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Woman finds hubby raping daughter, 7

HARARE: A Waterfalls man is answering rape charges after his wife allegedly found him abusing their seven-year-old daughter. The suspect, who cannot be named to protect the identity the daughter, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande Friday. He was ordered to apply
October 28, 2017

Harare Man charged with killing CBZ boss

HARARE – A Harare motorist who reportedly caused the death of CBZ Holding’s chief governance and compliance officer, Walter Ngonidzashe Zure, after ramming into him during his routine morning jog, appeared in court yesterday. Farai Nhende, 34, of Munro, Cranbone appeared before
October 27, 2017

‘Power struggle’ behind prison sex scandal

Johannesburg – Managers at the prison where intimate photos of a prisoner posing with a female warder recently emerged allegedly knew about the affair since early this year and tried to separate the couple. This new information came from interviews The Star
October 25, 2017

Kenya cops killed 67 opposition activists

NAIROBI: Kenya police shot dead a street vendor as opposition supporters held demonstrations calling for electoral reform, a senior police official said Monday, while human rights groups said police had killed dozens of people who protested after August’s now-annulled presidential election. The
October 17, 2017

Armed Gang targets Zimbabwean nationals in South Africa

An armed gang attacked and robbed a group of Zimbabwean nationals travelling along the N1 near Polokwane, killing one person on Tuesday, Limpopo police said. ”Nine occupants who were all Zimbabwean nationals, were travelling from Gauteng to Zimbabwe in a Toyota Quantum
October 15, 2017

Econet boss up for $500,000 fraud

HARARE: The manager at Econet’s Borrowdale Branch was last Thursday hauled before the courts after he purportedly swindled a home seeker of $500,000 in a botched residential stand deal. Dereck Zhanje, 50 and wife Faith, 35, appeared before magistrate Josephine Sande answering
October 15, 2017
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Wife stabs husband over WhatsApp

SHARING a mobile phone turned nasty for a Masvingo couple after a 23-year-old man was stabbed by his wife who was demanding her turn to use the WhatsApp instant messaging platform. Lilian Chateuka, 18, was recently sentenced to 6 months imprisonment by
October 11, 2017

Fearful mother chains up 15-year-old son

– A desperate mother of four has resorted to chaining her troublesome son to a 40kg gas cylinder to save him from vigilantes. This week, Weekend Argus visited the family home in the notorious Philippi East area of Marikana, where the boy,
October 8, 2017

Divers find missing body parts of Swedish journalist

Copenhagen – Danish police said on Saturday divers had found the head and the legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who died in mysterious circumstances on an inventor’s homemade submarine. Peter Madsen has been charged with killing the Swedish journalist who disappeared
October 7, 2017
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