‘Hotel Resident,VP Mphoko’s Entourage Of 29 & Relatives To Mugabe Via S.Africa, Dubai, Austria Round Trip’

‘Hotel Resident,VP Mphoko’s Entourage Of 29  & Relatives To Mugabe Via S.Africa, Dubai, Austria Round Trip’

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko took with him an entourage of 29 people – including relatives, on taxpayers’ funds – on a two week visit to the Far East to meet with President Robert Mugabe, who is expected back from his annual vacation today. This comes at a time when government is struggling to pay a 500,000 strong workforce while more than 105 of the country’s population faces hunger. Sources said that Mphoko together with his…

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Health, Freezes All Drugs Procurement, & Purchases US$88 359 Jeep Cherokee For Hospital CEO

Health, Freezes All Drugs Procurement, & Purchases US$88 359 Jeep Cherokee For Hospital CEO

The acute drugs shortage in the country’s government referral hospitals has revealed shocking statistics. The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care says nine in every 100 patients are being sent away to seek medical attention in private hospitals. Hospital executives have become a law unto themselves. It has emerged that Harare hospital which is the most affected institution has taken delivery of a new Jeep Cherokee for the hospital’s CEO. The ZBC has…

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Are Zimbabwean ‘Minority’ Groups Under Threat In Zimbabwe?

Are Zimbabwean ‘Minority’ Groups Under Threat In Zimbabwe?

    The month of January 2016 has been, for Southern Africa, wretched in terms of people’s fundamental rights often inappropriately referred to as minority rights. A white woman called Penny Sparrow torched a racial veld fire in South Africa by implicitly calling black peoples monkeys. The deluge and flood of venomous attacks that followed her remarks were not only anticipated, but also inevitable in that we black Africans respond with rage, given our collective…

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‘Mentally Ill, Man Who Raped Aunt , Axed Her 3 Kids To Death & Torched 3 Huts’-Freed By Byo High Court

‘Mentally Ill, Man Who Raped Aunt , Axed Her 3 Kids To Death & Torched 3 Huts’-Freed By Byo High Court

A MAN suffering from a mental illness stormed his aunt’s home and raped her before grabbing an axe and killing the woman’s three children to death, the Bulawayo High Court heard yesterday. After Ndodana Ncube, 42, killed the children aged between five and eight, he force-marched their mother to a neighbour’s homestead where he raped another woman and returned to his father’s home to torch six huts where five family members were sleeping. Bulawayo High…

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‘Grade 7, Bikita Boy (13) Dies After Father Sjambok’s Him For Farting During A Meal’

‘Grade 7, Bikita Boy (13)  Dies After Father Sjambok’s Him For Farting During A Meal’

BIKITA man allegedly whipped his 13-year-old son to death for farting while the family was having supper, police have confirmed. Inspector Charity Mazula of Masvingo police said the boy’s father, Solomon Musavengana, was arrested for the fatal assault that occurred on Sunday at around 8PM. She identified the deceased as Munyaradzi Musavengana of Musavengana Village under Chief Mukanganwi. “I can confirm the death of Munyaradzi Musavengana after he was whipped by the father, Solomon Musavengana,…

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‘Shocking : Alleged Zanu PF, Kereke-Child Rape , CIO, Zimra (Bonyongwe’s) & Fidelity Printers Scandals Link’

‘Shocking : Alleged Zanu PF, Kereke-Child Rape , CIO, Zimra (Bonyongwe’s) & Fidelity Printers Scandals Link’

The Constitutional Court has been informed that,  Zanu PF stalwart, also ‘child rape’ accused, Dr ‘Munyaradzi Kereke’ , EX Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe (RBZ)  boss Gideon Gono’s ex-advisor, Munyaradzi Kereke is said to be unable to afford paying legal fees, allegedly, primarily because of the tax man,.. Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) allegedly garnished his bank accounts. Dr ‘Munyaradzi Kereke faces accusations  of  child sexual abuse, in which he  allegedly sexually abused molesting two minors, including  an 11-year-old relatives’ daughter at gunpoint,…

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‘Massive Loot Found Hidden In Ceiling &Buried By Bulawayo Criminal From Ntabazinduna’

AN abandoned car in Bulawayo’s Paddonhurst suburb led curious police officers to track down its owner, only to stumble on stolen property at the man’s house in Kumalo. Some of the property was stashed in the ceiling while other goods were buried underground in the yard, leading to the arrest of one of the city’s most dangerous robbers. Police yesterday said they also searched John Raphael Masuku’s rural homestead in Ntabazinduna where they recovered more…

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Harare Council To Demolish ‘Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,& Prospect’ Properties

Harare Council To Demolish ‘Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,& Prospect’ Properties

Harare city council is reportedly spreading its terror as it intends to demolish several houses at Gletwyn, Mt Pleasent Heights, Pomona, Belvedere West, Prospect Mainway subdivision of stands  in the capital.This has been revealed by the Harare Residents Trust. “The Harare City Council intends to demolish houses in Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,Prospect Mainway subdivision of stand number 830 Ashdown Park along Harare Drive,” said the trust which even indicated that  The Herald 19 January 2016…

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‘Public Service Announce Gvt Is Broke, There Will Be No Promised Civil Service Bonus Payments!

‘Public Service Announce Gvt Is Broke, There Will Be No Promised Civil Service  Bonus Payments!

Government has reneged on its bonus pledge this month and reportedly advised civil servants’ union leaders that it was financially hamstrung and could not commit itself to mobilise for the 13th cheque anytime soon Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira and Apex Council member Sifiso Ndlovu confirmed the development yesterday. Mupfumira said that she could not give a definite date for the payment of bonuses, saying the situation had been worsened by the fact that Cabinet…

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2Teenage Girls Represented By Biti Win Con-court Order (For Zimbabwe) Outlawing Marriage Before 18

2Teenage Girls Represented By Biti Win Con-court Order (For Zimbabwe)  Outlawing Marriage Before 18

The Zimbabwe Constitutional Court has outlawed the marriages of children before the age of 18 after some teenagers filed an application fought against the practice through the courts. The teenagers represented by Tendai Biti filed an application seeking an order barring the marriage of children before they attain the age of 18. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda posted on Face Book that the Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has outlawed marriages before one…

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