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BEING GAY ISN’T ILLEGAL IN ZIMBABE BUT, CONSENSUAL PHYSICAL conduct between men is punishable with a fine, or up to one year in prison, or both according to the country’s Criminal Law. Act. FEARING for his safety after being outed, an educator and novelist flees Zimbabwe to become Harvard Scholar at Risk Educator and novelist Neal Hovelmeier’s life changed forever in 2018.The longtime deputy head of school at St. John’s College, a boys’ academy in…

‘POLICE:manhunt for 5 members of the notorious machete wielding gang called the ‘Ziga clan’ for murder, robbery and assault ‘.The gang members are prime suspects in the murder of a police officer, Constable Wonder Hokoyo.Constable Hokoyo was murdered on 28 December at Goodhope mine in Battlefields Kadoma. Government has stepped up efforts to thwart crimes perpetrated by machete gangs in gold rich belts. Speaking to The Herald on Wendesday, Officer in charge Kadoma Criminal Investigations…

THREE Honda Fit pirate taxi operators who were allegedly involved in a spate of armed robberies in Bulawayo using a firearm have been arrested.Handsome Ncube (23) of Emakhandeni, Innocent Ncube (21) and Joshua Honest Maseko (22) both of Cowdray Park suburb allegedly offered lifts to their victims on different occasions between October last year and January this year before robbing them of their money, bank cards and cellphones at gunpoint. They targeted unsuspecting hitchhikers looking…

Mr Farai Vengesai (27) lost the money and his Samsung S10 phone worth about US$1 000 to the armed robbers who fired shots before robbing him as he was about to close the gate shortly after arriving at his aunt’s house.The incident occurred on Tuesday last week at about 7:30PM and the suspects are still on the run. Police said the armed robbers fired once in the air but Mr Vengesai’s relatives said a number…

A CANINE unit from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) was Tuesday spotted sweeping through Zanu-PF headquarters in an unexpected security operation that took both senior party officials and employees by surprise.Sources within the party said the army personnel swept through the entire 14 storey building.NewZimbabwe.com reporters on a visit to the ruling party offices, bumped into the army team on the 10th and 9th floors. Further investigations by the crew revealed a team of about…

DETHRONED Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North, has left the country for the United Kingdom for a cataract operation, Southern Eye has heard.Cataract surgery is a procedure to remove the eye lens and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial or a clear synthetic version.The operation is carried out to clear the clouding of the lens inside the eye which causes blurred vision. Ndiweni, who recently underwent eye surgery in Bulawayo, left for…

‘Zanu PF Gokwe MP Chanda (41) and Ward 13 Councillor Chirongoma (34) arrested for extortion and stealing food aid’.Zanu PF Gokwe MP Chanda (41) and Ward 13 Councillor Chirongoma (34) arrested for extortion and stealing food aid’.Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Gokwe-Sesame Constituency Gorden Chanda (41) and Ward 13 Councillor Georgina Chirongoma (34) have been arrested for allegedly extorting villagers and stealing food aid.Chingoroma was arrested on Monday night, while Chanda turned himself in…

Zanu PF Gokwe MP Chanda (41) and Ward 13 Councillor Chirongoma (34) arrested for allegedly extortion and stealing food aid.Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Gokwe-Sesame Constituency Gorden Chanda (41) and Ward 13 Councillor Georgina Chirongoma (34) have been arrested for allegedly extorting villagers and stealing food aid.Chingoroma was arrested on Monday night, while Chanda turned himself in at Gokwe Central Police Station yesterday.The pair yesterday appeared before Gokwe magistrate Mr Musaiwona Shortgame facing charges…

In a clear case of how lawless Zimbabwe now is, three Presidential Guards, Blessmore Tembo (32), Gilbert Charuma (31) and Liberty Munemo (31) ex broadcaster, Musorowegomo Mukosi (41) have been arrested for allegedly assaulting villagers and attempting to forcefully take over the gold-rich Chin Mine in Mt Darwin, as police hunt machete-wielding gangs across the Zimbabwe’s mining belts . Recently a presidential guard in Harare, emptied his AK 47 rifle by shooting into the air…

STAGEMANAGING?-Bulawayo, first bombed,Mnangagwa, now the First Lady”s vehicle has been broken into in BulawayoThe First Lady visited different parts of Matabeleland last week handing over donations.Police sources said the thieves broke into the vehicle while it was parked in the Central Business District.“The car was driven by one of the First Lady’s aides, he parked it in the CBD and got into a popular restaurant to have lunch,” said the police source.“When he came out,…