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72 year old man murders 'friend' over $80 bond
AN-EPWORTH man was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing murder charges after he killed his friend over $80.Stephen Sixpence (72) was told to stand down and wa...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi in court for stealing iPhone?
AFTER hiding from the media and the public since his forced return from South Africa, Kudakwashe Mahachi had no choice but to appear at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer charges of t...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kudakwashe Mahachi appears in court
AFTER hiding from the media and the public since his forced return from South Africa, Kudakwashe Mahachi had no choice but to appear at Bulawayo's Tredgold Magistrates courts for malicious damage to p...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 16:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills cop at roadblock
A 46-year-old Chitungwiza woman is facing culpable homicide charges after she ran over a policeman last Tuesday who was manning a roadblock along the Kadoma-Patchway Road in Kadoma.Serge...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi in the news again for wrong reasons
TROUBLED winger Kudakwashe Mahachi allegedly snatched and smashed his sister's iPhone XR yesterday afternoon as part of concerted efforts to destroy evidence nailing him for purportedly scalding his f...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Father and son in court for attempted murder
A-FATHER and son today appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda facing attempted murder charges.Simiao (father) and Charles (son) Sixpence were remanded in custody until March 16, 2022....Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers, pensioners feel the pinch
WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner yesterday decried living standards in the country, which they described as "unbearable and terrible", and worse than life during the t...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmworkers demand forex
FARM workers say the government must consider paying farmers in foreign currency for deliveries of cash crops so that the producers can pay their workers reasonable wages.Raymond Sixpence, a P...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farm workers angry with Mnangagwa over compensation
FARM workers rendered jobless during the chaotic land reform programme after government forcibly grabbed farms from their employers, mainly white commercial farmers, have accused President Emmerson Mn...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paltry salary increment angers farm workers
THE agriculture national employment council approved wage increase for farm workers of between ZW$195 and ZW$390 for varying grades, has infuriated unions who feel the adjustment was far below expecta...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man steals car at fuel queue
A 34-year-old Harare man appeared in court on Tuesday on allegations of stealing a motor vehicle from a fuel queue in Harare's Central Business District.Brian Sixpence appeared before Harare m...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmers told to pay ex-workers first
WHITE commercial farmers can only be paid after they settle their outstanding debts with farm workers as agreed in terms of S16 of 2002, a farm workers' official has said.Government, which has...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Forex dealer jailed as crackdown starts
Government has handed a prison sentence to a trader selling foreign currency outside the official exchange rate, marking the advent of the crackdown on a black market it says destabilises the country'...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs fail to pay workers
Several Zanu-PF politicians have been dragged to court by employees over failure to pay wages at their farms.As a result, the Progressive Agriculture and Allied Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (Paa...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Sekeramayi hits hard times
Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi appears to have hit hard times as the senator for Marondera is battling to settle some of his obligations, the Daily News can report.According to the ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farm workers get $5 salary increment
FARM workers have been given a salary increment of between $5 and $7 amid concern that union officials who negotiated the adjustments failed to adequately represent the interests of their lowly-paid m...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farm workers demand 100% salary hike
THE Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) has asked the government to increase the minimum wage for farm workers by at least 100% to $150 per month, saying ...Published: 17 May 2018 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers want meeting with Mnangagwa
LABOUR is worried that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears bent on pursuing neoliberal austerity and free market policies that ignore workers' rights.Their fears stem from the fact that the p...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean activist wins African Union theme of the year competition
A Bulawayo activist has won the 2018 African Union Theme of the year hashtag competition.African Union's department of political affairs announced Paul Sixpence on Tuesday morning through a mi...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Kasukuwere, Sekeramayi 'neglecting' workers
