HARARE – The number of murder after rape cases in Zimbabwe are rising to a record high, official data shows, as criminal violence is increasing dramatically. Police national spokesperson Charity Charamba said the police were recording about 10 cases of murder and rape every week. “So these cases of rape and murder are increasing, that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties could fail to form an alliance to fight the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections against President Robert Mugabe, a South Africa-based think tank, NKC African Economics (NKC), has said. Mugabe, 93, is seeking an eighth and final term after winning the 2013 race against veteran politician Morgan Tsvangirai, 56,…
HARARE – The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has set up a DNA testing facility offering quick and easy tests to determine paternity and other biological connections. Nust’s Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) is offering DNA testing services starting at $100. A full paternity test — alleged father, mother and child — costs…
HARARE – Soldiers whipped and clubbed police officers even as they lay on the ground in violent unrest on Tuesday night stirred by resentment over the use of police spikes. While both the army and the police have not provided a reason or issued statements on the incident, witnesses said the soldiers were retaliating after…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 400 police officers to the Support Unit, which is reportedly being beefed up with more sophisticated riot gear ahead of next year’s general elections. The Support Unit is a branch within the ZRP headquartered at Chikurubi in Harare whose roles include public order management, protection of…
HARARE – Joice Mujuru has invited fraud-accused ex-Malawi President Joyce Banda to her National People’s Party (NPP) convention as the guest of honour. This comes as Malawi has issued an arrest warrant for its former president over alleged abuse of office and money laundering offences over a two-year period when she was in office. Banda,…
HARARE – Former South African president Thabo Mbeki — who brokered unity government talks in 2008 — on Monday quietly jetted into the country on a private visit to meet with President Robert Mugabe. His visit has fuelled speculation that the politician, who served as the second post-apartheid president of South Africa from June 1999…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday demanded and was granted an unscheduled meeting with President Robert Mugabe to express his disquiet over utterances by First Lady Grace Mugabe during an explosive Zanu PF youth interface rally on Saturday where she appeared to suggest that relations with the Midlands godfather had become strained over…
HARARE – A United Methodist Church cleric accused of attempting to kill his lover’s husband got away with community service after being convicted of a lesser assault charge. Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda convicted Elliot Chikwenjere after noting that the victim David Gwaradzimba endangered himself by jumping onto the car bonnet. Chikwenjere was slapped with…
HARARE – Scientific evidence shows that blood may have flown off the knife used to stab Mines ministry employee Betty Ranganai and on to the clothes of a man accused of murdering her, a Harare court heard yesterday. A microscopic amount of blood was found by investigators on the clothes of Phillimon Chivangu, 22, of…
