Professor Lovemore Madhuku and the National Constitutional Assembly yesterday filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to set aside the recently gazetted referendum date. President Mugabe, using the powers vested in him under the Referendums Act, set the referendum date for March 16 through Statutory Instrument 19/2013.Prof Madhuku and the NCA are contesting the proclamation

South Africa's North West premier, Thandi Modise has said that men found guilty of raping women and children should be punished by chemical castration.Chemical castration of rape perpetrators could serve as a deterrent and reduce the scourge of rape, her office said in a statement.Modise, who was herself a victim of rape in her teens, vowed to lead a campaign to lobby for chemical castration "giv

A spooky CCTV footage showing a ghostly figure leaving a community centre in north-west London is creating a stir online.The video shows a slim man suddenly appear outside the entrance of South Ruislip Community Association and Community Centre on February 1.It captures the transparent figure walking calmly towards a metal railing before seemingly disappearing into thin air.The strange moment was

Houses bought for as much as £70,000 each under a 2003 regeneration Pathfinder scheme are now to be sold off for just £1 each.Liverpool City Council in the UK is to offer the Victorian terraced homes in the 'Granby Triangle' area of Kensington at the rock-bottom price to DIY enthusiasts.Each sale will include a clause for the purchasers to demonstrate they can bring the houses back up to scratch

George Wekwete, the NMB manager accused of sodomising a 10-year-old deaf pupil from Emerald Hill School of the Deaf had his trial resumed on Monday. Wekwete is being charged with aggravated indecent assault after he allegedly lured the pupil with food and clothes before he molested the boy. The matter had been adjourned to Monday after the prosecution made an application to obtain a medical repor

A 41-year-old woman from Phase 6 in Mangaung, South Africa, was devastated when she found out that her 13 year old daughter tested positive for HIV after she was raped, allegedly by a neighbour who is a church elder. “I was shocked and furious to find out that this monster raped my daughter in his car every time they came back from the church service – and this has been going on since Septemb

Sanele Masilela (8) and Helen Shabangu (61) got married in front of about 100 guests at the weekend.The boy's family and the bride’s husband (first) and her five children were also at the wedding in extension six, Mamelodi East, Tshwane, South Africa.The boy’s aunt, Patience Masilela (46), explained why the wedding took place.She said: "The boy was named after his late grandfather who never

Scientists at Duke University, North Carolina claim they have found a 'sixth sense' which can detect light without the use of sight - and could even be a form of telepathy.They implanted detectors for invisible infrared light into the part of rats’ brains that control tactile feeling.When the light was shone, the animals responded by preening their whiskers, indicating that they thought they we

TWO brothers, Benjamin and Bernard Mukundu have been jailed for seven months for demanding US$500 from their brother-in-law as payment for taking care of his son who had died.  The two went on to physically assault their brother-in-law and his father Kingston Madziva after they had refused to pay the money and they snatched Mr Madziva’s car keys, driver’s licence, US$300 cash and the coff

Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, leader of United Family International Church has challenged pastors from various denominations to come forward and test for themselves if he is a true man of God or is being used by evil spirits as has been alleged.Speaking to thousands of worshippers at his Chitungwiza church on Sunday, Prophet Makandiwa said it was unfortunate that men of God had chosen to judge him a

Five men, Stabiliser Kadafi, Nobert Muzhingi, Thabani Mashonganyika, Sikhumbuzo Madhuveko and Mangisi Mutandavari from Kadoma have appeared at the High Court facing charges of murder alleged to have happened in 2008.The state alleges the five murdered the deceased after assaulting him accusing him of being a political sell out and being a state witness in an assault case against them during the 20

A man from Port Elizabeth was beaten to death by angry women because he allegedly raped one of their own.His naked body lay in the dust, his pants still around his ankles. The man is allegedly to climb through the bedroom window in the house of a naked woman and to rape her where she lay sleeping. Hours later dozens of angry women beat him with sjamboks and sticks.The women from Govan Mbeki townsh

Mr Soton Shumba (45) from Mberengwa said his wife and one-year-old baby girl were taken by his in-laws from Gokwe recently because  he had failed to pay lobola, which included $2 000 which the parents spent on the wife’s education.“When I engaged my in-laws after they claimed my wife back, they indicated to me that I should pay $2 000 which they spent on my wife’s education. I have sin

West Midlands Police could be in trouble after a statement was produced from the force filled out a form in the guise of one of their police dogs, Peach.The faux statement was brief and said: ‘I chase him. I bite him. Bad man. He tasty. Good boy. Good boy Peach.’It also came complete with a ‘signature’ from the Alsatian, which was a print of its paw.It was reportedly written in response to

Tonderai Choko (21) of Beta Bricks compound in Mount Hampden pleaded guilty to having sex with a girl under the age of consent and assault charges when he appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Anita Tshuma.The sex charges were, however, then dropped after the State failed to produce a birth certificate to verify the girl’s age.Ms Tshuma sentenced Choko to a wholly suspended four months imprisonme