A POLYGAMOUS man in Bulawayo has been brought before the courts charged with domestic violence, after he allegedly assaulted his first wife when she questioned him why he had brought another woman home.

Thembani Ncube (32) of Waterford suburb is facing a domestic violence charge as defined under Section 3(1)(a) of the Domestic Violence Act Chapter 5:16 as read together with Section 4(1) of the same Act.

Prosecutor Shepherd...

A Zimbabwean mechanic was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday for killing his three-year-old son with a pick-axe handle.

"In my view a sentence of 12 years imprisonment would be an appropriate sentence for the crime committed. Therefore the accused (Vincent Mugwagwa) is sentenced to 12 years imprisonment," Judge Nico Coetzee said in the High Court in Pretoria.

The court found Mugwagwa, 54, guilty on June 3. The court...

HE USES his testicles to put bread on the table. Siphiwo Mahala (49), also known as Rubberman, sings disco and mbaqanga in the streets and malls of Cradock and Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.

When he sings, he has a heavy concrete block ready to moer his male organs. People love to see him hammer his private parts. They chant their appreciation and call for more action.

Rubberman, from Green Bushes in Port Elizabeth, refused...

A dancing queen was last Thursday shamed after she was caught naked with a married man. Valentine Hungwe claimed to be a member of the Pala Fala dancing queens but group's manager disowned her.

Valentine was caught at in Datya Crescent in Old Mabvuku with Denny Showera. Four used condoms are said to have been found in the love nest. Scores of people mobbed the house intending to mete instant justice.

The dancing queen was...

A CHURCH youth trip for members of the Seventh Day Adventist church in Bulawayo ended in tragedy when a 23-year-old man died while about 40 people fell ill in a suspected case of  food poisoning.

The incident occurred when members of the SDA drank borehole water during a one day trip to Thuli Hills in How Mine  area on 8 June.

In an interview at the family's home in Makokoba yesterday, the man's father, Mr Sipho...

Dancehall artiste Tendazvaitwa Chitimbe, better known as Lipsy, says her relationship with Ninja President Winky D has always been strictly professional.

The 26-year-old Tendazvaitwa featured on Winky D's romantic song Taitirana Pafirst Sight leading many to suspect the existence of a love relationship between the two. But the multi-talented artiste, who is also into acting, insists that Winky D, whose real name is Wallace Chirimuko, is...

A Chitungwiza man suspected of being a con artist and accused of stealing ATM cards from bankers before stealing money from his victims' accounts, was nabbed at the weekend.

Samuel Puzumadu (25) of Chitungwiza appeared at the Kwekwe Magistrates' Courts Monday facing four counts of theft after he allegedly stole $3 640 from four bank accounts in a grand scam.

The State alleges that on May 30, Puzumadu approached an...

Two men suspected to be Star FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo's accomplices in the alleged murder of a Harare man, have been released from remand prison on US$300 bail each.

High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa yesterday granted bail to Taurai Janhi and Mohammed Matare after a successful bail application by their lawyers Mr Reason Muchirewesi and Mr Gerald Madzima.

Janhi and Matare were ordered to report to the police once every...

A Harare man reportedly followed his estranged wife to a hair salon and bundled her in his car boot for allegedly leading a lavish lifestyle while they are on separation.

Fradreck Utsiwegota (31), the court heard, followed Agnes Dumba to Dynamite Hair Salon where he allegedly forced her into his car and drove to Mt Pleasant threatening to kill her.

Utsiwegota yesterday appeared before Mr Tendai Mahwe charged with two counts...

Former Alick Macheso band members Jonas Kasamba, Noel Nyazanda, Obert Gomba and Franco "Slomo" Dhaka have formed their music outfit called Extra Kwazvose. Earlier media reports were saying the band is called Orchestra Ndozvese.

Extra Kwazvose is led by the four and has 12 other band members. Slomo, who left Macheso to join Suluman Chimbetu in January 2012, will be the lead vocalist.

Slomo said the name Kwazvose means that the...