The Zimbabwe Draft constitution, which is set to be presented to Parliament for debate shows that chiefs will no longer have to publicly support any political party and have powers to distribute land, but retain authority to administer communal land. Elections for the Chiefs’ Council will now be conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).Chapter 15:1 on traditional leaders reads: “Tr

Mourners were left in shock when a 101-year-old woman sat up and spoke - just as she was being put in her coffin.Peng Xiuhua wanted to know why so many people were in her house in Lianjiang, Guangdong province, China.Peng, who lived alone, had taken a tumble and hurt herself so her two daughters, who are in their 70s, were looking after her.However, 10 days later her daughters could not detect a

A Chinese couple from Dongguan, Guangdong province has raised eyebrows with their choice of babysitter for their 13-year-old son - a 15ft giant python.Azhe Liu was born six years after his dad Chan Liu brought home a python egg and hatched it out."I'd always thought them the most beautiful creatures and I was interested to see what would happen when my son came along," explained Chan.Instead of b

A British pensioner got a shock when he discovered he was directly related to Eve.DNA tests found Ian Kinnaird’s family tree went all the way back to the world’s first woman who lived 190,000 years ago.While most struggle to delve beyond our great grandfathers in ancestry research, the 72-year-old traced his all the way back to the beginning of humanity.Ian said: “This is a real gobsmacker.

A quirky UK couple have deided to get married in babygrows olso known as ONESIES.Kelly and Stuart Scott decided to shun the traditional wedding gown and morning suit for their big day at Gretna Green.And the newlyweds, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, believe they may be the only couple in Britain to have ever wed in onesies – the winter fashion must-have of winter.Kelly said: "Our favourite

MOURNERS at a funeral wake of a 15-year-old-boy, Tatenda Dick in Southview surburb in Gweru were left in shock when a team of pastors stormed the house and started praying over the body in a bid to resurrect him.Tatenda, an Ordinary Level pupil at Chaplin High School, had died the previous day from a terminal illness.Witnesses said three pastors from the local Christ Embassy Church came and condu

A Russian judge has been fired after falling asleep in court and then sentencing an outraged defendant to five years in prison.Judge Yevgeny Makhno of Blagoveshchensk City Court in Russia's Far East was forced to resign on Friday for obviously falling asleep several times while trying a businessman on charges of fraud.The case became a national scandal after the defendant's lawyer posted several

Six teenagers accused of killing and possibly raping three children appeared in the Mookgopong Magistrate's Court outh Affrica on Friday, Limpopo police said."The case was postponed to 18 February for further investigation," spokesperson Colonel Ronel Otto said.She said the six would be taken back to a place of safety.On 25 January, the same court denied the teenagers, aged between 12 and 14, bai

The two Democratic Republic of Congo nationals who are in Remand Prison who confessed to be satanists say they are planning to open a devil worshipping church at Harare Central Remand Prison.Ngezi Ngendo Braston and George Rene Longande were arrested in Manicaland last year after writing a letter to the Ministry of Justice seeking permission to open a satanic church at Tongogara Refugee Camp.Brast

Many Zimbabwean people living with HIV risk succumbing to infections due to a shortage of cotrimoxazole, an antibiotic used to fight common infections caused by a compromised immune system, in public hospitals.Some affected people said each time they visited public health institutions, they were told that the drug was in short supply and were advised to buy it from private pharmacies.“There is a

MDC legislator and Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Deputy Minister Tongai Matutu has apparently been issued with a warrant of arrest for defaulting paying $1 100 maintenance for his one-year-old son who stays in Kwekwe.Matutu was last year ordered to pay $300 monthly towards the upkeep of the baby he sired with a Kwekwe-based school teacher, Ms Tendai Makura.He did not c

Boniface Ndlovu (35), Casper Kombana (43) and Danford Ndebele (35), who are well known dealers in the coal mining town, were arrested after officers from the Criminal Investigation Department set a trap on them in Hwange.Ndlovu is employed at St Patrick’s Hospital in Hwange, Kombana works at Hwange Colliery Company Limited while Ndebele is a Delta Beverages employee.Acting provincial police spo

There is panic in Zvishavane town following the death of four children in one week after they were immunised at Mandava Clinic.Concerned mothers said they were now reluctant to have their children immunised following the deaths.“We are very worried about what has happened at Mandava Clinic. The death of four children in just one week is very shocking and we want this incident to be investigated.

Cowdray Park suburb, Bulawayo residents assaulted two men suspected to be satanists after catching them scattering sweets at Tategulu Primary School.The men are suspected to be the same people who dumped sweets at the school gate last year, resulting in pupils who ate the sweets falling ill.Residents noticed the two at 9 am scattering sweets at the school and outside the school gate.Speaking to C

A dog walker who spotted a smelly yellow rock on a beach says discovering it was whale vomit was like finding a “bag of cash”.Ken Wilman said his boxer dog Madge found the 6lb lump, which could be worth £100,000, in Morecambe, Lancashire.Ken only realised its potential value after an online search revealed the substance was ambergris, an ingredient used in the manufacture of perfume.A French