Two Cops ‘Assault’ A Motorbike Outrider In Mugabe’s Motorcade To President’s Zvimba Rural Home.

Two Cops ‘Assault’ A Motorbike Outrider In Mugabe’s  Motorcade  To President’s Zvimba Rural Home.

TWO police detectives are in trouble after they assaulted a motorbike out-rider who was leading President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade last weekend. CID officers Munyaradzi Chivengwa, 34, and Lubelihle Nyathi, 26, appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe facing charges of “resisting law officers”. Prosecutors told court that the two committed a serious offence as they had no right to disturb the movement of the Presidential motorcade. One Stanley Chimoto is the complainant in the case. According to…

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10 Years Jail For Masvingo Man Who Fled Roadblock 31km In High Speed Chase After Knocking Down Cop

10 Years Jail For Masvingo Man Who Fled Roadblock 31km In High Speed Chase  After Knocking Down Cop

  A PIRATE taxi driver who sped from a roadblock after hitting a traffic police officer and was arrested following a 31km high speed chase has been jailed for 10 years. Elisha Chidhimiri, 26, of Mucheke Suburb in Masvingo, was asked to produce his driver’s licence at the 222 km peg along the Harare-Masvingo highway, but sped-off, hitting a cop in the process. The cop somehow managed to jump onto the vehicle’s bonnet where he…

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Bulawayo’s Njube Man (26) Buries 1Day Old Niece In Pumula Bush Without Burial Order Or Mothers Permission

Bulawayo’s Njube Man (26) Buries 1Day Old Niece In Pumula Bush Without Burial Order Or Mothers Permission

A MAN from Bulawayo’s Njube suburb has been arrested for allegedly burying the body of his day-old niece in a bush in Old Pumula suburb without a burial order or the baby’s mother’s consent. Jacob Gatsi, 26, allegedly buried the infant’s body with an unidentified accomplice who is still at large. The baby’s mother, Rebecca Samupindi, allegedly gave birth to a baby girl at home early last month, a court heard yesterday. The court heard…

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‘Five Members Of Same Family In Bulawayo’s Nketa 6 Suburb Die In House Inferno’

‘Five Members Of  Same Family  In Bulawayo’s Nketa 6 Suburb Die In House Inferno’

FIVE members of the same family from Bulawayo’s Nketa 6 suburb were burnt to death while three others escaped, one with serious burns, after their rented house caught fire yesterday. Bulawayo’s chief fire officer Richard Peterson said arson could not be ruled out. Musafare Chidembo, 41, survived the fire after he raced out of the house to save his vehicle parked outside, neighbours said. As he did so, his wife, Ester Mazidziwa, 29, his son Brian,…

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Govt Brings Back 15 Zimbabwean Women, Over 150 Still Stranded In Kuwait

FIFTEEN local women who were stranded in Kuwait have returned home, with a senior government official yesterday saying more people than previously thought, with over 150 still  marooned in the Gulf state. Warning members of public to be wary of people offering them jobs and scholarships to work or study overseas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that they must verify the authenticity and integrity of people or organisations recruiting them before…

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Journalist Charged Under Non-Existent Law, Is Freed

Journalist Charged Under Non-Existent Law, Is Freed

  PROSECUTORS have withdrawn charges against a journalist who had been charged under a non-existent law. Wellington Mukhanhaire, 26, employed by The Messenger weekly newspaper, had been charged under section 83 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (AIPPA) Act, “Unaccredited journalist.” The section was repealed in 2007. He was arrested on February 11 while covering a tour of the Beitbridge Border Post by Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo. The State led by…

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‘ Mlamuli Secondary School -Lupane Parents Demand The Removal Of Shona Headmistress’

‘ Mlamuli Secondary School -Lupane Parents Demand The Removal Of Shona Headmistress’

THE issue of the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland has resurfaced, with parents at a school in Lupane rejecting a Shona-speaking headmistress. Parents told the new school headmistress, identified only as Bonyonga, during a meeting at Mlamuli Secondary School in Lupane district, Matabeleland North on Thursday last week that she was not welcome at the school. The headmistress was transferred to the school in December last year and officially started work this term…

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Jotsholo Police Station Officer Stabbed To death

Jotsholo Police Station  Officer Stabbed To death

A POLICEMAN stationed in Jotsholo, Lupane, died on the spot after being stabbed once with an okapi knife by a man he was trying to arrest on New Year’s Day. Fraud Dlamini, 26, of Mzola area under Chief Menyezwa allegedly stabbed Constable Tafadzwa Virira in the chest, resulting in his death, national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said. “I can confirm receiving a report of a police officer, stationed at Jotsholo Police Station…

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Matobo Man shot And killed A Fellow Robber In South Africa, Then Fled To Zimbabwe With The Loot.

Matobo Man shot And killed A Fellow Robber In South Africa, Then  Fled To Zimbabwe With The Loot.

  A 26-YEAR-OLD Matobo man allegedly shot and killed his fellow robber in South Africa before fleeing to Zimbabwe with the loot. Welcome Ncube, 26, of Sigangatsha village who has been in remand prison since May last year, allegedly teamed up with fellow villager Prosper Ndebele whose age was not given and went on a robbery spree in South Africa. The duo allegedly got away with large amounts of money and Ncube later allegedly shot…

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