© A MAID from Bulawayo’s Famona suburb appeared in court yesterday on charges of sexually grooming her employer’s four-year-old child. The woman, 21, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the boy, allegedly taught the boy how to caress buttocks, breasts and private parts. The matter came to light when the child fondled…
© A 20-YEAR-OLD Epworth man allegedly ganged up with his friends and murdered another man during a robbery, a court heard yesterday. Kudakwashe Mapinganjira, 20, was charged with murder and advised to apply for bail at the High Court because he committed a third schedule offence. He was remanded in custody to January 21. Prosecutor…
© TWO suspected impostors who duplicated various residential stands owners’ national identity cards before using them to defraud home-seekers have appeared in court. Victoria Taruvinga, 48, and Phillimon Machekecha, 53, were charged with fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. They were arrested with more than five duplicated national identity cards bearing their…
© IN a move to avert a food crisis, private grain millers are importing 50 000 tonnes of maize from South Africa, complementing the government and international donors’ efforts, to save eight million people from starvation. This comes at a time when the World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$200 million in emergency aid to…
SONGSTRESS Selmor Mtukudzi is happy that the concerts she held in conjunction with sungura music star Alick Macheso will pave way for her much-hyped album launch set for January 31. During the festive season, Selmor held five performances with Macheso visiting areas such as Kadoma and Mutare a strategy which they believe helped expose her…
© A unique Iconic Festival open to models, musicians, poets, comedians, dancers and other players in the arts industry will be held in Harare on January 25. The showcase takes place at Beautiful Noise Entertainment located at Bothwell House. “This event will see several prizes being won in each category,” said Iconic Festival music head…
© SILENT World Zimbabwe returns to Ster-Kinekor, Sam Levy’s Village, Borrowdale in Harare with Silent Cinema: Bad Boys for Life scheduled for January 24 and 25. Silent World Zimbabwe is a branch part of the Nemesis Entertainment and Events Company founded by Panashe Munemo and Tawanda Kaseke. “We are expecting another exciting response from all…
© VICE President Kembo Mohadi’s ex-wife, Tambudzani, has accused her former husband of abusing the court process through a High Court application he filed seeking to stop her from selling her share of the couple’s matrimonial property after their divorce. The two divorced in March last year after signing a consent paper relating to the…
© PANICKING authorities yesterday scrambled to avoid a mega strike planned for this month by the increasingly agitated civil servants when it invited them for further dialogue, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is facing a myriad challenges — ranging from pressure to feed millions of people facing starvation — to stopping the…
© THE ruling Zanu PF yesterday came out guns blazing against the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) — threatening it with unspecified action for warning that the country is on the brink of an uprising unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa holds much-needed dialogue with the opposition, the Daily News reports. At the same time, MDC leader…
