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COP RAPES GRADE 7 PUPIL

A 32-YEAR-OLD police officer stationed at Mphoengs in
Matabeleland South province is in soup after he allegedly raped a Grade 7
pupil.

The matter came to light at Plumtree Magistrates Courts
yesterday.

The cop, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the
minor, appeared before magistrate Joshua Nembaware, who remanded him in custody
to January 9. He was advised to apply for bail at

A 32-YEAR-OLD police officer stationed at Mphoengs in Matabeleland South province is in soup after he allegedly raped a Grade 7 pupil. The matter came to light at Plumtree Magistrates Courts yesterday. The cop, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, appeared before magistrate Joshua Nembaware, who remanded him in custody to January 9. He was advised to apply for bail at

CUSTOMS OVERWHELMED AT BEITBRIDGE

INCOMING traffic has increased at Beitbridge border post
where the Customs and Excise department currently appears overwhelmed by
applications for Temporary Import Permits (TIP) of foreign registered cars used
by the bulk of arrivals from South Africa….

INCOMING traffic has increased at Beitbridge border post where the Customs and Excise department currently appears overwhelmed by applications for Temporary Import Permits (TIP) of foreign registered cars used by the bulk of arrivals from South Africa. Although other departments appeared on top of the situation and were comfortable with the increased pressure, a long queue of motorists meandered

GLOOMY XMAS FOR UNPAID UNIVERSITY WORKERS

STATE university workers are facing a gloomy Christmas
because of unpaid salaries.

Zimbabwe Universities Allied Workers Union (ZUAWU)
secretary-general Jabulani Mpofu said the Higher and Tertiary Education
ministry had not paid them their December due…

STATE university workers are facing a gloomy Christmas because of unpaid salaries. Zimbabwe Universities Allied Workers Union (ZUAWU) secretary-general Jabulani Mpofu said the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry had not paid them their December dues. “Salaries have not been disbursed for State university workers. We have been trying to get an audience from the ministry over the matter, but

Zimbabwean rower Stephen Cox on how fishing created a pathway to the Olympic Games

Source: Zimbabwean rower Stephen Cox on how fishing created a pathway to the Olympic Games The England-based oarsman recently secured an Olympic quota for Zimbabwe in the men’s single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing African Olympic qualification regatta in Tunisia. (2019 Getty Images) Casting a rod often took precedence over pulling an oar but […]

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Source: Zimbabwean rower Stephen Cox on how fishing created a pathway to the Olympic Games

The England-based oarsman recently secured an Olympic quota for Zimbabwe in the men’s single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing African Olympic qualification regatta in Tunisia.
Stephen Cox
(2019 Getty Images)
Casting a rod often took precedence over pulling an oar but taking up rowing offered the perfect alibi for Stephen Cox to satisfy his fishing obsession.More than a decade since taking his first strokes in a row boat at Peterhouse Boys’ School, less than 100km from the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, Cox is set to make his Olympic debut in Paris 2024 with an oar in hand instead of a fishing rod.

Reaching the Olympics will be a culmination of the rekindling of a dream after the British army rower took a five-year hiatus from the sport. The lance corporal recently claimed one of five Olympic quotas for Zimbabwe in the single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing African Olympic qualification regatta in Tunisia.

“I used to obsess over rowing videos as a kid where I would watch races like five times a day. I used to watch legends like Olaf Tufte, Mahé Drysdale, and Andre Sinek head it up,” Cox said from a cold England days after returning from a visit to blazing Harare.

“I thought, ‘Oh gosh, what it would be like to get to that level!’. And to now be on that TV screen maybe for some other kid to start. It’s pretty special to me.”

If selected by his National Olympic Committee, the England-based rower could become only the sixth rower to represent the southern African nation at the Olympic Games in the sport, and it could be second time lucky after he missed out on qualification for Tokyo 2020 (in 2021).

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Dozens marooned in Harare high density suburb, houses submerged in floods

Six-year-old missing as floods wreck havoc… Source: Dozens marooned in Harare high density suburb, houses submerged in floods Weather elements … homes build on wetlands were submerged in floods in Budiriro HARARE – Several residents were marooned in intense flooding while about 15 houses built on wetlands were submerged in water in Harare’s Budiriro high […]

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Six-year-old missing as floods wreck havoc…

Source: Dozens marooned in Harare high density suburb, houses submerged in floods

Weather elements … homes build on wetlands were submerged in floods in Budiriro

HARARE – Several residents were marooned in intense flooding while about 15 houses built on wetlands were submerged in water in Harare’s Budiriro high density suburb following incessant rains which caused intense flooding in parts of the capital this week.

Police said the sub-aqua unit rescued the marooned residents while a six-year-old is still missing amid fears that the minor could have drowned.

The child was reportedly on the mother’s back when she tried to swim to safety after Marimba River broke its banks releasing floods into homes on Thursday night.

“The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic police) reports a sad incident where nearly 15 houses were submerged in water in Budiriro 4 Paddock area, Harare.

“Several people were marooned and rescued by ZRP Sub-Aqua Unit while a six-year-old minor is missing after heavy rains which pounded Harare and surrounding areas last night and today (Friday).

“The ZRP Sub-Aqua Unit has also rescued 19 families in Kuwadzana Extension where some houses had been submerged in water,” said police.

The area, experiences flooding every rainfall season.

Budiriro residents are part of hundreds countrywide who have fallen victim to land barons who parcel out pieces of land on wetlands deemed unfit for housing.

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