A Karoi magistrate has ordered a 16-year-old high school pupil to perform 140 hours of community service after convicting the teenager of making a false rape report against her father who had beaten her for misbehaving.The father, a nurse at a well-known mission hospital in Hurungwe, spent two weeks, including Christmas, in remand prison and was only freed last week.Magistrate Mr Obidience Matare

A  Zimbabwean man allegedly killed a South African woman in Tshiombo Village in Limpopo Province on Christmas Day and now South Africans want all Zimbabweans out of the village. The local traditional leader, Chief Ratshilumela Tovhowani Mathoho, confirmed that the local community members had approached him over the issue."The local community has indicated that it was not happy with the manne

A Harare magistrate has jailed a 24-year-old Chinese woman for three years for attempting to run over her worker with a vehicle following a labour dispute.Magistrate Esthere Chivasa sentenced Li Mengheng to four years in prison before suspending a year on condition of good behaviour within five years of her release.The court was told Mengheng had a misunderstanding with Emmanuel Mashevedze on Augu

A study into how porn affects men was dropped - when experts failed to find ANY young men who had not watched it.Researchers in Canada wanted to compare the behaviour of men who consumed porn with those who had never looked at it all.Montreal University professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse said: "We started our research by seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography."But we couldn't f

THE Gospel Assembly Church leadership has resolved that Pastor Lazarus Muriritirwa be forced to step down as leader of the Johannesburg Assembly Church in South Africa for his involvement in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's love affairs.The resolution was passed at a recent meeting, which was held in Bulawayo among 24 pastors of the Gospel Assembly Church drawn from Botswana, South Africa,

President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF Minister on Tuesday thwarted proposals by Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khuphe for the late warriors and Highlanders striker to be declared a national hero.Ndlovu died on Sunday in an accident that also claimed the life of a 24 year old passenger identified as Nomqhele Tshili.Ndlovu's death united the tribally divided Zimbabwe with many calling for Ndlovu to b

Peter Ndlovu on Tuesday evening reportedly wept uncontrollably after he was finally told of his older brother Adam's death.Peter and Adam along with a 24 year old woman were involved in an accident in Victoria Falls on Sunday morning.The woman identified as Nomqhele Tshili died on the spot while Adam died on the way to the Victoria Falls Hospital.The family had decided not to tell Peter of Adam's

Zimbabwe soccer legend Adam Ndlovu will be buried on Saturday at a place yet to be announced.Adamski died on Sunday after he and young brother Peter were involved in an accident along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.Peter escaped the accident with head injuries and fractured limbs.Addressing journalists in Bulawayo on Tuesday, Madinda Ndlovu, elder brother to Peter and Adam said Peter was reco

A twelve year old double orphaned girl of Lusaka's George Compound in Zambia is having challenges to cope with the reality of being a mother at her age.Maureen Lombanya, born in the year 2000 tells Muvi TV news that she was impregnated by her boyfriend who allegedly ran way upon learning of the pregnancy.The girl now has the agony of coping with a two weeks old baby boy, but faces multiple proble

Mutare-based United Family International Church (UFIC) pastor, Jacob Tembo on Sunday confirmed that the pictures and story published in Hmetro two weeks ago WAS TRUE!He however, said the events took place before he became a UFI pastor and did not take place this year as claimed. In fact, Pastor Tembo said HE DID WORSE THINGS than what his former girlfriend, Cynthia Shungu Tapera said.Giving a 15-2

A CROSSBORDER trader has been caught up in a love triangle after it emerged that she was allegedly double crossing her husband with their landlord.The issue is reported to have come to light a couple of weeks ago, when Salakuthini Mabhena was allegedly caught by her husband, Vela Mabhena, in an uncompromising position with Collen Mlangeni.In an interview, Vela told B-Metro that he caught the coupl

CHIREDZI - A woman who was granted $25 maintenance by a Chiredzi Court showed her disapproval for the paltry amount by bashing the father of her child outside the courts.The woman, who could not be identified got hold of her hub's clothes, tore them until the man was almost naked soon after leaving the court some time in November.This happened soon after the presiding magistrate ordered the hub t

GUTU - A self-proclaimed prophet from Zviratidzo Apostolic Act will languish in prison for the next five years after he was convicted of killing a snake with the intention of using products from it for his work.Shadreck Parichi (35) of number 46 Malvin farm in Gutu was found guilty of killing a 1.6m long python and was sentenced to five years imprisonment.It was the State’s case that on November

A 16-year-old Bulawayo girl narrowly survived death because of excessive bleeding when a traditional healer helped her abort when she was four months pregnant.The traditional healer, Agness Muroyiwa of 64674 Tshabalala, was on Monday sentenced to do 490 hours of community service at Tshabalala Police Station.She was being jointly charged with the girl for illegally terminating the pregnancy.The

AN Inyathi man landed himself in murky waters after apparently missing his ex-wife and failing to live without her touch, forcing him to travel in the middle of the night to force himself on the woman.The 25-year-old man from Kenilworth was arrested and is facing rape charges. It is reported that on 25 November, he decided to visit his ex-wife in the middle of the night.Upon arrival at the complai