By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News (Zimbabwe)
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for repeatedly raping his 13-year-old former stepdaughter in Nyamandlovu, Zimbabwe. The Bulawayo Regional Court found him guilty on three counts of rape; the offences took place over three years, according to the Daily News.
Zimbabwe’s High Court has rejected the appeal of Clever Mutero, a 63-year-old former teacher sentenced for raping a 13-year-old pupil, and upheld his 18-year prison sentence. He was convicted of two counts of rape by the Kwekwe Regional Magistrates Court, reports the Daily News.
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Bulawayo High Court found Nkosilathi Nyathi, 34, and Walter Mpunzi, 35, guilty of murdering a man during an attack on a couple in a cemetery that also involved an attempted rape of his wife, Daily News reports.
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The Zimbabwean government says it has administered nearly three million doses of polio vaccine in 27 high-risk border districts. On World Polio Day, it says it is strengthening vaccination programmes and epidemiological surveillance, according to the Daily News.
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Seventeen people have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, including life imprisonment, for serious crimes committed in different parts of Zimbabwe. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi announced the convictions in a statement, according to the Daily News.
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Zimbabwe tracks cash across its 428 banks with digital systemThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has commissioned a digital system to track the distribution and availability of cash, covering all 428 banks in the country. The tool is intended to support the use of the ZiG currency, according to the Daily News, which also reports that governor John Mushayavanhu has dismissed the existence of shortages of the currency.
Zambia probes 222 million-kwacha money-laundering networkZambia’s Financial Intelligence Centre is investigating an alleged cross-border money-laundering network after detecting more than 222 million kwacha and $5.7 million received by a company over three months. Its annual money-laundering trends report describes companies with varied activities allegedly used to move funds between countries, according to the centre.The week in Africa
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