200 Driver’s licences cancelled and 32 Vehicle Inspectorate Departments officers from 13 (VID) fired for corruption.

200 Driver’s licences cancelled and 32 Vehicle Inspectorate Departments  officers from 13  (VID) fired for corruption.

Zimbabwe’s Vehicle Inspectorate Departments (VID) depots in Zimbabwe are known to be rock beds of corruption with numerous full and provisional licences issued under questionable circumstances to undeserving individuals who may not be present in the country or at the depot and even if they are present, are not the people who actually take the tests meaning, …money talks!. A  total of 32 officers spread across 13 Vehicle Inspectorate Departments (VID) depots in Zimbabwe, have…

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Two Chiredzi Brothers Behead Their Dad And Bury His Headless Body In A field

Two Chiredzi Brothers Behead Their Dad And Bury His Headless Body In A field

Two Chiredzi brothers have been arrested for beheading their dad with an axe  in a dispute with the dad over his decision to sell one of his oxen to buy donkeys. The brothers Isaac Mugwambami (17) and Ketani (26), further angered by the dad’s marriage to a second wife,  buried their dad Shadreck Mugwambami ‘s headless body, covered with a cap  in a sorghum crop field. Officers from Ndali police base followed up the brothers…

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1 300 Cattle Killed By Drought In Chipinge

CHIPINGE’S resource poor smallholder farmers are accruing huge livestock losses due to drought and diseases, with the latest statistics indicating that more than 1 300 cattle have died in the past few months. The cattle are dying at an alarming rate due to a combination of feed and water shortages as well as exposure to diseases like foot and mouth and anthrax. Chipinge District is a controlled zone that stretches to Chiredzi due to its…

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Chiredzi Sugar Cane Farmer (60) Raped His Two Year Old Daughter

Chiredzi Sugar Cane Farmer (60)  Raped His Two Year Old Daughter

A 60 YEAR old man from Chiredzi who is the chairman of the Chipiwa Sugarcane Farmers’ Association in Chiredzi raped his two-year-old daughter. The man (60), who cannot be named to protect the minor’s identity, is a divorcee. He threatened to kill the minor if she told anyone about the abuse. The victim now suffers complications of her urinary system following the attack. The accused was not asked to plead when he appeared before Chiredzi…

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