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Air Zimbabwe has been banned from European airspace. This is due to “unaddressed safety deficiencies that were detected by the European Aviation Safety Agency during the assessment for a third country operator authorisation” European Commission said in a statement.   “Today the European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the…

SIX more immigration officers stationed at Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts have been arrested after allegedly receiving bribes from foreigners to alter visas.   The arrest of Vincent Shoshwe, Sheilla Ndabani, Shepherd Gombwe, Simbarashe Nyamukachi, Joseph Raungana and Tichaona Munemo, brings to 16 the number of immigration workers who have been arrested at Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts and the Victoria Falls International Airport within a month. Shoshwe, Ndabani, Gombwe, Nyamukachi, Raungana and…

  A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with an accomplice and lured their neighbour into a bush where they stripped him before strangling him and looting his house, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.   Victor Teera (30) of Pumula South was convicted of murder with constructive intent by retired Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Ndou.   Teera and his accomplice, Lungisani Dube who is on the run assaulted Mgcini Nyathi (21) before they…

A 25-year-old Figtree man who tracked and raped his mother’s 67 year-old drunken friend while she was coming from a beer drink, was on Friday sentenced to 14 years in jail. Smile Zikhali of Ezihwabeni village was convicted on his own plea of guilty to rape by Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Crispen Mberewere. He will serve an effective 10 years in jail after four years were suspended for five years on condition that he does…

A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from Masvingo Mavis Madenga allegedly axed her husband to death while he was sleeping before burning the body beyond recognition.   Madenga of Madenga village under Chief Mugabe had been accused by her husband of having extra-marital affairs with several villagers, including his uncle.   She allegedly woke up in the wee hours of Saturday morning, grabbed an axe and struck Joseph Marisa (40) who was fast asleep, thrice in the head….