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By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 17-YEAR-OLD girl from Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province, was forced to flee from her family home after allegedly enduring countless rape encounters from her 79-year-old grandfather over a five-year period. The grandfather yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Vivian Ndlovu facing rape and indecent assault charges. He pleaded not guilty…

TWO female police officers stationed at Mbare Police Station, Harare, who were allegedly illegally taking money from motorists who were exiting the station premises, reportedly tried to resist arrest and destroy evidence when they were arrested. Victoria Shonhiwa and Naume Dube appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing a charge of criminal abuse of duty….

A MIDLANDS State University (MSU) student will spend the next nine years in prison after he was caught trying to sell the skin of a pangolin. Munashe Maposa, 24, was jointly tried with his accomplice, Oswell Chingara, who was also found guilty of the charge. Their other accomplice, Vincent Sigauke, is said to have evaded…

POPULAR social media personality, Tafadzwa Chidawa, better known as detective Kheda, has landed in court again after he was accused of assault and impersonating a police officer. He gained popularity moving around the Harare central business district (CBD) effecting citizen arrests.He appeared before magistrate Fadzai Mutombeni over the weekend. He was granted US$100 bail and…

THE International Institute of Philanthropy (IIP) has dismissed the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education’s (ZIMCHE) move to ban it from awarding honorary degrees. This comes as the IIP has in recent years been awarding degrees to individuals, which, however, ZIMCHE said were in violation of the country laws. “The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education wishes…

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says a shortage of staff is hindering its operations across the country. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden yesterday, Ema director general Aaron Chigona said the shortage of manpower was hampering its work in regularising mining activities and promoting responsible…

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers Association (CZR) has raised concern over high licencing fees, which they say are a major contributor to rising prices of goods and services in the country. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, CZR president Denford Mutashu bemoaned how high licencing fees were impacting their operations.“One of the key…

ZANU PF has won two local government seats that were contested in weekend’s by-elections. The two by-elections were held following the recall of former Harare mayor and ward 36 councillor Lovejoy Chitengu, while the ward 4 Chinhoyi municipality vacancy occurred as a result of the setting aside of the declared 2023 harmonised elections result by…

A MAN from Milton Park in Harare, who is accused of sexually assaulting his two stepdaughters for more than eight years, appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court last Friday. Keegan Muldoon, 35, was allegedly arrested after his wife found him sexually abusing one of the daughters.Magistrate Donald Ndirowei heard that Muldoon forced the young girls,…