HWANGE regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga has lashed out at a Grade Seven pupil for alleging that she was raped and infected with a sexually transmitted infection, only for medical results to reveal that her alleged rapist never had an STI.The rape suspect, a 27-year-old man from Jambezi, was charged with three counts of rape for allegedly raping his teenage cousin, but has been found not guilty

Pupils lost consciousness and two of them were rushed to hospital after they inhaled bromine gas in an Advanced Level laboratory at St Bernard’s High school in Bulawayo’s Old Pumula suburb.There was panic at the Catholic-run school among pupils and teachers and an ambulance had to be called.Sources said some pupils started having breathing problems while others complained of dizziness. Two of

THREE tsikamutandas were arrested in Gweru’s Central Business District (CBD) yesterday after they were found with a puff adder while on their way to a “cleansing ceremony” in Shurugwi.Travellers, traders and touts first ran for dear life when the snake was discovered by police in a bag at around 9.30AM.They later trickled back to get a glimpse of the venomous snake.Midlands police spokespers

Claims have arisen that disagreements over donor money and personality clashes have all but snuffed a protest that had been organised by opposition-linked activists in Harare’s Africa Unity Square.The #16DayOccupation (June 1-16, 2016) was organised by a Zimbabwe Activist Alliance, led by Lynette Tendai Mudehwe who, sensing the flop that it has been so far, had gone on to invite other groups an

THE Supreme Court will next month determine whether or not controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo should be acquitted on money laundering charges.The Registrar of the Supreme Court has set down the challenge for July 21 at 9.30am.Chivayo was in 2005 jailed five years for money laundering, which involved R837 000 by the High Court.Two years were conditionally set aside, leaving him to serve an

A Kombi Driver who has been on the rum from the law after running over killing a Form Four pupil at Harare Girl High School was dragged before the courts facing six counts: culpable homicide, reckless driving, failure to stop after an accident, failure to report an accident within 24 hours, failure to ascertain if any person is injured or killed after an accident, failure to render assistance afte

TWO homeless men allegedly stripped their colleague, gagged him and tied his hands and legs with a rope and chopped him with a hacksaw after accusing him of informing the police of their shenanigans.Never Nyarambi and Alfred Chitate, approached the unnamed man at his sleeping spot armed with a hacksaw and stones, where they assaulted him.It is the State’s case that Nyarambi took out the hacksaw

United Family International Church founder and leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa launched his brand over the weekend as he seeks to revolutionise and consolidate the work of God locally and beyond.The event, organised by the church, was held in Harare on Saturday with his Ghanaian spiritual father Prophet Victor Khusi Boateng in attendance.Speaking while officially launching the “Emmanuel Makand

IT was in 1991 when the government made a resolution to build a dam at the confluence of the Gwayi and Shangani Rivers in Matabeleland North province.The multi-million dollar project was to be a solution to Bulawayo’s perennial water problems and a regional economic enabler in the drought-prone Matabeleland through the creation of a green belt of irrigation agriculture along the pipeline linking

POLICE in Matabeleland North have arrested a truck driver, a Zimra official and a clearing agent for smuggling household goods and clothes worth thousands of dollars through Kazungula border post in Victoria Falls.The goods included four beds, four upright refrigerators, four deep freezers, 109 drums containing new and second hand clothes, three sets of sofas, six mattresses, three plasma televisi

A WOMAN from Kensington on the outskirts of Bulawayo has been arrested after she allegedly kidnapped a six-year-old girl before demanding a $2,000 ransom from the child’s family.Nontokozo Moyo, 24, allegedly kidnapped the minor (name supplied), a Grade One pupil at Sihlengeni Primary School in Siphezini under Chief Sigola’s area last week on Thursday.Moyo allegedly kidnapped the child so that

A NOTORIOUS criminal is nursing gunshot wounds on both legs and recovering under police guard at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was shot as he tried to flee from the police during indications in Southdowns suburb.The incident happened on Friday last week when Killias Maphosa, 45, of Mambo, who is facing 43 counts of unlawful entry and theft, tried to escape from detectives.He and an accomplice

LEGAL experts say the local football leadership has plunged itself into a seemingly intractable quagmire over the rushed decision to announce the dissolution of Zifa and formation of the National Football Association of Zimbabwe (NFAZ) without following proper legal channels.An extraordinary congress convened at Zifa Village on Saturday resolved to dissolve Zifa with effect from yesterday and the

Opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe's administration of seeking to payoff its local debt using bond notes. This comes as $245 million issued in treasury bills in the first quarter to finance the budget and pay domestic debt was facing hurdles. A total of $679 million is needed to pay government domestic loans this year alone. The country faces a huge debt bu

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s fear to name a successor stems from a deep sense of mistrust and fear that the chosen heir-apparent could make a volte-face and persecute him, a former Zanu PF activist has claimed.Expelled Zanu PF Mashonaland Central provincial youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, made the disclosures on his Facebook page yesterday, saying Mugabe’s continued indecision was triggered by