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Public sector unions yesterday gave Zimbabwe’s government a 48-hour ultimatum to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the prospect of more unrest following this month’s violent protests.

A 45-year-old Mutare man has been arraigned in a Mutare magistrates’ court for allegedly raping his seven-year-old niece.

There was panic at a nightclub in Bulawayo last Tuesday when a security guard found what looked like a bomb in a male toilet.

The case is part of the 17 murder cases lined up for hearing by the High Court on circuit in Gweru.

A Mutare man who tried to defraud Sakunda Energy by tendering bogus fuel coupons has been slapped with a $50 fine.