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. THE Zanu PF youth league has equated President Robert Mugabe to Jesus Christ, saying his birthday should be celebrated as if it is Christmas Day, because to them, the 93-year-old leader is “The Messiah” In an interview last week, the ruling party’s national youth leader, Kudzai Chipanga, declared that Mugabe’s birthday, which falls on February 21, should not be treated like an ordinary day, but given the same status as Christmas Day, which is…

  POLICE have dismissed speculative reports that a pedestrian knocked down by a police vehicle during a high-speed chase of a commuter omnibus along Rotten Row in Harare last Thursday, died of excessive bleeding after being left unattended. In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba, said contrary to reports circulating on social media platforms, police took the victim to Parirenyatwa By Tatenda Chitagu. source newsday.

POLICE in Kwekwe have arrested a suspected gold panners’ ring leader who is accused of killing a fellow panner last year during a fight of rival groups of panners. Likhwa Ngwenya (23) who was arrested last Friday is suspected to have killed Washington Dick in November last year. At the time of his death, Dick was facing an attempted murder charge after he attacked Ngwenya using a machete following a dispute over a gold claim….

Fabulously-rich Zimbabwe businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s list of requirements for a future wife was certainly controversial.   The wealth-flaunting tenderpreneur, who has made no secret of his friendship with the first family, announced he was looking for a wife on December 31.   Less than three weeks later, he says he’s found her.   “Applicants with the following requirements should apply,” Chivayo wrote in his initial post, adding a list of 16 ‘must-haves’.” One was a…

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s (ZBC) former chief executive officer, Happison Muchechetere’s woes continue to mount after a local financial institution, CBZ Bank filed a $482 916,35 lawsuit against him over an unpaid agricultural loan. Muchechetere, who was relieved of his duties at the helm of the national broadcaster following allegations of swindling his paymasters of over $800 000, is still awaiting criminal trial for procuring an OB Van without going to tender sometime in 2013. According…

  ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said Zanu-PF Bulawayo province should ensure that the party wins all the 12 Parliamentary seats in the 2018 harmonised elections. Addressing the party’s provincial leadership at a provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting at Davies Hall yesterday, Acting President Mphoko said every party member should work hard to mobilise people to vote for the party come 2018. “We must all work hard towards one goal, which is winning all the…

 Government has frozen medical doctors’ employment with effect from next month as the posts have been filled up, prompting the class completing its internship next month to demand their open practise certificates for them to search for employment elsewhere.   Although he could not immediately give more details on the issue, acting Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care Dr Robert Mudyiradima confirmed the development and said Government was seized with the matter….

A 48-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man is battling for life in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed with a kitchen knife by his wife of more than 10 years following an infidelity row.   Lydies Svorio (37) of New Parklands suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Tinashe Tashaya charged with attempted murder.   She was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to February 3 while the court is awaiting a medical report on her…

  FIVE gun-toting robbers at the weekend raided the house of an illegal foreign currency dealer in Bulawayo’s Emganwini suburb and got away with R15 000 and $70. The gang gagged family members using pieces of cloth, tied their hands and feet before ransacking the house. The five who were armed with two pistols, a machete and knobkerrie, pounced on the house on Saturday at about 1PM. They allegedly threatened to kill the family members…