A JET store in Kadoma has re-opened after its owners lost everything in a major fire which devastated the clothing retailer four months ago. The blaze ripped through businesses and properties, extensively destroying the Jet segment that offers clothing, as well as, kitchenware, hardware and a variety of other goods. [GoogleAd] The store, which was…
GOVERNMENT has appealed for baby food donations for Cyclone Idai victims. So far, 16 500 households each with an average of six members, are believed to have been affected by the disaster. Of these, 52 percent are women and children. [GoogleAd] Local Government minister July Moyo appealed for assistance at the Round Table Interface with…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revived the controversial debate surrounding prepaid water meters, with the municipality insisting that all new properties must be fitted with the gadgets. In 2015, residents led by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) staged a massive demonstration against the introduction of the prepaid meters, forcing the city fathers to…
AT least 43 families have been uprooted from their rural homes amid an ongoing land audit, the Zimbabwe People’s Land Rights Movement (ZPLRM) has said. The development undermines government’s push to resettle black farmers under the agrarian revolution. [GoogleAd] There have been 16 forced evictions of indigenous families in Masvingo whose claim to be on…
Harare Central Hospital (HCH) is moving to repair and refurbish its hospital equipment. The renovation and repairs of the equipment comes at a time when most State hospitals are in a deplorable state. [GoogleAd] In a notice published in the Government Gazette yesterday, HCH went to tender for the servicing, repair and refurbishment of generator sets,…
HIGH Court judge Edith Mushore has reserved ruling in a case which ex-Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere sought an interdict barring the State from disposing his holiday home that has been forfeited after he absconded trial. [GoogleAd] Mushore is yet to consider submissions by both parties and heads of argument before a ruling is passed. In…
A JOURNALIST here — who was investigating soldiers allegedly sexually abusing Cyclone Idai females at a camp at Chimanimani High School in Ngangu — has been arrested and released after the intervention of rights lawyers. [GoogleAd] Sydney Saize, a Voice of America correspondent, was forced to sign an admission of guilt form for allegedly stealing…
THE Nomination Court is sitting on May 3 for the Kadoma Municipality Ward 2 by-election, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said. [GoogleAd] Kadoma Ward 2 is holding a by-election to elect a new councillor following the imprisonment of the incumbent candidate. The by-election is slated for June 8. “It is hereby notified in terms…
TWO Harare men were hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly murdering a man who asked for sex from their female accomplice during a beer drink. Trymore White and Roy Kufahakurotyi appeared before magistrate Victoria Mashamba facing charges of fatally stabbing Thabiso Chatata at a night club in Kuwadzana. Mashamba remanded them in custody and…
ZIBAGWE Rural District Council is set to hold a public auction of stray livestock next month. In a statement, the RDC said the auction will be first held in Zhombe on May 8 where heifers, oxen, calves, cows, donkeys and goats will be sold. [GoogleAd] On the second and third day, auction will be held…
