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JUDGEMENT EXPECTED TODAY in the trial of two white farmers who forced a black South African into a coffin while at the same time threatening to pour petrol over him and burn him alive will be determined today after the case was moved to a high court.   The two white men are Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson who are accused of threatening to place a snake in the coffin with the black victim…

The former African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma called on Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, to face the law over allegations of assaulting South African model, Gabriella Engels. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was previously married to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and her second daughter Gugulethu, is married to prominent opposition leader in Zimbabwe, Welshman Ncube ‘s son Wesley.   Lets look at how much influence there is in Zimbabwe’s politics from outside. Zuma could please his…

Youth are the game changer in the forth coming vote in 2018 and they are the final frontier in the creation of a Gushungo dynasty led by Grace Mugabe. ZANU PF YOUTH CHAIR Kudzai Chipanga has called for Mugabe’s Zanu pf regime to allocate farms to the youth. Chipanga argues that most youths were too young to benefit from the original land redistribution exercise that began in 2000.   According to Chipanga there are still vast…

A 33-YEAR-OLD man from Mvuma allegedly raped his employer’s eight-year-old daughter five times, a Gweru court heard yesterday.   Norman Garai (33) of plot 65 Nyagari Village, Mvuma, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Gweru Regional Magistrate Mr Morgan Nemadire, who remanded him in custody to October 3 for trial.   Garai, who was employed as general hand for eight months, took advantage of the absence of the girl’s mother who had travelled to…

ABOUT 87 percent of children under the age of five years in Zimbabwe do not have access to the minimum required diet necessary for physical and mental development, statistics show.   The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2017 Rural Livelihoods Assessment Report says the number of children with access to acceptable meals had gone down to 13 percent.   “The proportion of children that consumed diets that met the minimum dietary diversity remained generally very…

  Crocodiles are proving to be a huge menace in Zimbabwe with 16 people succumbing to horrific attacks by the reptiles in seven months, the Daily News reported.   A study by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) revealed that 16 people died from croc attacks between January and July, while five people were left badly injured over the same period.   It is the highest number of fatalities arising from crocodile attacks…

In a shocking development to President Robert Mugabe’s succession political plate tectonics, the veteran nonagenarian is reportedly set to name his wife, First lady Grace, as his successor some time next year, as the country desecends into a Mugabe dynasty, Spotlight Zimbabwe reported.   The publication claims to have gathered this information from some senior ruling party officials.   The hard to swallow disclosures, come at a time when the ruling Zanu PF succession wars…

A GOVERNMENT probe team set up to investigate possible abuse of State funds, particularly in contracts involving the rehabilitation of roads in rural district councils (RDCs), has recommended the suspension of four senior public officials, two of whom are directors in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development.   The investigating team was appointed in terms of the Section 46(2) of the Procurement Act after the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) directed the…

A ZNPMA Zimbabwe National Parks Management Authority helicopter crashed yesterday in Hwange National Park. The two passengers who were the pilot and a tourist, escaped without injury. The CAAZ is investigating the air accident. More news to follow. source-Chronicle

Two days ago a California jury dealt drug and consumer health giant Johnson & Johnson its biggest blow yet Monday in an ongoing legal saga over its talc products, which plaintiffs allege can cause ovarian cancer when used for feminine hygiene. J&J has consistently disputed those allegations and says the science “supports the safety” of the product. But who’s right? The Los Angeles Superior Court’s decision to award California resident Eva Echeverria $417 million is…