BULAWAYO – A 15-year-old Inyathi boy enticed his 5-year-old niece to have sexual intercourse with him by offering her peanut butter. The boy was convicted of attempted rape and sentenced to canning by a prison officer. Bulawayo Magistrate Crispen Mberewere ordered prison officers to cane the boy (name withheld) twice with a rattan cane. Prosecutor…
HARARE – Munyaradzi Milimo, aka DJ Munya, and his two accomplices were yesterday remanded to August 16 pending their indictment at the High Court. Milimo, 32, Taurai Janhi, 34 and Mohammed Matare, 31 had appeared before magistrate Don Ndirowei for their routine remand hearing. Janhi and Matare, who were granted bail on Tuesday, appeared in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe yesterday plunged into a fresh crisis after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai claimed Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa’s Tuesday Constitutional Court application — for election dates postponement — was weak and run without due consultations. The development comes amid heightening clashes in the shaky inclusive government and as the Zanu PF element of the…
HARARE – A Harare man stalked his ex-wife to the hair salon, bashed her and then bundled her in the boot of his car ostensibly because she was living lavishly. Fradreck Utsiwegota, 31, allegedly followed his ex-wife Agnes Dumba to Dynamite Hair Salon where he forced her into his car and drove to Mount Pleasant…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Under-19 international Gary Ballance is one step closer to playing for England after earning his first official call-up to that country’s national side on Thursday. He has been named in a 14-strong squad for two T20 internationals against New Zealand next week. The 23-year-old Yorkshire batsman has enjoyed an impressive start…
JOHANNESBURG – A coalition of Zimbabwe civil society has warned that the contentious July 31 poll date has dashed hopes for a free and fair election environment. Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, a conglomeration of more than 350 civic society organisations raised fresh fears of retrogression as doubts persist that the country will implement recommendations of…
HARARE – Ex-Mines minister Edward Chindori-Chininga has died in a car crash at Shinje turn-off in Guruve. This comes as the Guruve South MP was involved in another deadly crash last year and in which one person died, and seven others were injured along the Centenary-Mazowe road. As the Mines parliamentary committee chairman, Chindori-Chininga had…
HARARE – Zora music star Leonard Zhakata will be back at Harare’s premier club, Jazz 105 tomorrow for the second time this year. Zhakata said the last time they performed at the joint; it was a joyful outing as his city fans responded to their sounds until early morning. “We are delighted to be performing…
HARARE – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) yesterday gave $140 000 worth of vehicles and waste bins to Kuwadzana community. It is just the latest donation after the American-based charity extended $5 million in 2011 to the same community which bankrolled the construction of 480 housing units for low income residents. Speaking at the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket on Thursday revealed the itinerary for for next month’s tour by India. The Indians will tour Zimbabwe for a series of five ODIs starting July 24 and ending on August 3. The first three one-dayers will be played in Harare, with the last two in Bulawayo. India had confirmed their tour…
