Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER SACRED rituals are expected to temporarily halt all waterside life on Lake Kariba as traditional leaders prepare to cleanse the dam following the fatal Mbuya Nehanda ferry disaster.The disaster killed nearly 100 people on August 11 when the overloaded ferry capsized.In a letter dated September 28 addressed to the Department of Inland…
YVONNE NCUBE TWO men have appeared in court facing stock theft charges after allegedly stealing three cattle from a farm in Inyathi and selling them for US$1 070.Ngonidzashe Chiweshe, 49 and Bhekimpilo Mlilo, 39 appeared before Bulawayo provincial magistrate Themba Chimiso on Tuesday.They were not asked to plead and were remanded in custody to October…
TAPIWA CHIRUME THE net has finally closed on the owner of Harare’s Scorpion Empire Car Sale, Gilbert Rumbwere, following a manhunt over a horrific dog mauling that left a 39-year-old man dead in Southerton.Police yesterday confirmed the arrest of the 44-year-old businessman on Tuesday after he had gone into hiding following the tragedy.Rumbwere’s arrest stems…
Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A POLICE officer convicted of assaulting a man who later died has had her conviction and sentence overturned after the Bulawayo High Court found that she could not have been positively identified in the darkness.Nosizi Sinyolo recently appeared before Justice Mpokiseng Dube for an appeal hearing, where her lawyer, Tinashe Dzipe, challenged…
YVONNE NCUBE TWO men from Inyathi, Matabeleland North, have each been sentenced to 12 months in prison for stealing nine donkeys belonging to three villagers in separate incidents.Tafadzwa Musawenkosi Ncube, 36, and Musawenkensi Ncube, 25, both of Mahlabathini Village 5, were convicted on three counts of stock theft by magistrate Meggie Ruzive.The court sentenced each…
Sibusisiwe Chibaya IT IS 6pm on a Tuesday evening in Harare. A local bottle store is already packed. The clinking of alcoholic…
AGRICULTURAL development is gaining momentum in Mashonaland Central, with irrigation projects being implemented by the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) reaching key milestones…
Standard Bank of South Africa and Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe are the lead arrangers and lenders of the Chirundu Border Post Upgrade and Modernisation Project and have reached Financial Close for one of the country’s milestone infrastructure development initiatives. The project is being undertaken under a Public Private Partnership between the Government of the Republic of…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER LOCAL authorities have been warned against sleeping on the job as the government cracks down on worsening municipal service delivery.Addressing local government officials in Kadoma on Monday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Local Government, Tafadzwa Muguti, said councils could no longer hide behind legacy problems, strategic plans or endless workshops…
STATE-OWNED mobile network operator NetOne has brought free medical services to thousands of rural residents in Mutasa District, Manicaland Province, as part…