FORMER Cabinet ministers Sydney Sekeramayi and Saviour Kasukuwere have been accused of neglecting their farm workers and underpaying them.Kasukuwere and Sekeramayi lost their jobs in November ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmers fined for assaulting worker
Two commercial farmers in Marondera were fined $50 last week for assaulting their farm worker who wanted to take a day off.Stewart and David Tippet pleaded guilty to assault charges when they ...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutodi drops 2018 album
The band of choice Mutodi Express has once again released yet another masterpiece. Titled "Ruvheneko" the new album will surely not disappoint as it carries promising hits with Dembo and Chibadura fla...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Farm workers celebrate G40's fall
PROGRESSIVE Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (PAAWUZ) is celebrating the fall of the Zanu-PF G40 faction, saying its members protected farmers that exploited workers....Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs accused of abuse
A trade union has accused Zanu-PF officials of protecting commercial farmers who allegedly abuse their workers in return for bribes.Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers' Union...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uproar over 'slavery' on Zimbabwe farms
Farmworkers in Zimbabwe can now be employed for four and half years by the same employer on short-term contracts, an arrangement that leaves them vulnerable to abuse and without terminal benefits....Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber on the run found fast asleep
A 41-Year-Old Mvurwi man has finally been arrested after being elusive to the police for over a year facing three counts; unlawful entry, theft and assault charges.Allegations are that Sixpenc...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 09:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe prophet wants to be left in peace
Mudzidzi Wimbo (born Aaron Mhukuta), the leader of the Johane Masowe Vadzidzi VaJesu Church, is an enigma. The cleric is mysterious, puzzling and often misunderstood.Mudzidzi Wimbo shot to pro...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T, Zanu-PF clash at Nyau dance festival
Seven Zanu-PF members in Chitungwiza on Wednesday appeared in court for allegedly attacking MDC-T activists during a Nyau dance festival last Saturday near Unit N Police Station.The group is a...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farm workers scoff at $3 salary increase
THE National Employment Council (NEC) for the Agricultural Industry of Zimbabwe has awarded workers in the sector a four percent salary increase effective from 1 June 2017.The new salary struc...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwean 'robbers' arrested in South Africa
SOUTH Africa police have arrested five Zimbabweans in connection with an armed robbery at a jewellery shop at a Johannesburg mall.The armed robbers allegedly made off with jewellery wo...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare pays huge price for wetlands destruction
Looking at the sky, his face seemingly disturbed by the dark clouds above, Marlon Sixpence (not his real name) mutters something like "yakuuya futi" [the rains are coming again]'.He is ref...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Tapiwa Zivira
'CIO' operatives prey on white farmers
Police are investigating a syndicate masquerading as Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives in Mashonaland Central and West provinces that is reportedly extorting money from remaining whit...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 11:59hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
'Jesus is a weak man, Bible not a true Word of God' - Madzibaba
A senior member of Johane Masowe apostolic sect has reportedly claimed that they do not believe in "a weak man" - Jesus Christ, and disregard the Bible as God's book.Responding to Prophetic H...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'We don't believe in Prophet Magaya's Bible'
A senior member of Johane Masowe apostolic sect has claimed they do not believe in "a weak man" — Jesus Christ, and disregard the Bible as God's book.Responding to Prophetic Healing and Deli...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Landlord in trouble for raping tenant
In a bizarre case, an Epworth man allegedly assaulted and raped his tenant twice before throwing her into a 10-metre deep well following an undisclosed dispute.Tendai Sixpence of Number 33 De...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:40hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Son fatally assaults father, on the run
Police in Bindura have launched a man hunt for 20 year old man for fatally assaulting his father.Mashonaland Central Police Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Odern Chamunorwa Sixpence of Madzim...Published: 25 Apr 2013 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Luke Tamborinyoka had to read about his boss, Tsvangirai's marriage in the Herald
Marutenga naZvanyanya/Sim-ukaiwo mupembere/Gwenya-mbira svika pedo/Uitewo makorokoto/Nhai maiwee-e kani tofara isu/Imi amaiwee-e kani tofara! Hurray, Nelson Mandela has turned 12!This w...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 05:13hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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