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Chivhu cops arrest 3 armed robbers who raped, robbed and killed a woman 83, a month after an 80-year old and 3 girls were rapedThe three broke into the woman’s house armed with a firearm and an unidentified sharp object and robbed her. One of the robbers allegedly raped her before shooting her in the head. National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the sad incident and vowed that crime perpetrators will be brought…

BEITBRIDGE town thieves stole main water pump station cables during electricity load shedding on Thursday night and Friday morning .The development has left the 70 000 residents with only one-month supply of water.The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) team leader for Beitbridge, Thulani Sibanda said yesterday that they were now working on replacing the cables.He said the thieves had stolen cable at the main pump station which supplies water into the main dam where it…

FORMER MDC-T VP Obert Gutu says he has automatically cut all links he had with Mnangagwa’s Political Actors Dialogue Platform (Polad).Gutu resigned from the Thokozani Khupe led party citing “personal and private” reasons.His political future has been subject to speculation by Zimbabweans who have watched the Harare lawyer and former legislator’s political career blossom up to the time he became deputy justice minister in the now defunct inclusive government.Even after leaving his party, Gutu has…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dlamini for alleged abuse of office.Zacc officials picked up Clr Dlamini who is also MDC Alliance councillor for Ward 9 at his home on Saturday.He is expected to appear in court today.Details leading to his arrest were still sketchy last night. Zacc spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure yesterday confirmed Clr Dlamini’s arrest. “I don’t have the details of his case off hand but what…

Thai city holds vigil for 29 victims of ‘unprecedented’ mass shootingA tear falls from the eye of Weerapat Ketsunthia as he talks on the phone and mourns his friend Atiwat Promsuk, who was killed in a mass shooting at the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, ThailandView photosA tear falls from the eye of Weerapat Ketsunthia as he talks on the phone and mourns his friend Atiwat Promsuk, who was killed in a mass…

ZIMBABWE ANT-CORRUPTION (ZACC) investigates Mnangagwa’s allies Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Billy Rautenbach and Tafadzwa Musarara over allegations by Zanu PF youth league leaders.Zacc spokesperson John Makamure said Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu filed a report on Tuesday last week with the commission but were told to bring evidence, and that the anti-graft body was investigating the allegations while waiting for more information.“They came the following day after their first Press conference (last week Monday) and we listened…

CATHOLIC BISHOPS FROM ZIMBABWE, Zambia and Malawi call for emergency relief in the wake of hunger, political challenges and other socio-economic challenges.CATHOLIC Bishops from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi have called for emergency relief and offered “solidarity and spiritual proximity” to the three countries in the wake of hunger, political challenges and other socio-economic challenges.Speaking after the first consultative meeting of the Catholic Bishops of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe last week in Lusaka, the bishops said…

COP SHOT DEAD by a colleague with an AK 47 rifle. while pursuing 9 cops chased as robbery suspect, in Chivhu.The tragic officer, identified only as Detective Constable Taambutseni from Chivhu Police Station, was shot in the pelvis with an AK 47 rifle fired by a colleague.Taambutseni was part of a nine-man police team in pursuit of Mussa Denge, 43, who was wanted in connection with the theft of motor vehicles in Kadoma and Bulawayo.The…

Manish Shah, a GP was sentenced to three life sentences after being convicted of 90 sex offences against 24 former female patients. Dr Manish Shah, will serve at least 15 years in jail for , persuading patients aged between 15 and 39 to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations for his own sexual gratification. using his position to “access vulnerable women”. yahooPhoto-Dr. Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has often been…

Professor Peter Piot who discovered ebola, says the corona virus outbreak is likely to become a pandemic in the coming weeks as it spreads across the globe Experts have warned the UK is facing a “major outbreak” of coronavirus in the coming weeks as it continues to spread across the globe.Professor Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said the outbreak is likely to become a pandemic, adding he was…