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September 2013

Zanu PF blames MDC-T for office fire

HARARE – Zanu PF sub-offices and a supermarket at Machipisa Shopping Centre in Highfield were on Saturday morning gutted by a fire that destroyed property worth millions of dollars. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

Gokwe woman burns self to death

A 39-year-old Gokwe woman allegedly burnt herself to death in a pigsty last week after a heated argument with her husband in a case that has sparked a fierce clash between the woman’s family and in-laws.

Dube helps Caps United scrape through

Pre-match favourites Caps United survived by the skin of their teeth, thanks to the brilliance of man of the match Tafadzwa Dube, whose heroic saves on a busy Saturday afternoon propelled United to the Mbada Diamonds Cup quarter-finals in a nerve-wrecking contest at Sakubva.

Mbeki was key in protecting Mugabe: Biti

Wananchi, until the dramatic and brutal manner that he was removed from office, President Mbeki’s presidency would have been most remembered by three things, HIV Aids, Zimbabwe and slow pace of social delivery during his reign.

Man killed in Harare for speaking Ndebele

A Harare man has appeared in court on allegations of beating a reveller to death as punishment for speaking in Ndebele. The accused murderer, Sydney Phiri (36), was arraigned before Harare magistrate Anita Tshuma facing murder charges but was not asked to plead.

Zanu PF and the curse of majoritarianism

“Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. You would have sadza and beans each and every day simply because the majority says so. And since women are a majority of the population, they would all be married to one man,” if I may paraphrase American journalist and political satirist PJ O’Rourke.

Bribery backfires for cops at border post

Two police officers and an immigration officer deployed at Beitbridge Border Post have been arrested by the police anti-corruption unit for taking a R500 bribe from five undocumented immigrants who illegally crossed into Zimbabwe.