A former wholesale cashier who stole more than US$48,000 from his employer before fleeing to Zambia and assuming a false identity has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after failing to repay the stolen money. The dramatic case came to an end after a cross-border investigation involving the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Interpol led to the arrest of 34-year-old Tawanda Manzinde, who had allegedly been living under a fake Zambian identity. Manzinde, former

Lainah Twakali appeared before Chief Makoni's community court demanding either three cattle or US$1,000 from her former partner, George Chipunda, 37, whom she accused of wasting her time and abandoning their relationship despite allegedly promising marriage. The couple reportedly met while working on a farm in Headlands in 2013 and lived together for more than a decade. They did not have any children together.