New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) releases horrific details of rights defenders and pro-democracy activists torture by Zimbabwe’s police and intelligence operatives

New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) releases horrific details of rights defenders and pro-democracy activists  torture by Zimbabwe’s police and intelligence operatives

New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released horrific details of rights defenders and pro-democracy activists being tortured by police and intelligence operatives during the recent anti-government protests.   The gruesome details were presented in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday, where the country’s human rights record came under global scrutiny at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).   Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also Justice Minister, presented the country’s official report…

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‘Convicted rapist’ who owns First Class Bus Company, in court, accused of forcing his female employee to suck his manhood at gunpoint

‘Convicted rapist’ who owns First Class Bus Company, in court, accused of forcing his female employee to suck his manhood at gunpoint

    Convicted rapist Simbarashe Gibson, who owns First Class Bus Company, yesterday appeared in court accused of forcing his female employee to suck his manhood at gunpoint.Gibson appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Vakayi Chikwekwe facing an aggravated indecent assault charge. Gibson’s lawyer Mr Tawanda Tandi applied for refusal of remand on the basis that his client was not advised of the charge upon his arrest.   “Accused who is partially blind was summoned to…

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20 years in jail for Tsholotsho man kidnapped a woman, whipped her all the way to his homestead then raped her overnight.

20 years in jail for  Tsholotsho man kidnapped a woman, whipped her all the way to his homestead then raped her overnight.

  A MAN from Tsholotsho who kidnapped a woman and whipped her all the way to his homestead where he raped her overnight has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Mqondisi Sibanda (32) had pleaded not guilty to kidnap and rape on Friday last week. Sibanda said he did not have much to say and urged the court to take any action it deemed necessary. Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Mr Chrispen Mberewere convicted Sibanda of…

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over 300 Goromonzi A1 farmers protest in Chishawasha B denouncing Zanu-PF national commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere

over 300 Goromonzi A1 farmers protest in Chishawasha B denouncing Zanu-PF national commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere

  At least 300 Goromonzi A1 farmers yesterday held a protest against the Zanu-PF national commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere.   They accused Kasukuwere of double standards after it was alleged that Chishawasha B was sold to Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya as Kasukuwere has declared that all transactions relating to Chishawasha B were cancelled as the land will now be allocated for residential stands and the A1 farmers allege that…

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Bulawayo’s medical Dr Nhlanhla Mgodla has died.

Bulawayo’s medical  Dr Nhlanhla Mgodla has died.

ONE of Bulawayo’s top medical doctors, Dr Nhlanhla Mgodla has died.   Dr Mgodla died on Sunday morning at Mater Dei Hospital after a short illness.   He will be buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo on Sunday.   A service will be held at Selbourne Park Seventh Day Adventist church just before his burial at 730AM.   His daughter Miss Lindelwe Mgodla expressed sadness at her father’s death.   She said he was…

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Professor Jonathan Moyo who , yesterday threatened to sue Charamba and VP Mnangagwa has handed himself over to the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC)

Professor Jonathan Moyo who , yesterday threatened to sue  Charamba and VP  Mnangagwa has handed himself over to the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC)

Zimbabwe’s Higher Education minister Professor Jonathan Moyo who , only yesterday reportedly twitted that he will sue George Charamba the President’s official spokesman and the vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed himself over to the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) to answer to charges of corruption levelled against him by (ZACC) .   President Robert Mugabe who recently blocked (Zacc) from arresting Professor Jonathan Moyo over corruption allegations, reportedly ordered Professor Jonathan Moyo to surrender himself…

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2,4 million children under 17, have no birth certificates, 25 percent of homeless boys are sexually abused , 13 percent of girls are sexually harassed by teachers, while Rural children are more likely to be orphans

2,4 million children under 17, have no birth certificates, 25 percent of homeless boys are  sexually abused , 13 percent of girls are sexually harassed by teachers, while Rural children are more likely to be orphans

  ABOUT 2,4 million children under the age of 17 years, translating to 39 percent of minors in the country, do not have birth certificates.   The statistics are contained in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development’s Zimbabwe (2016-2018) Interim Poverty Reduction strategy paper (I-PRSP). The Ministry said available data shows that rural areas have the highest number of unrecorded births. “Children aged between 0-17 years totalling 2,4 million had no birth certificates, constituting…

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POLICE have arrested five of a six armed criminals who targeted motorists in Kwekwe and Gokwe and robbed about 34 people in three weeks.

POLICE have arrested five of a six  armed criminals  who targeted motorists in Kwekwe and Gokwe and robbed about 34 people in three weeks.

POLICE have arrested five men who were allegedly part of a six-member gang of highway robbers that targeted motorists in Kwekwe and Gokwe, robbing about 34 people in three weeks.   In one incident, the suspects robbed five people in a vehicle of $458 and two cellphones at gunpoint.   In another, they allegedly stopped a commuter omnibus and relieved 11 passengers of $1 300 while armed with a gun and machetes.   During one…

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Thousands of Zanu-PF youths to vacate residential stands at Kingsdale Farm in Norton after Government conceded in the High Court, the land belongs to Maparahwe Properties Pvt Ltd

Thousands of Zanu-PF youths to vacate residential stands at Kingsdale Farm in Norton after Government conceded in the High Court, the land belongs to Maparahwe Properties Pvt Ltd

    Thousands of Zanu-PF youths who have been allocated residential stands at Kingsdale Farm in Norton will now have to vacate the farm after Government conceded in the High Court last week that the land was a private property belonging to Maparahwe Properties Pvt Ltd.Justice Hlekani Mwaeyera granted an interim order stopping the acquisition of the farm with the consent of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. Maparahwe Properties had…

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‘TWO Gwanda men lured a taxi driver to Matsheumhlope in Bulawayo where they shot him in the leg, tied his legs and hands, robbed him before dumping him along Old Esigodini Road ‘

    TWO Gwanda men allegedly lured a taxi driver to Matsheumhlope in Bulawayo where they shot him in the leg, tied his legs and hands, stole more than R8 000 from him before dumping him along Old Esigodini Road and driving off in his vehicle. A court heard that the pair left the vehicle, belonging to Chilly’s Taxis, at Ingutsheni Central Hospital where police recovered it. Bulawayo Magistrate Mr Tinashe Tashaya remanded Telmore Dube…

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