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South Africa apex court reverses GMO approval
After an arduous nine-year legal battle, a full bench of the supreme court of appeal (SCA) has set aside the commercial approval of a drought-tolerant genetically modified (GM) variety of maize....Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
Mhetu faces arrest over 2018 murder allegations
HARARE - Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring Member of Parliament for Epworth North Constituency, Zivai Mhetu faces arrest on allegations of murdering his wife in February 2018.Mhetu ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 20:57hrs | 52 | by Staff Reporter
Phosphorus grenade used in deadly Munatsi attack
AN incendiary phosphorus grenade which ignites and explodes when hurled, emitting fire and intense heat that burns fiercely, was used to destroy banker Doug Munatsi's home after his immobilisation, ra...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police finally locate Douglas Munatsi's mysterious Colleta
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police say they have located and interviewed a lady named Colleta, who was the last person to see the late banker Doug Munatsi, as investigations into the cause of his death cont...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:17hrs | 8 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Munatsi was killed'
IF he was not immobilised or held against his will, prominent banker and Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency CEO Douglas Munatsi could have escaped the fire that engulfed his luxurious 9th floor pe...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood
Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all sc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
'95% skills deficit in medicine'
THE country is grappling with a 95 percent skills deficit in the medical fraternity and 94 percent skills deficit in the engineering sector, a development which has been hampering optimal service deli...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks magistrate's recusal
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who is accused of inciting the public to commit public violence, has filed an application for the recusal of the presiding magistrate Nyasha Nduna.Chin'ono, who w...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police rule out foul play in MDC official's death
POLICE yesterday ruled out foul play in the death of MDC Alliance's Hurungwe district chairman and councillor Lavender Chiwaya, saying the bruises found on his body could have been caused by people wh...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn political parties
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned individuals, including politicians, who are claiming that MDC councillor for Hurungwe Ward 4 Lavender Chiwaya was abducted and killed by State agents sayi...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks boss bashed to death: Post-mortem
SLAIN central intelligence operative Peter Munetsi was not on medication as claimed by the government, but was beaten to death by his captors during the November 2017 military coup that toppled presid...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman was strangled in UK
A POST-mortem report has revealed that a Zimbabwean woman based in the United Kingdom who was found dead last month was strangled and her husband was found hanging at their Leicester home.This...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inquest into death of UK based Zim woman and her husband Jesus opened
Inquests have heard how a young couple whose bodies were found in their Braunstone Frith home died.The bodies of Lorraine Gugu Mbulawa-Sanchez and her husband Jesus were found by a family frie...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens, Mugabe tried to conceal medical findings
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe initially wanted Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conceal medical findings in his poisoning saga, fearing the issue could rock the boat in the ruling Zanu PF party, but the...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why Mnangagwa is now speaking out
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa touched a raw nerve when he chose to use the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa's memorial service to reveal, for the first time, that he was "po...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drug abuser's parents face murder charge
THE case in which a Marondera couple fatally flogged its 18-year-old son, accusing him of taking intoxicating drugs, has taken a new twist, with the parents now facing murder charges following...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Healer's herbal concoction 'kills' five-month pregnant woman
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet-cum-traditional healer allegedly killed his five-month pregnant patient when he made her drink a poisonous herbal concoction during a cleansing ceremony, a High Court judge h...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:00hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Death of Jonathan Moyo's daughter: Jacob Zuma steps in
The state media on Friday reported that an investigation into the death of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's daughter, Zanele, in Sou...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 23:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mysterious deaths of Zimbabwe students in South Africa
A few weeks ago Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo's family was thrown into deep mourning when news broke out that their 20-year-old daughter, Zanele Naledi Ntombizodwa - who was stu...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo to pursue criminal charges against SA hospital?
