A SECURITY guard at the Seventh Day Adventist church-run Pelandaba Primary School in Bulawayo died after he was savagely attacked by four armed robbers during a raid in which two laptops and cash amounting to $200 were stolen early yesterday morning. Buton Skalongo died on admission to Mpilo Central Hospital while his colleague Mr Vusa Tshuma survived the attack. Four men broke into the school and church, which are located on the same premises, at…

POLICE in Botswana have launched a manhunt for 15 Zimbabwean prisoners, some of them dangerous, who escaped from a jail in Francistown after cutting the security fence.   Three of the inmates have since been arrested following their escape from Gerald Estates Centre for illegal immigrants on Saturday afternoon.   Francistown deputy police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Dipheko Motube confirmed the incident yesterday.   He said they had launched a manhunt for 12 Zimbabweans who remain…

CONTROVERSIAL political activist Acie Lumumba’s claim to be in a relationship with Lerato Hlongwani, daughter to South African business tycoon, Fana Hlongwane, has been met with heated denial by the latter. Lumumba last Thursday revealed to H-Metro that he was in love with Lerato and was ready to settle but she described the claim as “lies! False information.” “Please , I am not dating Acie Lumumba ! Never have and Never will. He is, and…

  Socio-economic development can only be achieved in countries that have peace and total control of their resources, President Mugabe has said. In his submissions during the closed session of the 27th France-Africa Summit that ended in Bamako over the weekend, President Mugabe said peace, security and development could not be separated. The summit, which aims to strengthen ties between France and Africa, drew more than 30 African Heads of State and Government and French…

A 20-year-old Harare housemaid allegedly forced her employee’s son (14) to have sexual intercourse with her after threatening to report him to the police for raping her and threatening his family’s life.   Gladys Chukura allegedly told the 14-year-old boy that she wanted to teach him how to have sex and when he refused, she threatened to burn his mother and mutilate his six-month-old sister if he refused. Chukura appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Rumbidzai…

A five-year-old boy was electrocuted in Marlborough, Harare, last week after touching a wire used as a washing line. The wire, which had dropped from a pole at the house of the boy’s parents, was attached to an iron zinc roofing sheet and accidentally connected to electricity.   Police chief spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident, saying investigations were underway. “The boy was playing with friends when he touched a wire used…

A woman from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who was murdered last Thursday on her way from a church service, had nearly all her teeth knocked out while her back, arm and both legs were also fractured. Mrs Ivy Sibanda’s body was found last Friday morning with several stab wounds on the face and body in a suspected rape and murder case. A member of the Zaoga church who was described by her church mates…

AN eight-year-old girl from Lupane district in Matabeleland North province died from severe burns sustained after she was assaulted and forced to sit on a tin with boiling water by her stepfather. The girl’s stepfather who is also accused of raping her several times, was apprehended by villagers and handed over to the police last Saturday. Levius Ncube (39) of Moya Village under Chief Mabhikwa was cornered in a bush by villagers who effected citizen’s…