MUTASA – A traditional court in Manicaland has ordered the parents of a woman to refund the bride price paid for her marriage after she admitted to having an extramarital relationship with her husband's nephew before leaving the marriage. The ruling was handed down by Chief Mutasa after Aleck Magadu brought the matter before the traditional court, seeking relief following the breakdown of his marriage to Theresa Zimhuwu, 31.

GUTU — A 61-year-old man from Gutu has been sentenced to an effective 20 months in prison after a trivial disagreement over a title escalated into a violent stabbing at a local business centre. Hebert Magombedze appeared before Magistrate Innocent Bepura this week, where he was convicted of assault following a brutal attack on 23-year-old Samson Mberikunashe. The case serves as a grim reminder of how quickly verbal altercations in rural service centres can spiral into life-th