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Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan sacks military chiefs
LAGOS - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked his military high command, his spokesman Reuben Abati has said. No reason was given but the dismissals come amid growing concern about the...
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Chidyausiku's concerns genuine
HARARE - This week, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku lamented the slashing of perks for members of the judiciary. We totally agree with Chidyausiku that there is need for government to adequately...
View ArticleHarare man steals from primary schools
BULAWAYO - A 30-year-old Mabvuku man and his colleague have been hauled before the courts for stealing irrigation pipes worth nearly $5 000 from Moaray Primary School in Bulawayo. It is alleged that...
View ArticleNtabazinduna man jailed for stock theft
BULAWAYO - A man from Ntabazinduna has been slapped with a mandatory nine-year jail term for stealing his employer’s beast. Hama Chishanhu, 26, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Takunda Witness...
View ArticleMagistrate turns down MDC MP's appeal
BULAWAYO - Edward Graham Cross, the Bulawayo South Member of Parliament who was arrested for insulting and accusing a staffer at his party’s provincial offices of being a thief, was disappointed...
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Hospital builds $700k hospital facility
HARARE - A $700 000 central vaccine storage facility being built at Parirenyatwa Hospital is set to be completed by end of this month, a government official has said. Gerald Gwinji, Health ministry...
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Chiefs threaten to sink 2014 budget
HARARE - Chiefs have threatened to sink the 2014 national budget when it is presented before Parliament next week for approval. The traditional leaders are livid that their budgetary allocation was...
View ArticleAirtime vendor offers $10 child support
HARARE - An airtime vendor yesterday offered $10 for each of his four children in child support, against his wife’s demand of $250 per month. Idzai Posvo told magistrate Rekina Dzikiti that her...
View Article'Hubby blows salary on hookers'
HARARE - A disgruntled woman yesterday told the court that her husband squanders all his salary with ladies of the night and comes home penniless. Alice Mukono hauled her husband Kenneth Maengahama...
View ArticleMan jailed for raping mentally-retarded woman
HARARE - A 33-year-old Chitungwiza man has been jailed 11 years for raping a mentally-retarded woman. Harare magistrate Aidonia Masawi sentenced Clemence Galau to a 15-year sentence of which four...
View ArticleZim recalls South Sudan embassy staff
HARARE - Zimbabwe is keeping a skeleton staff at its embassy in South Sudan, as it monitors the volatile situation in the oil-rich East African country. At least 1 000 people have been killed, with...
View ArticleKereke playing politics: Zacc
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc) has accused Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke of playing politics in his constitutional application seeking to force the anti-graft body...
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Tsvangirai convenes shadow cabinet meeting
HARARE - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday met with his shadow cabinet and declared they had solutions to turn around the deteriorating Zimbabwean economy. The shadow cabinet discussed the...
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Kereke's letter to Mujuru: Part II
HARARE - 8.9 In the wild, where there is no Constitution in the jungles of the beasts, flora and fauna, even elephants have learnt through convention that they must tolerate and co-exist with the...
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Gumbura faces fresh rape charge
HARARE - Controversial Independent End Time Message pastor Robert Martin Gumbura is set to stand a fresh rape trial on March 31. Gumbura is currently awaiting his judgment on January 24 on other rape...
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Mwonzora's theft trial kicks off
HARARE - The trial of MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora, who is facing theft of trust property charges, opened yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Mwonzora is allegedly failing to reimburse...
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Woman dies after sex with judge
HARARE - A Bindura businesswoman died on Tuesday night moments after a suspected sexual encounter with a top High Court judge, the Daily News can reveal. The death of 55-year-old Gladys Farai...
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WTO pact no benefit for Zim
HARARE - Zimbabwe will not benefit from the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s Bali agreement as the country remains a net importer, Industry minister Mike Bimha said yesterday. Last month, WTO adopted...
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Zimplats: No progress on land challenge
HARARE - Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) – a subsidiary of South African miner Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) – says there are no developments on its legal challenge of their land compulsorily...
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Obama to reveal curbs on NSA spying
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is to announce changes to US electronic spy programmes after revelations made by ex-intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. He aims to restore public confidence in...
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