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April 11, 2017

Platinum sides score 2 out of 2

By Ricky Zililo Platinum rich sides, Ngezi Platinum Stars and FC Platinum, are the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League’s early pacesetters, as the only teams yet to drop points. Ngezi are in their second Premiership season and shot to the top of the table courtesy of a 3-0 away win over Hwange, while FC Platinum […]

Bev dances wild after ‘miscarriage’

By Bongani Ndlovu Beverly Sibanda showed no sign that she had suffered a miscarriage five days earlier as she gyrated with reckless abandon like a possessed being to Dherira, a song by the alleged father of the child Andy Muridzo in Bulawayo on Friday night. Bev performed at a joint birthday party at Private Lounge […]

MaMo crowned Miss Nust

By Bongani Ndlovu Terai Moyo is the new Miss Nust after shrugging off stiff competition from 13 other contestants during a pageant held at the university on Saturday. The second year Journalism and Media studies student walked away with $250, dinner for two at Holiday Inn and a modelling and grooming course from Open Eye […]

Mafios in adultery storm

By Tendai Mugabe Under fire Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Dickson Mafios is in the middle of an adultery storm after it emerged that he snatched a Salvation Army pastor’s wife in an illicit affair that has become the talk of the province. The wife, Eddies Musiiwa from Madziwa, was married to Pastor Wisdom Vhanga, […]

Magistrate orders woman to pay back illegally taken $800

By Mashudu Netsianda A woman from Bulawayo who betrayed the trust bestowed on her by a friend and withdrew $800 from two accounts before squandering the money in violation of a trust agreement, has been given up to Wednesday next week to pay back the money. Yesterday it emerged that Chernee Attwell (27) of Morningside […]

AirZim hit hard by forex shortage

By Auxilia Katongomara Air Zimbabwe is being forced to hire planes to serve its routes as foreign currency shortages are delaying the acquisition of spare parts for its grounded fleet. This has resulted in long flight delays and cancellations in the past week. Officials at the airline have said the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was […]

JAILED: Zimbo mum who crashed car with son in back after drinking vodka

By Bethany Minelle | Sky News | A Zimbabwean mother in the UK has been jailed after smashing her car into a roundabout with her toddler strapped into the back. Tania Chikwature, 32, was found to be three times over the legal drink-driving limit, Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard. She had been drinking vodka and was […]

Sex ban suicide. . . HIV positive teen throws self off 30m water tower

By Amanda Chikari A 16-year-old HIV positive boy from Gweru jumped to his death from a 30-metre high Gweru City Council water reservoir after his mother had reprimanded him for having sex with his girlfriend. Acting Midlands province police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the death of Jimmy Tichaona Chivende of Mkoba 13 Suburb, […]

Police evict villagers to make way for Grace Mugabe wildlife project

Human rights groups have condemned police brutality after scores of villagers in northern Zimbabwe had their properties burnt before they were forced out of a farm to make way for a wildlife project by First Lady Grace Mugabe. Partisan police have driven the members of the community off Arnold Farm in Mazowe. They have not […]

Fired SDA pastor faces $250 000 lawsuit from abused lawyer

By Mashudu Netsianda A lawyer who was indecently assaulted by fired Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church pastor Brighton Ndebele is suing the disgraced clergyman and the church for $250 000 in damages. Ndebele (32) was convicted of indecently assaulting the lawyer in October 2016 by Bulawayo magistrate Ms Adelaide Mbeure and sentenced to 12 months […]