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By Fidelis Munyoro A lawsuit has been filed against a local primary school in Harare for allegedly grievously assaulting a Grade One pupil in class following the parents’ failure to mark her homework. According to the case statement, the six-year-old pupil (name withheld for legal reasons), was spanked by her teacher with a thick rubber […]
By Fungai Lupande The case in which former MDC-T legislator Timothy Mubhawu is being accused of domestic violence took a new twist yesterday when his wife tried to have the charges against him withdrawn. This came as video footage emerged showing Mubhawu apparently absolving his wife of having an adulterous affair with Pastor Manson Mpofu. […]
The Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, Supa Mandiwanzira, yesterday slammed a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for granting suspended NetOne chief executive Mr Reward Kangai, an opportunity to defend himself on matters that he says were under investigation. In what Minister Mandiwanzira described as “rare”, the Portfolio Committee on Information Communication Technology, Postal […]
By Tendai Rupapa A Harare man who was reportedly stabbed by former CAPS United skipper Method Mwanjali following a misunderstanding in a drunken brawl intends to withdraw charges against the player, the court heard yesterday. Mwanjali’s trial was supposed to have commenced yesterday before regional magistrate Mr Noel Mupeiwa. However, prosecutor Mrs Tinashe Kanyemba-Makiya advised […]
By Eddie Cross The past sixteen years in Zimbabwe can now be divided into two distinct phases – both 8 years in duration; 2000 to 2008, which we could call the hyper inflationary period and 2009 to 2016 which I would call the fiscal period. At the end of each phase, after years of bad […]