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Woman stops rapist by grabbing his privates

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Woman stops rapist by grabbing his privates

 A 17-year-old boy who attempted to rape a 34-year-old woman in a secluded footpath has been arraigned before the courts. The boy, whose name has been withheld due to his age, has been remanded in the custody of his mother. The court heard that on June 7 this year, the woman was walking along a footpath from a granary to Kuwadzana 7...

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Lupane man burns home of wife's lover

BULAWAYO - A Lupane man who burnt the house of his wife's lover has appeared before a magistrate's court charged with criminal assault and unlawful entry. Philani Moyo, 34, of Sheshe Village was slapped by provincial magistrate Abednigo Madzorera with a three-year jail sentence, wholly suspended on condition that he pays back $760 worth of property lost during the arson attack. The...

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Mugabe's naughty teenage child worries him

President Robert Mugabe's remarks that he had problems with his teenage son Chatunga Bellarmine's attitude towards school have proven that the boy is somehow truant. The development not only comes as the Daily News in February reported that the youngster had been ejected from a top-Harare school St Georges College, but vindicates the paper's extremely loved expose. By his own admission -...

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Millions of diamond money goes missing in Zimbabwe

A ZIMBABWEAN parliamentary committee said tens of millions of dollars of revenue that a diamond-mining company says it paid to the government never found its way to the Treasury. While the 2013 National Budget shows that the Treasury received $41 million from diamond mining in 2012, matching the amount received the year earlier, one company, Mbada Diamonds, says it has paid...

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Mali suicide bomber vests workshop found

A workshop to make suicide bomber vests has been discovered in northern Mali, the French army has said. About 5,000kg of fertiliser intended to be used as explosive was also uncovered in Bourem, a town on the Niger River between Gao and Timbuktu. A sample suicide vest and 18 sewing machines were found and it appears local women were employed there, a...

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Bulawayo panties ban causes panic

BULAWAYO City Council, Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zimra yesterday held a crisis meeting over the ban of the selling of second-hand undergarments at flea markets.  Details of the closed-door meeting held at Town Block were sketchy last night, but it lasted for close to three hours. Bulawayo mayor Thaba Moyo confirmed the meeting, but said he could not comment as he was...

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Cheating wife tries to stab hubby after being caught red-handed

A Harare man has dragged his wife to court claiming that she attempted to stab him with a knife after reportedly catching her red-handed canoodling with another man. Kandemiri Tamuka on Thursday brought his wife Tarisai Magore before the Harare Civil Court seeking a protection order, following the alleged stab attempt. The confrontation reportedly took place at their matrimonial home. Magore threatened...

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Woman raped by two armed robbers as lover watches

AN 18-year-old woman from Glen Norah in Harare was raped by two armed robbers who were part of a gang that attacked them while walking at an open space with her boyfriend in the area last Sunday evening. National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. He said the pair was walking in an open space at around 5.45pm when...

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Farting police officer leads to cannabis factory arrest

A cannabis factory was sniffed out by police after they wound down their car windows to escape the smell when one officer kept breaking wind. The team noticed a second strange scent as they sucked in the welcome fresh air, and tracked it to a house before enforcing the arm of the law, the Police Federation's magazine reported. 'They asked their colleague...

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono fired!

The sword of Damocles is all but hovering above the head, of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, following disclosures this week by insiders at the bank that the central banker has been fired from the Joint Operations Command (JOC). Gono has reportedly become become "panic stricken" following the decision to "drop him", from JOC, a shadowy military command...

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Cheating Mberengwa couple forced to walk naked for 1 hour

Residents at a Mberengwa squatter camp had a free treat when two adulterers who were allegedly caught in action - busy as rabbits - were tied both hands and feet before being paraded naked in a display of shame. The woman, Nicky Phiri, was allegedly caught by her in-laws pants down with Andrew Moyo, who is suspected to be her lover....

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Traditional healer allegedly cures 150 people of HIV/AIDS

Traditional healer Samuel Chikurupati Mushonga, 73, claims he has cured over 150 people of HIV/AIDS since December 2012. Mushonga, popularly known as Dr Muzenda, from Nyamadzawo village in Dema in Seke, Chitungwiza, says most of his clients are couples. He plans to take his 'divine concoction' to the laboratory to have it tested and certified as the official cure for HIV/AIDS....

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Pastor arrested over 'miracle' gold

A United Family International Church (UFIC) pastor was on Thursday hauled before the courts after allegedly being found in possession of nine grammes of supposed 'miracle' gold. The bullion, which is worth US$429,26, was recovered wrapped in a Zimbabwe bearer's cheque bill, which is now out of circulation. Magistrate Don Ndirowei remanded Pastor James Mwarira (25), a pastor at Prophet Makandiwa's UFI...

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Tenant gets ill after seeing landlord's big snake wrapped around her kids

In a spine chilling incident that left Nkulumane 10 residents in Bulawayo shocked, a woman allegedly opened up and told residents that her mother-in-law owns a snake which she bathes before using the same water to wash her grandchildren. The matter came to light when one of the tenants came across the snake in the house and called the landlord's daughter-in-law...

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Girls High School Student Sets Dormitory On Fire

A number of pupils were reportedly injured when a Form Three pupil at Bulawayo's Eveline Girls High School allegedly set a dormitory on fire. The pupil (name withheld) allegedly set Langdon Hostel on fire twice on Sunday afternoon. Pupils at the school said the girl who torched the hostel had earlier on the day swore that someone was going to die. She...

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Man tries to sell his wife for the second time in Nakuru

A man shocked residents of Nakuru town yesterday after taking his wife to the market claiming he wanted to sell her. The man attempted to auction the wife last year claiming that she was dirty and poor in the kitchen but did not get a buyer forcing him to take her back home. Sources revealed that the man tied the wife like...

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