Sarudzai Mugogo, a self-confessed prostitute from Kadoma, double-crossed two men leading to one murdering the other.Sure Chiringa could not stomach seeing Tapera Dzowa taking Mugogo to his house from the beerhall and followed them. He then fatally stabbed Dzowa while Mugogo fled from the scene. Chiringa’s trial date has been set for May 20 at the High Court.It is alleged that on January 5 this

The Reserve bank of Zimbabwe has claimed that the collapse of many long established industries in 2012 led to an over reliance on imported goods. Zimbabwe spent $7.4 billion on imports last year but earned only $3.8 billion from all of its exports, the bank said.Zimbabwe's central bank said it is enforcing tougher rules Monday to rein in "the delinquent behavior" of businesses holding cash abroad.

Children and parents in the Cotswolds have been left dismayed after a local playground was fenced off while local residents argue whether it is too brightly coloured.The play area was a major attraction to families when they moved to the area, with some paying up to £500,000 for properties on the estate Corinium Via estate.But when the play area was completed last summer a handful of locals compl

The commando who killed Osama bin Laden broke his silence about the al-Qaida leader and the financial anxiety he now faces as an unemployed civilian. The Navy Seal kept his identity secret in the Esquire magazine profile but revealed his role in the daring May 2011 raid for the first time, as well as the worries he has for his family's security."He looked confused. And way taller than I was expec

Lightning has struck the Vatican hours after Pope Benedict XVI's bolt-from-the-blue resignation.The lightning touched the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, one of the holiest Catholic churches, after the Pope's shock admission he lacks strength to do the job.Following Pope Benedict's announcement that he will retire on February 28th Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana and Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nige

In a shocking development, Pope Benedict has announced he will retire on February 28th, after almost 8 years in the Vatican.A Vatican statement said the pope was unable to continue in office due to his age and diminishing strength, he is 85, and the papacy will remain vacant until a successor is elected.           In a statement, he said: "After h

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) released A-Level results about a fortnight ago but pupils from St Bernard’s High School in Bulawayo have not received theirs for the 2012 Advanced Level Management of Business (MOB) examinations.Officials at the school, who preferred anonymity, said none of their candidates received MOB results.“It is true that our MOB candidates, who sat for

A new potentially fatal SARS like virus known as novel coronavirus has affected at least 10 people around the world.It was first identified in September 2012 in a patient who died from a severe respiratory infection in June 2012.Coronaviruses are causes of the common cold but can also include more severe illness, such as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).Globally, five patients have died a

A 58-year-old Sri Lankan prisoner tried to hide a mobile phone was caught when guards heard his backside ringing.He was admitted to the national hospital in Colombo where doctors later retrieved the handset from his bottom."The man had concealed the phone inside his person," the official said, asking not to be named."Unfortunately for him, the phone rang at the wrong time and guards knew he had a

David Delahunty, 56, from Cumbria, UK has been banned from talking to women he does not know.He had walked up to a stranger at a bus stop, kissed her on the cheek and told her she was a “bonny lass” and then made lewd suggestions and falsely claiming he was a defiler who had just been freed from prison.The victim, in her 20s, was left feeling “disgusted and frightened”, the judge was told

A man from Magololo village in Siganda has been left devastated after a prophet he had trusted to cure his wife ended up impregnating her.Sithole claims that his in laws took his wife to the prophet who claimed he could cure evil spirits. The prophet demanded a beast as payment and when Sithole failed to pay on time he was told the priest had taken his wife as payment.The woman's family apparently

Gwanda magistrate, Sheila Nazombe on Friday convicted Clemence Zikhali, an artisan at Collen Bawn Cement factory, for making derogatory remarks about Mugabe's private parts.It was the State's case that Zikhali was drinking beer at a bar in Gwanda and had a quarrel with a Zanu PF supporter before he made the insulting comments.The unnamed Zanu PF supporter reported the matter to the police, leadin

Anti-animal cruelty charity Peta is offering a reward of up to £1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprit who scattered sausages laced with nails in a popular park in Wales, UK.Around 40 cooked cocktail sausages embedded with up to ten one-inch long metal nails have been found and could be lethal for any animal attempting to eat them.Dog walkers have been left stu

A 21 year old woman from Chicago, USA has been left terrified and traumatised after she was attacked by a man armed with a sock full of human poo.The student was taking a train through Chicago, when she was suddenly assaulted by a fellow passenger.Talking afterwards, she explained: "He had a sock full of his poop on me. It was everywhere: on my face, my hair, my clothes."She told how the man gave

Zimbabwean model Gamuchirai Maziva (25) who was Miss February Face of Zimbabwe 2012 and her boyfriend Nyasha Maridadi (23) have been released from remand prison after a lack of evidence.The two were accused of terminating Maziva's pregnancy and then burning the foetus and dumping at the Zimphos complex in Msasa.They face charges of contravening Section 8 of the Burial and Cremation Act and the S