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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:42
HARARE - A 37-year-old Harare man has died after being stabbed with a knife by three drunkards while he was trying to save a commuter ominibus driver from the three. Harare police spokesperson Tadious Chibanda said the man, who cannot be...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:26
HARARE - A Harare woman who allegedly killed her husband after the two were involved in a domestic fight is in court on murder charges. Talent Makonde, 24, allegedly got involved in a fight with her husband, whose name was not...Read More
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 11:40
HARARE - Two cleansing ceremonies were held in Chinamhora communal area in Domboshawa over the festive holiday to purify the area following gruesome murders last year. The ceremonies involved traditional African rites and a Christian church service. Paul Mwazha of the...Read More
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:49
HARARE - Twenty-one activists from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC charged with killing a police inspector in Harare’s Glen View suburb last year, were finally admitted to bail yesterday. High Court judge, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu granted bail to the 21 activists...Read More
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Thursday, 29 November 2012 09:50
HARARE - Two police officers and a soldier have been summoned back to court on culpable homicide charges after they allegedly assaulted a 52-year-old man to death in 2007. Oncemore Mahachi, 49, Soams Nkala, 26, and Duster Muzemba, 25, yesterday appeared...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:08
HARARE - A top military commander’s wife who unleashed two youthful soldiers on a 13-year-old nephew she accused of stealing $70 is up for murder. Cleopatra Shingirai Mutisi and 21-year-old Tafara Frank Gusha appeared before a Harare magistrate facing murder charges....Read More
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 10:01
HARARE - Police officers who arrested MDC activists on charges of killing a police officer in Harare’s Glen View suburb last year continue giving conflicting statements on the fateful day’s events. Investigating officer Clever Ntini told High Court Judge Chinembiri Bhunu...Read More
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Africa »
Thursday, 01 November 2012 13:31
ZAMFARA - Gunmen have killed 20 people, including a traditional leader, in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, a local official has said. The attackers stormed Kaboro village and began shooting indiscriminately. Their motive was robbery and...Read More
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Thursday, 01 November 2012 09:42
HARARE - Illness is keeping the Glen View murder trial at bay. The long-running trial, in which 29 MDC activists are accused of murdering a police inspector in Glen View last year, has previously suffered delays due to various complications but...Read More
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:57
HARARE - South African rapper Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye has been convicted of murder and attempted murder after driving into a group of schoolchildren in 2010. Magistrate Brian Nemavhidi also convicted Maarohanye of racing on a public road and driving under...Read More
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Tuesday, 02 October 2012 14:16
HARARE - The trial of 29 MDC activists accused of killing police inspector Petros Mutedza last year has been postponed by a week to October 8 pending bail considerations by High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu. Lead defence lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa...Read More
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Friday, 28 September 2012 13:25
HARARE - South African police have arrested three suspects for the murder of former world heavyweight boxing champion Cornelius “Corrie” Sanders, who died on Sunday after being shot by armed robbers who burst into his nephew’s 21st birthday party. The suspects—...Read More
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Thursday, 27 September 2012 12:36
HARARE - A dark cloud hung over the rest of the world on November 10, 1995 with news that Nigerian activist Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other Ogoni people were executed in Port Harcourt by the late military hardman Sani Abacha....Read More
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Monday, 24 September 2012 10:38
DOMBOSHAWA - Nestled 30 kilometres northeast of Harare, Domboshawa is at the heart of the capital’s market gardening activities and it is one of Harare’s biggest supplier of horticultural products. For decades, families have relied on market gardening activities for survival...Read More
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Sunday, 23 September 2012 13:08
HARARE - A combination of fear, grief and anxiety has engulfed Domboshava’s Chinamhora area. Seven gruesome killings in two weeks have shaken the community and everyone is on the edge. The brutal nature of the killings would make even the stone-hearted...Read More
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