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2014

Jilted lover faces rape charge

A JILTED lover who allegedly raped his married ex-girlfriend after she snubbed his overtures to rekindle the love affair appeared in court on Monday charged with rape.

Zanu PF MP’s husband applies for asylum in Australia

CANBERRA — Former Zimbabwean ambassador to Australia Jacqueline Zwambila, who is seeking political asylum in that country, yesterday made sensational claims that her former deputy, Felix Nyamupinga, had also sought asylum in the host country for reasons yet to be known.

R Kelly to perform in Zimbabwe?

MUSIC lovers may be in for a special treat this year if word from the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) that America’s Pied Piper of R&B, R Kelly (real name Robert Sylvester Kelly), will perform at the Zimbabwe International Carnival is anything to go by.

Gorowa chooses his Warriors for CHAN

ZIMBABWE coach Ian Gorowa has blended youth and experience as he stuck with the majority of the players who have been doing duty under his reign when he named his final 23-man squad for the African Nations Championship in South Africa.

Tryson Chimbetu deserted

Wanning fortunes have cast a dark cloud in dendera musician Tryson Chimbetu’s Marxist Brothers band amid in-house financial squabbles that have led to the departure of four members from the struggling outfit last week.

Ghost workers at ZBC

HARARE – Top executives at the scandal-ridden Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) allegedly used at least 400 ghost workers to fleece the loss-making parastatal of millions of dollars in salaries, the Daily News has learnt.