange regional magistrate Collet Ncube.The magistrate convicted him on his own plea and sentenced him to 20 years in jail.Prosecutor Vumizulu Mangena told the court that on October 9, 2020 at 3pm, the girl’s mother took her and…