RUTENDO NGARA HARARE Regional magistrate Sandra Mupindu yesterday cancelled an arrest warrant for Mike Mapinga who skipped a rape bail last month citing medical grounds. Mapinga made headlines last month after his dogs, including pitbulls, allegedly mauled to death a pedestrian, Samuel Machara, in Bluffhill, Harare. The magistrate agreed to cancel the warrant of arrest…
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to bring an end to a wave of killings in the central Benue state….
Every time Aryan Asari heard the sound of an airplane, he would go darting out of the house to look for it….
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has appointed Emmanuel Matsvaire as its substantive chief executive officer (CEO) after holding the position in an acting capacity for nearly two years. He replaced Meanwell Gudu who was fired in 2023. In a statement yesterday, the TIMB board announced that his appointment was effective from June 10….
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER MWOS, Simba Bhora and Scottland face tricky fixtures as the premiership’s pacesetters continue their pursuit for glory during a hectic week that could have significant ramifications at the top of the table. After being pegged back at Gibbo Stadium where they played out a 2-2 draw with lowly Triangle United,…
Emmanuel Marambe FORMER premiership side Black Rhinos seek to apply the brakes on Agama FC’s stellar run when the sides face-off in the pick of the Northern Region Soccer League’s (NRSL) matchday midweek fixtures. Unbeaten after 13 rounds of NRSL action, Rhinos, who emerged as the league’s draw specialists in the early part of the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday told a Harare magistrate that he left the country in 2018 for cancer treatment. Before allegedly skipping bail, he was facing charges of theft of trust property and is reported to have been living in South Africa and Zambia interchangeably. Mzembi was arrested…
THE announcement on Sunday by the President of the Chief’s Council, Mtshane Khumalo, that Gukurahundi hearings will commence on June 26, has brought a glimmer of hope to the victims and their families who suffered during the civil disturbances in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the 1980s. For over four decades, the wounds of Gukurahundi…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)’s partnership with a Netherlands-based company, Vitens Evides International (VEI), has improved water supplies in the city. The second capital has received funding and is currently implementing the second phase of the WaterWorx 2022 to 2026 programme. Speaking during a tour of water projects by VEI senior officials, the BCC director of…
