TWO police officers from Masvingo tortured a man to death after he had won a fight against one of them following a row over a fake $5 note.Brian Magama, 34, and Isaac Kachena, whose age was not given in court, severely beat up Luckson Muringani of Chivhiko Village under Chief Sengwe for the whole night at Chibwedziva police base in 2010.The two force marched Muringani to Chibwedziva Police Ba

FOUR passengers aboard a South Africa bound Toyota Quantum from Bulawayo died on the spot near Mbalabala along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway yesterday when the vehicle was side swiped by an overtaking car.The Quantum overturned and landed on its side. Eight of the 14 passengers who were aboard were seriously injured.The accident occurred at around 3:30AM at the 67 kilometre peg.National police

A Matebeland based human rights group has accused government of violating rights of rural communities in the region by denying them access to local radio stations.The issue came up during commemorations of the World Radio Day held in Bulawayo over the weekend under the theme Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster.The Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) said it was saddening that 36 ye

PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that pension insurance firms were owed over $300 million in unremitted workers' contributions by State enterprises and quasi-parastatals.Insurance and Pension Commission (IPEC) director Manet Mpofu made the disclosure when she appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance and Economic Development to speak on regulation and monitoring of insurance and p

A self proclaimed prophet of the Johanne Masowe Apostolic Sect dragged his wife before the Harare Civil Court accusing her of witchcraft.Norman Senzere alleged that his wife, Esther Charamba, bewitched his first wife and caused her death.Senzere, who was seeking a protection order against Charamba told magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa that she threatened him with death despite divorcing her."She i

A warrant of arrest has been issued for the late James Jimmy Jimalo Chiyangwa's son who allegedly duped the former editor of The Sunday Mail Edmund Kudzayi of a motor vehicle worth $3 000 in a botched car deal.Mike Harris Chiyangwa (28) of Old Highfield absconded court last Wednesday resulting in the warrant being issued.Early this month he appeared before Mbare magistrate Mr Reward Kwenda charged

Government and local authorities have been barred from resorting to self help and demolishing residents' properties without obtaining a court order.Granting an urgent application by Arlington Estate residents, High Court judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba said even if the structures are illegal in terms of council regulations, due process of the law must be followed.The judge blasted Harare City Cou

Members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces received their 2015 bonuses yesterday as Government honours its pledge to pay civil servants their bonuses, despite the obtaining cash flow challenges.Some banks in Harare had queues spilling outside their banking halls, as ZDF members withdrew the bonuses, together with their February salaries. Next on the payment schedule will be the Zimbabwe Republic Polic

Jose Mourinho could be appointed Manchester United manager in time for their clash with Arsenal.The pressure has ramped up on Louis van Gaal yet again after another disappointing defeat, this time to relegation threatened Sunderland.United lost 2-1 to the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light on Saturday as their top-four hopes took another huge blow.The Red Devils are now six points behind bitter ri

 HOME Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has expressed concern at the chaos at Beitbridge Border Post, saying it was scaring away investors and creating loopholes for revenue leakages. Chombo, who was touring the border post on a fact-finding mission last Friday said the situation at one of the busiest inland ports of entry in sub-Saharan Africa was deplorable and exposed the country to re

Fears of a serious outbreak of typhoid continue to mount as most people are not heeding calls to practice basic hygiene, with food vendors still operating at undesignated sites with no ablution facilities nearby, a local daily has reported. The Harare City Council this week confirmed that by last week, 15 typhoid cases had been confirmed, while 125 other suspected cases were being investigate

 TWO Valentine’s Day demonstrators who on Saturday marched through the streets of Harare to show their “love for the country” ended up in hospital after they were cornered and attacked by baton stick-wielding police officers who could not stomach the purpose of the march. The march was organized by Zimbabwe Activists Alliance (ZAA) together with other civic organizations also to re

LEGISLATORS last Thursday demanded that dehumanizing prison practices that reduced prisoners to lower human beings must be stopped forthwith. Demands for prison officers to stop dehumanizing treatment on prisoners were made by MPs in the National Assembly during debate on a motion on the second report of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defense on the attempted jail break from Chikuru

HOLIDAY INN Harare evacuated all its guests yesterday after a receptionist received an anonymous call claiming a bomb had been planted in one of the hotel rooms.A team from the police bomb disposal unit was called to inspect the rooms. Police national spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident saying investigations were underway."When I came back e

About 1 500 traders in Mbare, Chishawasha Grounds have been served with 48-hour eviction notices as they are using land owned by the Harare City Council without a lease or permission.The traders were last week served with eviction orders from the city's development control (enforcement) section and the eviction is being done in terms of the Urban Council's (Use and Occupation of Land and Buil