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DNA tests confirm Temba Mliswa has a son with Susan Mutami
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests have confirmed that Susan Mutami has a child with former MP Temba Mliswa.A test run by Identilab showed that Tinotenda, born 20 July 2021 is son to Mliswa....Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court overturns unjust birth certificate denial
Two minor children who were undocumented since birth and rendered stateless after the Registrar General's Office declined to issue them with birth certificates got a reprieve after the High Court orde...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Act on stateless minors, State ordered
THE Registrar-General (RG) has been given a week to issue birth certificates to two minor children after years of statelessness.The two girls aged 10 and 12 were undocumented since birth....Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siqokoqela Mphoko searches for 'mother'
FORMER Vice-President Phekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, is appealing for assistance to find his biological mother.Attaching a picture of his father and supposed biological mother, whom he do...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by paternity fraud
THE case of a prominent Bulawayo pathologist Dr Roger Kruger Hendrick Chigangacha who sued his ex-girlfriend, Natasha Popova Sibanda, a former actress in the TV drama Amakorokoza for US$163 000 ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Shock as 13-year-old impregnates 9-year-old cousin in Tsholotsho
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued a statement confirming that the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) results obtained from National University of Science and Technology on 25 November 2022, in connecti...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 14:39hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
US$300 000 lawsuit for Sikhonjwa after child's DNA results
PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite, businessman and media personality Babongile Sikhonjwa has reportedly been hit with a US$300 000 lawsuit for costs associated with the upkeep of a 12-year-old who has been...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'DNA tests will resolve Ndebele kingship wrangle'
ONE of the claimants to the Ndebele kingship, Stanley Raphael Tshuma Khumalo, has challenged other contestants to a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test to determine genuine heirs to the throne.Al...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party blames 'a technical glitch'
THE newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa yesterday acknowledged that it blundered when it submitted more than one candidate in certain wards to contest in municipal e...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Munatsi burial order issued as his family awaits postmortem results
THE late business executive Doug Munatsi's burial order was issued yesterday while further examinations to ascertain the cause of his death continue. Munatsi died early on Monday morning in a "suspici...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu defends Zanu-PF COVID-19-era meetings
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu yesterday quashed criticism by the main opposition party, MDC Alliance that the ruling party was holding meetings and internal elections in total defi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moana ‘ghost' haunts family
HIGH drama, confusion and controversy have become the hallmarks of the late socialite and fitness trainer Michelle "Moana" Amuli's burial with the feud surrounding her interment dividing opinion among...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
'Moana was no slay queen'
SiNce her tragic death last Sunday morning, minutes after celebrating her 26th birthday at Dreams Nightlife club, Michelle "Mimi Moana" Amuli has dominated local conversations as the public attempts t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moana burial on Thursday
LATE fitness trainer, Michelle ‘Moana' Amuli's family has backtracked on its decision to bury her remains after at least two to three weeks after finally managing to identify her body.This w...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
DNA results delay Moana burial
THE burial of the late fitness trainer-cum-model Michelle "Moana" Amuli could be delayed for about two weeks as the family has to follow a lengthy Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing process to verify...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Health ministry to float RTGS$ tender for drugs
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo on Thursday assured Senate that his ministry was prepared to avert any health calamities that may face Cyclone Idai victims, adding that his ministry will soon float a rea...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Late Zimbabwe VP exposed for raping Harare school teacher?
With so many rapes going unreported and unprosecuted, victims are instead forced by circumstances to commit paternity fraud. Most have managed to keep their secrets, but the arrival of affordable DNA ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 20:17hrs | 2 | by TRT World
Wicknell, wife back together
After speculation of an imminent split following a social media rage and accusations of cheating, flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo and wife Sonja Madzikanda have reignited their love with a Vic...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violence runs in the MDC Alliance's DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is defined as "a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organi...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Life in jail for robber
ONE of the three suspects who were captured on closed circuit television (CCTV) while killing and robbing a security guard at a company in Bulawayo's Thorngrove industrial area, was yesterday sentence...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Man demands $ 2 500 maintenance refund after DNA tests
A ZVISHAVANE man has approached the court demanding a refund of the $2 500 he paid as maintenance to his ex-wife before the couple went for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests, which proved that he was ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Company offers free DNA testing in Bulawayo
A LOCAL company, Global DNA Zimbabwe has introduced free Deoxyribonucleic (DNA) testing to under-privileged members of the society as a way of ensuring more people have access the service.DNA ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:23hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Mass burial for Mvuma horrific bus crash victims
Three of the 21 victims of the accident that occurred when a South Africa-bound Proliner Bus side-swiped a Transmech Logistics haulage truck and caught fire along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway three w...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
DNA test exonerates rape suspect
A BULAWAYO man accused of breaking into a woman's house and raping her, heaved a huge sigh of relief after a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) test exonerated him. The DNA test was conducted at the National...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Boy's body found with missing parts
POLICE in Gweru have discovered a body of a boy aged between four and five years with missing body parts.The body was burnt beyond recognition raising suspicion that it could be that of a four...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 18:11hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
72% of women are maintenance cheats
SEVENTY-TWO percent of Harare men who challenged the paternity of children they were paying maintenance for were not the kids' biological fathers.According to the shocking statistics released ...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethanol tanker explosion victims' mass burial dramatically halted
There was drama in Chipinge yesterday as the mass burial of 17 of the 24 Chisumbanje ethanol tanker explosion victims was dramatically halted.Relatives of the deceased had initially demanded ...Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 02:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women fight over baby, they both claim to be theirs
TWO women caused a stir at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) when they sought a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test following a dispute over a four-year-old child which they both claimed to be theirs....Published: 04 Feb 2013 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pigs share 98percent of human genes misleading: Australian scientist
The sheer fact that pigs and humans are mammals means that we share some genes, but it is simplistic to put an actual figure on the amount of genetic material we have in common, Australian scientist...Published: 03 Jan 2011 at 17:13hrs | | by Byo24
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