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A Zimbabwe Republic Police(ZRP) officer has been dragged before the Harare Magistrate's court for assaulting his wife after she served him matemba for dinner. Pension Nyahanda who is a senior ZRP officer appeared before Magistrate Tilda Mazhande and was remanded out of custody on $50 bail. According to the state, represented by Devoted Nyagano and Talkmore Muganhiri, the crime took place on the 15th of September 2018 when the accused came back from work and was served sadza with matemba by the complainant, his wife.…

A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) employee, David Kachembere appeared before Harare Magistrate's court today on charges of raping his 13-year-old-niece. Circumstances surrounding the matter are that sometimes in July this year, Kachembere who resides in Epworth together with the complainant were alone since the accused's wife had gone to attend a funeral. It is the state's case that around midnight, the complainant went to his uncle, the accused's bedroom complaining of having nightmares. She then took her…

A Spanish speaking drug smuggler was nabbed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and was found in position of a 1 kilogram of cocaine in his two bags he was carrying...

Globally an estimated 237 million men and 46 million women suffer from alcohol-use disorders with the highest prevalence among men and women in the European region (14.8% and 3.5%) and the Region of Americas (11.5% and 5.1%).

Zimbabwean government recently made an order for vendors to move off the streets in the wake of a cholera outbreak which has killed 33 people and affected 7919.

National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealous Mawarire has lashed at former colleague retired brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri who at one time led the party for his decision to rejoin the ruling party saying the latter has been a Zanu PF agent and has no jurisdiction to dissolve the party whose executive has never chaired.

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has hinted that the nation might experience further increase in bread prices due to serious drought in Europe and tariff wars between Russia and America which have seen the two giant suppliers cutting down wheat exports. According to the GMAZ chairman, Tafadzwa Musarara the price of bread will likely go up due to low supply of wheat on the international market. "I cant speak on behalf of bakeries but we have a serious drought in Europe, heat waves in some parts of…