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At a time when the Murimba family was planning to host a welcome party to mark the return of Mr Elisha Murimba who had spent 25 in America and five years in South Africa, the celebratory mood has now turned into mourning.   Mr Murimba allegedly murdered his wife over the weekend and circumstances leading to the alleged well planned murder of Mrs Victoria Tsverukai Muzowaka Murimba are still unclear.   A distraught daughter Jamaima…

  The stage for a transition in Zimbabwe is set. Even exogenous factors are in sync with the transition agenda. However, just like a small virgin boy, the opposition seems too excited by the delusion of weilding power or the hope of weilding power someday to such an extend that just a mere glimpse of ‘the curves of power’ from a distance by the opposition has led to perrenial premature ejaculations.   One wise man…

  CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in Bulawayo have rapped the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for sidelining them during consultations over voter registration, preparations for the 2018 elections and the issuing of identification documents.   Zec last week met various political parties in Bulawayo, where they discussed challenges faced by survivors of the Gukurahundi massacres in obtaining identification documents to enable them to register as voters.   The civil society organisations said the meeting would have…

First lady Grace Mugabe on Saturday told a bewildered Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he risked going the same way as his predecessor Joice Mujuru if he did not rein in his supporters. The visibly-angry Grace accused Mnangagwa of plotting against her husband in front of thousands of Zanu PF supporters at a rally addressed by President Robert Mugabe in Bindura. She took issue with claims by the VP’s backers that he was poisoned last month…

A GIRL (10) was rushed to hospital in an ambulance after her father allegedly brutally assaulted her, demanding that she reveals the “identity of her real father.” Trymore Musavengana (33) of Makokoba in Bulawayo allegedly kicked his daughter on her back and mouth before picking her up and slamming her on the floor. He allegedly pursued the minor to two relatives’ homes where he bashed her and threatened to kill her. Musavengana pleaded guilty to…

A TOTAL OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (300, 000) ROHYINGA REFUGEES, roughly a quater of the Rohyinga population in Myanmar , have fled violence Myanmar to Bangladesh in a short space of two weeks, The Rohyinga are not entitled to citizenship rights in Myanmar.   The Rohyinga are subject to what seems to be a campaign of ethnic cleansing as they are killed and their homes and villages are razed doen with fire. However authorities deny…

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is taking a bloated entourage of more than 70 people, including his family, to the United Nations summit scheduled for September 19 to 23, which has raised the eyebrows of the United States embassy in Harare, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.   Diplomatic sources this week said the US embassy queried the inclusion of Mugabe’s family, namely the First Lady Grace Mugabe, their daughter Bona and grandson Simbanashe. The delegation also includes Mugabe’s…

The Bulawayo United Residents’ Association (Bura) has filed a High Court application challenging the mandatory food fortification regulations by the Health and Child Care ministry saying that there were no consultations carried to establish the needs and expectations of the consumers before the regulations were put in place.   They want the court to declare null and void sections 4(i), 5 and 7 of the Food Fortification Regulations 2016 Statutory Instrument 120/2016 published in the…

SEX in old age is typically a punch line, so it seems for a 78-year-old man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo who sued his 65-year-old wife after she slapped him with a 10-year sex drought.   Aaron Ndlovu told the court that he did not believe there was still marriage between him and his wife Elizabeth Ncube who she accused of neglecting him in every area of marital life, including sex.   Ndlovu, who was…

The South African government has announced new regulations for the new four-year, non-renewable permit for nearly 200 000 Zimbabweans working and studying in South Africa.   The new permits, known as the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), will replace the current Zimbabwean Special Permit (ZSP), the Department of Home Affairs announced on Friday.   The initial Special Dispensation for Zimbabweans was approved in April 2009 to document Zimbabwean nationals, who were in South Africa illegally. The…