BULAWAYO – The High Court here has slashed a 40-year jail term for an HIV-positive Gokwe man who raped and infected his 11-year-old niece with a sexually transmitted disease. The 31-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, raped his brother’s daughter on four different occasions in 2015. He will now serve…
HARARE – Cleric Phillip Mugadza is refusing to settle a $15 medical bill incurred when he was treated at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa), demanding that President Robert Mugabe must foot the expense. The man of cloth — who made headlines after prophesying that 93-year-old Mugabe will die on October 17 this year — was…
HARARE – Zimbabweans must brace for aftershocks in the coming days following a 6,5 magnitude earthquake that struck the country, the Meteorological Services Department (Met) said. The earthquake shook Zimbabwe on Monday night and its epicentre was said to have been in Botswana, with shocks also felt in neighbouring South Africa (SA). Earlier, SA experienced…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe received a special chair as a belated 93rd birthday gift from his Cabinet, a present which the main opposition quickly used to question whether Africa’s oldest leader was still fit to rule. Mugabe, the only ruler Zimbabwe has known since independence in 1980, thanked his ministers for putting…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe received a special chair as a belated 93rd birthday gift from his Cabinet, a present which the main opposition quickly used to question whether Africa’s oldest leader was still fit to rule. Mugabe, the only ruler Zimbabwe has known since independence in 1980, thanked his ministers for putting…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is importing coal from Mozambique for tobacco curing, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has said. Speaking at the tour of Feruka in Mutare organised by Verify Engineering, Mangudya said the country has been forced to import because Hwange is not producing. Hwange, in which Zimbabwe’s government is the biggest…
HARARE – We all know that going backwards, though motion, is never progress and 37 years after independence we, are going in reverse when other nations are making great strides in terms of social and economic development. While our leaders may represent the few who live in splendour, statistics on a broader scale show that our…
HARARE – African Medallion Group (AMG)’S gold medallions can be “a future global currency”, a leading South African millionaire and currency trader says. This also comes amid indications that the bullion initiative launched by Zimbabwean entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Buyanga, is one of a few similarly-styled products by a continental industrialist in recent years, and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe was abuzz yesterday after President Robert Mugabe was given a “special massage chair” by his ministers, as part of gifts to mark his 93rd birthday celebrations. The gift immediately raised eyebrows — sparking both mirth and frenzied debate, especially on social media, about its “meaning” and symbolism in light of Mugabe’s advanced…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has pleaded with warring Zanu PF bigwigs to stop staging demonstrations against each other and ventilating their grievances through State media which he accused of acting like the opposition. Mugabe said this after angry Zanu PF supporters held demonstrations in Bindura and in Gweru yesterday, where they pushed for the…
