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TWO men from Gweru allegedly struck a man with a machete and raped a woman he was with before robbing them of goods worth more than $700.   Nebias Macharaga (20) and Prince Mujere (22) both from Woodlands Park appeared before a Gweru magistrate for initial remand facing robbery and rape charges.   They were not asked to plead and were remanded in custody to August 18 for confirmation of their warned and cautioned statements….

US national security adviser Herbert McMaster told a Press briefing on Monday that the “exclusive group of dictators”, which includes Mugabe, had gained notoriety for rampant human rights abuses.   McMaster was reacting to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s decision to force through a controversial poll that seeks to create a body to review the South American country’s constitution.   “Maduro is not just a bad leader. He is now a dictator,” McMaster said.   “By…

It is reported that an angry mob of soldiers in full military attire, provoked by police officers throwing spikes a their truck, descended upon the police on Tuesday and unleashed thorough beatings upon the surprised cops. The police ran for their dear lives and some fled into Harare Central Police station but the soldiers were not to be stopped and they followed into the Harare Central Police station and carried on ‘disciplining’ the cops with…

Smuggling of stolen vehicles from South Africa is rampant along the Limpopo River.   In 2012, Zimbabwean police smashed a well-orchestrated car smuggling syndicate near the Panda Mine area and arrested seven Malawians and recovered five top of the range vehicles worth four million rand.   The vehicles included two Toyota Fortuners, one Nissan Navarra, Toyota High Rider and a Toyota Vigo.photo-New Zimbabwe Donkeys being used to smuggle vehicle across Limpopo River sometime ago  …

Recently, tech giant Billionaire Elon Musk, warned there could be no ‘stopping’ a super intelligent AI even if humans build in a kill switch   There is growing concern and experts are now urging caution in AI as the speed of development in AI had outpaced the people’s projections. At the time of writing this article, Facebook had just abandoned a chatbot after two bots which began communicating in English suddenly deviated and began communicating…

The deceased, Public Ncube (61), was last seen drinking with the suspects Japhet Mathe who was also his neighbour and friend in Luveve suburb and Zimbili Tshili from Gwabalanda suburb.   Ncube’s body was found with no visible marks or traces of blood at Mathe’s house.   Although circumstances leading to his alleged murder remains a mystery, Mathe and Tshili who were both his friends, have since been arrested.   Bulawayo police spokesperson, Inspector Precious…

A PROMINENT Gwanda businessman was shot dead by two masked armed robbers who also shot and injured his wife.   Mr Tariro Maphosa (47) was with his wife and daughter when two robbers, a man and a woman pounced on them on Monday at around 8.30PM as they entered their Jacaranda suburb home.   Mr Maphosa’s wife is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after she was shot in the calf while his daughter…

President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF will again use its two-thirds parliamentary majority to approve more constitutional amendments giving back wide-sweeping powers to the president, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. The changes come at the expense of MPs’ rights to oversee the government and will undo transitional clauses in a new Constitution adopted in 2013 that replaced a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule. Approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March…

Alex Magaisa, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s chief adviser during the GNU, admitted the opposition will NOT dislodge Zanu PF from power but still does not understand why that is so. Even now with the benefit of hindsight, he still cannot see the wood from the trees.   “According to the MDC leader’s former adviser, Alex Magaisa, the opposition will struggle to end Zanu PF hegemony because of resource constraints,” reported the Daily News Live.  …

    Voters in 2013 made it a point not to grant ZANU(PF) the numbers to pass through this bill, but our dear Morgan Tsvangirai went against the voters by giving ZANU (PF) free 21 seats when he fired his MPs and boycotting the elections. It is common cause that when you fire MPs a by election is held. So Mr Chete Chete fired the MPs and boycotted the elections.   Surely should we be…