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Govt Tightens Screws On Marriage Scams
Thu, Feb 02, 2012
GOVERNMENT has introduced measures to flush out foreigners and unscrupulous locals who have been abusing Zimbabwe's marriage laws. The new measures include computerisation and serialised marriage certificates to curb multiple marriages, marriages of convenience and immigration fraud reports the Herald.
Radio VOP challenges BAZ over licence denial
Thu, Feb 02, 2012
VOX Media has challenged the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) to reconsider its decision to deny the radio station an operating licence. The Tafataona Mahoso chaired BAZ board in November awarded licences to two commercial radio stations, Talk Radio owned by the state-run Zimpapers and AB Communications run by Supa Mandiwanzira.
Ncube-Mutambara Fight For Control Of MDC Resumes
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
Harare,– The on-going legal battle for the control of the smaller MDC faction resumes at the High Court this Thursday where Justice Bharat Patel will preside over an application by ousted leader Professor Arthur Mutambara’s loyalists to return the party to his hands.
"Gen Mujuru might have been murdered" - Expert
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
The director of the Forensic Science Laboratory in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Bothwell Mutandiro, yesterday suggested the late army commander Retired General Solomon Mujuru could have died before the fire spread into the room where his charred remains were found.
Nigerian businessman caught in an immigration scandal
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
A NIGERIAN businessman has been arrested on allegations of fraudulently acquiring a marriage certificate with a Zimbabwean woman without her knowledge.
Mujuru death crisis
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
HARARE - Revelations by the family of the late retired army general Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru that it buried his body without confirming his identity, as well as sharply conflicting witness statements in the ongoing inquest, have raised fresh questions about whether he was in fact murdered.
Mujuru Fire Evidence Tampered With - Forensic Expert Mujuru Fire Evidence Tampered With - Forensic Expert
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
HARARE –A South African Police forensic scientist who examined the debris of the burnt late retired Army Chief Solomon Mujuru told the court that they failed to detect the cause of the fire which gutted the General’s house because the way the debris was collected and transported to South Africa was not properly done.
Magistrate dismisses request by Mujuru family
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
Harare magistrate Walter Chikwanha on Monday dismissed an application by the family of the late army general Solomon Mujuru, who want an independent examination by a foreign based pathologist.
Cause of Zimbabwe general's killer blaze unknown: expert
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
HARARE — Investigators could not find out what caused the fire that killed former Zimbabwean army chief Solomon Mujuru last year, a forensic expert said on Monday.
Gen Mujuru died before fire: Allies
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
Allies of retired General Solomon Mujuru wants a prominent South African private forensic pathologist, Dr Reggie Perumal to get to the bottom of what happened to the former army commander as information filtering suggests he may have died before a fire broke out at his Beatrice farmhouse on August 16 last year.
Simon Mann appeals against Zimbabwe gun conviction over Equatorial Guinea plot
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Simon Mann, the Old Etonian mercenary behind a failed coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea, is appealing against his conviction for buying weapons for the plot in Zimbabwe.
Porn star mum is £16k benefit cheat
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
A MUM-OF-TWO today admitted fleecing more than £16,000 in benefits — while working as a porn star.
Mujuru fire mystery deepens
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
HARARE - An electrician ruled out the possibility that an electrical fault caused the fire that gutted the late Solomon Mujuru’s farm house in Beatrice last August.
Two guns found next to Mujuru’s body
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
HARARE - The inquest into the death of retired General Solomon Mujuru took a dramatic turn on Thursday when it was revealed that two firearms and a magazine of bullets were found next to his charred remains.
Family doubts remains belonged to Gen Mujuru
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
THE family of the late retired army commander, General Solomon Mujuru, is not convinced that the charred remains found at his gutted Beatrice farmhouse were those of the decorated liberation war hero since the police had not positively identified the remains at the time a public announcement was made.
Mujuru evidence destroyed
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - Key evidence relating to the death of retired army General Solomon Mujuru is missing with an arson attack remaining a possibility, a fire expert told a Harare magistrate yesterday.
Arson cause of Mujuru blaze: Fire Expert
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - A detailed investigation into the farm fire which killed the late army chief General Solomon Mujuru may have started at two locations: the lounge or the bedroom, the Fire Brigade told an inquest into his death on Wednesday.
Mujuru’s blue-flames prove chemical meddling- Experts
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
As the Inquest into the death of the retired army general Solomon Mujuru continued, it emerged Tuesday that the flames that engulfed his body may have been well between 1700°C to 3000°Celcius, and the burning was caused by chemical meddling, according to experts writes ZimEye.
Zimbawe Police Release Booksellers Arrested for Selling PM's Autobiography
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Making an about-face, the state said Sinikiwe Mutore and Mlamuli Mabhena were supposed to have been charged in the name of their company for allegedly distributing material denigrating President Mugabe
DAY 6 : Sickening evidence of the General's death - He was engulfed in BLUE flames
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Day six of the official inquest into the death of retired army general Solomon Mujuru produced stunning evidence, as it was revealed that his remains were discovered in a blue flame allegedly that 'took time' to extinguish.
Malawi man wanted for murdering Zimbabwean student nabbed in SA
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
BLANTYRE-- Misozi Charles Chanthunya, a Malawian wanted for the 2010 murder of his girlfriend, Linda Gassa, a Zimbabwean, has been captured in South Africa, according to Daily Times, a Malawian newspaper.
Man uses manhood to 'heal women' arrested
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
A Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb prophet claims that he gets healing powers from his penis. The Prophet, Blessed Mvura's magic stick healing prowess has been going for the past few years and claims to have healed hundreds of desperate women of different illnesses.
