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Robbers pounce on former VP Joice Mujuru farm. Masvingo Mirror reported police details as saying the complainant, Freddy Chibanda (61), who works as a security officer at the farm was on guard duty, was approached by five unknown male adults. Police in Beatrice, Mashonaland East Provinceare investigating a case of robbery which occurred at former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Rusambo farm in Beatrice on Thursday night. One of the suspects reportedly pointed an unknown pistol at the complainant and ordered him to surrender his cell phone before he was blindfolded with a white scarf. The complainant was tied with a rope and one of the suspects was left guarding him while others proceeded to dismantle irrigation equipment. Among the equipment stolen were 5×4 horsepower el
16-year-old mum gives birth to triplets. When The Herald visited the young family, Ruvarashe balanced two babies on her lap, one on each arm as she breastfed them while her aunt held the other child. Considering her age, having triplets is not an easy task the teenager has to cope with. She had no idea that hers was a multiple pregnancy, neither did she have a scan or pre-natal care and check-ups. A 16-year-old has given birth to triplets in what the community has embraced as a blessing from God, but the couple is struggling to take care of the babies since the husband, 18-year-old Leonard Maenza, is not formally employed. She said it was a shock discovering that she was having not one or two, but three babies while lying on the delivery bed. The teen mother gave birth naturally to trip
him TWO Khami Maximum Prison inmates are in trouble after taking turns to sodomise another inmate in their cells on different occasions Culture Sibanda (29) and Thulani Nkala (37) are alleged to have initially started care_ssing the 38-year-old inmate’s private parts and threatened to crush them if he screamed for help before sod0mising him. Sibanda and Nkala appeared before Bulawayo’s Western Commonage magistrate Shepherd Mjanja facing sod0my charges. Prosecutors said the abuse happened between May 10 and May 13. After two days the victim started passing stool with blood. He reported the abuse to the prison officer Godwin Mahlathi, who escorted him to make a police report .
A decision on whether to open schools for the second term on 28 June will be made this week, a senior government official has said. The National Taskforce on COVID-19 will meet early this week to deliberate on schools opening and then forward its recommendations to Cabinet. Chief co-ordinator of the National Response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Agnes Mahomva, told State media that a final decision will be made this week. She said: We are looking into it. You are aware there is a task force that is always guided by science. We look at data on the ground and we make decisions based on that data. This task force meets every Monday and Cabinet sits every Tuesday. You will definitely hear from that process. An upsurge in infections since s
President Mnangagwa announces new COVID-19 measures for selected areas. Affected areas are Hurungwe, Makonde, and Kariba. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced new COVID-19 measures for areas that have experienced a spike in new infections of the coronavirus. CelebrityNews presents the statement that was read by the Minister of Health and Child Care, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. PRESS STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES, CDE DR E D MNANGAGWA, ON THE MEASURES TO CURB THE SURGE IN COVID-19 CASES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: MAKONDE DISTRICT, HURUNGWE DISTRICT AND KARIBA DISTRICT: 17 JUNE 2021 COVID 19 cases continue to increase in the above-mentioned districts. On Monday 14 June 2021 Mas
Man steals $3 Million and buys beer until he gets busted. It is alleged that Tinotenda Chinyemba allegedly cloned a POSB debit card and purchased beer worth ZWL$160 thousand, and made ten other transactionsof ZWL$10 thousand each. A 29-year-old Harare man was arrested for stealing ZWL $3 million dollars, ZWL$160 thousand of which he used to buy beer. The States told the court that on May 15 this year, Chinyemba in the company of one Arthur Moyo – who is at large – “cloned” a POSB debit card. On May 28 between 3 PM and 8 PM, the 29-year-old and his companion purchased beer worth Z$160 000 at Pochiet Complex in Zengeza 2, Chitungwiza, and made 10 transactions of Z$10 000 RTGS. They spent Z$260 000 in total. It is further alleged that on June 11, police detecti
Botswana bans poultry imports from SA. This follows an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, in commercial farms and compartments, in several Provinces in addition to the initial outbreak report at Gauteng province. The Botswana government has banned, with immediate effect, the importation of live poultry and their fresh products from South Africa until further notice. In a statement on Monday, Director-General of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Agriculture Development and Food Security Dr Letlhogile Oarabile said the ban is aimed at mitigating the risk of possible spread of the disease to Botswana. Said Oarabile: all import permits issued for the importation of live poultry and their fresh products from the Republic of South Africa are cancelled with immediat
Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapses during celebrations of the Defence Forces Day. In a statement, Secretary to Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary Simon Miti said President Lungu experienced sudden dizzinessbut recovered immediately. Miti said that the Head of State then walked to his car and returned to State House. Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapsed Sunday afternoon during the commemoration of Defence Forces Day in Lusaka, the country’s capital. The statement read: His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, this afternoon experienced sudden dizziness whilst officiating at the 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture Ceremony. His Excellency recovered immediately and walked to the official car and returned to his res
Gold dealer shot 8 times in front of his wife and children. On Tuesday last week around 8 PM, eight men allegedly approached Bernard Dube, under the pretext that they wanted to process their gold ore. Dube owned gold milling machines. A gold dealer in Lower Gweru, Midlands Province, was shot dead in a suspected hit at his home while his wife and children watched helplessly. The moment Dube came out of the house, one of the robbers allegedly opened fire and hit the businessman with eight bullets. After the shooting, the suspects did not take anything from the businessman’s house but just disappeared into the night. Narrating what transpired on a fateful night to The Sunday News, the uncle to the deceased, Rain Mathulisa said: On the fateful day, the killers approached my nephew&