A diplomatic spat is looming after the body of the daughter of a leading Zimbabwe politician left a Cape Town forensic pathology laboratory without her heart.Jonathan Moyo's lawyer has said th...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo daughter's heart was removed in South Africa
Professor Jonathan Moyo's daughter, Zanele, was buried without a heart, The Chronicle reported. Just days after Zanele was laid to rest in Harare, the Higher and Tertiary Education Minister's ...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:21hrs | | by Mduduzi Mathuthu and Pamela Shumba
'Jonathan Moyo's daughter may have died of alcohol poisoning'
Newsday and New Age newspapers of South Africa have reported that an autopsy in the death of Zimbabwean minister Jonathan Moyo's daughter has ruled out foul play, saying she probably died of alcohol p...Published: 31 Oct 2015 at 14:47hrs | | by zambian watchdog
Mphoko wants thorough probe into Jonathan Moyo daughter's death
Acting President Phelekezela Mphoko has appealed to law enforcement agents and medical personnel investigating the death of Zanele, daughter of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology De...Published: 28 Oct 2015 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drugs found in Jonathan Moyo daughter's room
THERE was a small amount of marijuana in Zanele Moyo's room and not the huge cache of empty alcohol bottles initially indicated, higher education minister Jonathan Moyo said on Wednesday.Z...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 13:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe queries South African police account
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday said the government was not convinced by the explanation given by South African authorities regarding the death of Zanele, daughter of Higher and Tertiary Education, ...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 06:57hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
SA police incompetence exposed in Jonathan Moyo daughter's death
The Jonathan Moyo family has expressed dismay over the handling of the criminal investigation which, apart from Stephen's account, hinges on a post mortem and toxicology tests whose results police ha...Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's daughter bled to death
ZANELE Moyo, the daughter of Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo bled to her death in her Cape Town apartment bathroom, a dramatic new photograph shows. The picture obtained...Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Midzi death mystery remains unresolved
THE cause of former Energy minister Amos Midzi's death last week remains a mystery with no firm confirmation that he committed suicide.The former Harare Zanu-PF chairman's brother Stanley told...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No hero status for Midzi'
Amos Midzi former Mines minister and Zanu PF Harare provincial chairperson who died in a suspected suicide at his farm in Marirangwe near Harare will not be accorded any her status by the ruling p...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Foul play not ruled out in Midzi's death'
Members of the ousted Joice Mujuru cabal said they were not ruling out foul play in Amos Midzi's death until the police released a comprehensive toxicology analysis report.Self-imposed spo...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midzi burial set for tomorrow
FORMER Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairman and Cabinet Minister Amos Midzi, who died on Monday, will be buried tomorrow at Glen Forest Memorial Park.Family spokesperson Stanley Midzi, said ...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midzi's family blames Zanu-PF
The family of the late Amos Midzi, a former Zimbabwe cabinet minister and ambassador to the United States, is blaming the ruling Zanu-PF party for driving him to his death.Midzi's sudden death...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 19:49hrs | | by Blessing Zulu
Police probe Amos Midzi death
The results of Amos Midzi's autopsy have been delayed to today according to the family's spokesperson, amid revelations that police continue to investigate the much-talked about death of the former Ca...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 15:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
DJ Munya's discharge bid thrown out
A Harare court yesterday dismissed Munyaradzi Milimo (DJ Munya)'s application for refusal of further remand in his murder trial and ordered the State to speed up investigations to enable trial to com...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Munya murder case local experts roped in
The prosecution team handling the murder case involving Munyaradzi Milimo aka DJ Munya has said they are engaging local forensic experts to conduct toxicology tests on the now deceased, Tinashe ...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Toxicology report stalls DJ Munya trial
DJ Munya's trial has stalled because of a pending toxicology and histology report. The reports which looks at body tissue and organs through examination of the microscopical architectur...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African Critical Skills Visa List
South African Critical Skills Visa List, what you need to know according ...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 17:31hrs | | by Robbie Ragless
Environmental agency bans use of Umguza water
FARMERS dependent on Umguza River and water sources near the river have been ordered to stop producing vegetables while villagers' boreholes next to the river have been sealed after a discovery that ...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 07:39hrs | | by Kay Kaseke
8 family members poisoned
EIGHTEEN members of a Tsholotsho family reportedly fell into a deep slumber immediately after eating fat cooks laced with a chemical that health experts and police are still investigating.Mat...Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 04:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mom of Miami cannibal refuses son was a cannibal
The mother of the crazed cannibal who gnawed off the face of a homeless man in Miami defended him as "a good kid" Thursday and said he doesn't deserve to be remembered as a "zombie.""He gave ...Published: 01 Jun 2012 at 11:49hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Jackass star drunk in fatal crash: police
Jackass star Ryan Dunn had a blood-alcohol content that was more than twice the legal limit when he and a passenger died in a fiery one-car crash this week, according to a toxicology report....Published: 23 Jun 2011 at 14:29hrs | 3 | by Sapa
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