Messenger of court to attach Tsvangirai's property
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
A ZIMBABWE court has approved legal confiscation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s property for failing to pay a fine imposed on him by a chief for allegedly marrying Ms Locadia Karimatsenga Tembo during a sacred month.
Husband ‘drove car into his wife’
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
SOUTH African police believe a 24-year-old woman, killed when she was hit by a car allegedly driven by her estranged husband, was murdered.
Mujuru Inquest Raises More Questions
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
THE inquest into the mysterious death of retired General Solomon Mujuru opened last week with much anticipation from family members and the public that finally there could be answers to what happened to the country's most decorated soldier writes Patrice Makova.
Genera Mujuru wanted Police out
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
GENERAL Solomon Mujuru wanted the cops guarding him to be removed, his maid, Ms Rosemary Short said yesterday. He died three days before their scheduled departure from the farm. She said relations between her boss and the policemen had deteriorated to an extent that he stopped her from giving them food.
Conflicting Testimonies Emerge At Mujuru Inquest
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
The ongoing inquest into the suspicious death of General Solomon Mujuru has this week revealed several inconsistencies in the testimony from witnesses.
DAY 3: More witnesses testify
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
The inquest set to establish the circumstances surrounding the horrific death of the late Retired General Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru at his Beatrice farm house is yet to bring out conclusive evidence pertaining to the cause of the fire.
Mujuru death inquest temporarily halted
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
An inquest into the death of General Solomon Mujuru was temporarily halted on Tuesday after his widow, Vice President Joice Mujuru, complained that she had not been given access to a police report into his death prior to the court hearing.
Mujuru Inquest: Vice-President accused of conspiracy to rig inquest
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
HARARE – Vice-President Joice Mujuru, the wife of the late General Solomon Mujuru is accused by relatives of the late General of trying to divert the focus of the inquest into blaming police officers for slow reaction; instead of the cause of the mysterious fire and ignoring the account of gun-fire sound by key witness reports The Zimbabwe Mail.
Day 2 : Police slept when General died in the fire inferno
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Harare,- The lawyer representing the Mujuru family in the inquest of the late army General Solomon Mujuru on Tuesday accused police officers guarding the farmhouse where the first Zimbabwean army commander at independence died in a mysterious fire of "negligence."
Cartoonists freed
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Bulawayo -Zimbabwe State prosecutors were left ashamed on Friday after three Bulawayo youths were acquitted on charges of possessing and authoring cartoons deemed contemptuous of President Robert Mugabe,his wife Grace together with central bank chief Gideon Gono.
DAY 1 : Mujuru Inquest opens
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
THE inquest into the death of General Solomon Mujuru opened at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday with six witnesses testifying and the State presenting forensic evidence that no trace of explosives or inflammable liquids had been found.
Dreadlocked child wins case
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
The newly appointed Bulawayo high court judge, Justice Martin Makonese has ordered the headmaster of Masiyephambili junior school in Bulawayo and the Minister of Education , Sports and Culture to enrol for lessons a four-year-old child who had been barred from attending lessons at the school because he wears dreadlocks.
Wife, son’s heads for Merc
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
A MUREHWA man allegedly sought a buyer for the heads of his wife and son in exchange for a Mercedes Benz.
Man jailed for sex with mentally ill woman
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A BUBI man will spend at least four years in jail for having sex with his mentally ill lover after a Bulawayo magistrate ruled that he had taken advantage of her condition.
Lowveld farm seizure cases go to court Monday
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A group of commercial farmers whose properties in Zimbabwe were confiscated are due to appear in Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on Monday, facing the criminal charge of "illegally occupying State Land without a permit”.
Zimbabwean minister fingered in Rhino horn trade
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development Deputy Minister Cecil Zvidzai has been named in a case in which three men were arrested in possession of two rhino horns worth US$120 000 last week, state media reported.
NHS senior manager has the last laugh in a racial discrimination case
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
A senior NHS manger has received almost £1 million in compensation for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after he was subjected to a ‘breathtaking and callous’ campaign of bullying and harassment from colleagues.
Residents of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Demand Police Probe Missing Children
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
Gordon Chavhunduka, president of the Zimbabwe Traditional Healers Association, commented that the erosion of the rule of law in the country has brought a rise in such cases
Zimbabwe Chief Justice Warns Judges Against Corruption
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
In Harare, Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba said a rise in cases in Harare High Court was straining judicial capacity with dockets increasing by a third over the past year, saying judges are not working hard enough
UNISA Professor arrested for raping homeless men
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Pretoria - A psychology professor at the University of SA (Unisa) has been arrested and appeared in court for the rape of two homeless men in Pretoria, police said on Friday.
Zimbabwe's Radio VOP Sues Broadcasting Authority Over License Denial
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
VOP attorneys argue the broadcasting board committed a gross irregularity by failing to give substantive reasons for its refusal to grant the it a free to air national commercial radio license.
Traditional healer rapes 15-year-old "patient"
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
A well-known Masvingo traditional healer, Manicom Masaiti (42) was last week arraigned before a magistrate for allegedly raping his 15-year-old "patient" who had been having nightmares and wanted his assistance.
'Mugabe is gay' MP released on bail
Thu, Dec 29, 2011
A legislator from Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change was released from jail Wednesday after being charged with accusing President Robert Mugabe of being gay. She had to spend Christmas in a police cell even though she had been granted bail last week. (Pictured: Jonathan Moyo - So GAY!)
Cigarette smugglers arrested
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
FOUR Zimbabweans were on Wednesday evening arrested in Thohoyandou in Limpopo province, South Africa following the interception of their car, which was loaded with several boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth R100 000.
