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A 20-year-old Harare housemaid allegedly forced her employee’s son (14) to have sexual intercourse with her after threatening to report him to the police for raping her and threatening his family’s life.   Gladys Chukura allegedly told the 14-year-old boy that she wanted to teach him how to have sex and when he refused, she threatened to burn his mother and mutilate his six-month-old sister if he refused. Chukura appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Rumbidzai…

A five-year-old boy was electrocuted in Marlborough, Harare, last week after touching a wire used as a washing line. The wire, which had dropped from a pole at the house of the boy’s parents, was attached to an iron zinc roofing sheet and accidentally connected to electricity.   Police chief spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident, saying investigations were underway. “The boy was playing with friends when he touched a wire used…

A woman from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who was murdered last Thursday on her way from a church service, had nearly all her teeth knocked out while her back, arm and both legs were also fractured. Mrs Ivy Sibanda’s body was found last Friday morning with several stab wounds on the face and body in a suspected rape and murder case. A member of the Zaoga church who was described by her church mates…

AN eight-year-old girl from Lupane district in Matabeleland North province died from severe burns sustained after she was assaulted and forced to sit on a tin with boiling water by her stepfather. The girl’s stepfather who is also accused of raping her several times, was apprehended by villagers and handed over to the police last Saturday. Levius Ncube (39) of Moya Village under Chief Mabhikwa was cornered in a bush by villagers who effected citizen’s…

Kariba-based cleric with the Remnant Pentecostal Church, Philip Mugadza who last week said that 92 year old President Robert Mugabe will die on October 17 has been arrested.   Mugadza was reportedly picked up at the Magistrates court in Harare early today.   The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights quickly dispatched Gift Mtisi to offer emergency legal services to Mugadza.   In his prophecy, Mugadza said “I just want to tell you something concerning the…

  Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has lashed out at state controlled Herald describing the publication as “publicists for regime change agents”. Kasukuwere called for a change in the editorial team headed by editor Caesar Zvayi. He said Zanu PF would not allow the publication to be abused for narrow interests. The Herald today in an article headlined “Elect substantive chairperson, Zanu-PF urged” said the “ruling party has nine of 10 hand-picked officials in…

Outgoing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku today made stunning revelations that he received a fake Executive Order advising him to stop interviews for his replacement. Chidyausiku told puzzled guests at the official opening of the 2017 legal year in Harare. According to the top lawyer, he later discovered that the executive order was faked as President Robert Mugabe was in the dark about it. In his speech the Chief Justice said: “In light of the above,…

President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party has just acquired 365 state of the art vehicles with sophisticated tracking system for campaigning ahead of next year’s harmonised election. The move came high on the heels that the Finance Minister has presented a shoddy national budget highly underpinned on the ever rising government expenditure. Of note is that though the budget’s huge deficit was because of the government’s wage expenditure bill, most civil servants notably teachers…

OUTGOING US President Barack Obama’s outgoing administrationd extended its sanctions against the Harare regime by another year.   According to NewZimbabwe.com, the sanctions were extended in conformity with the Washington’s national emergency policies aimed at dealing with perceived “threats” in Cuba and Venezuela, along with Iran, Libya, Ukraine, Zimbabwe and countries Washington claims “support terrorism.”   The US in 2001 enacted the controversial Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) in attempts to force a…