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A 63-YEAR-OLD Chipinge teacher on Wednesday collapsed and died in the deputy headmaster’s office under unclear circumstances. Eddie Taonezvi, who was a teacher at Chipinge Junior Primary School, was pronounced dead on arrival at Chipinge District Hospital on March 27. [GoogleAd] Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident, which he said was under…

A LECTURER who works for a city college has been sentenced to an effective eight years in jail for raping his 19-year-old student. Felistas Kwenda, who is employed by Debmar College, raped the girl in February when she enrolled for a five-day till-operating course with the institution. Initially, Kwenda was sentenced to 12 years in…

FORMER MDC official Eddie Cross has triggered a storm following reports that he supported President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s penchant for flying in luxurious jets. Opinion is sharply divided over Mnangagwa’s costly foreign trips at a time the country is mourning the death of over 300 Cyclone Idai victims. [GoogleAd] In the midst of efforts to locate…

MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, says he has the capacity to lead the country’s biggest opposition political party if the structures nominate him to contest for that position at the MDC congress to run from May 24 to 26. It will be the first congress since the death of the MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai who…

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been chosen as the official carrier for the 2019 World Press Freedom Day Global Conference to be held in Addis Ababa from May 1-3, 2019.  The conference is jointly organised by Unesco, the African Union and the government of…

The Gweru Labour Court has found a Chinese-owned cement company, Livetouch Investments (PVT) LTD guilty of unfair labour practices and ordered the Redcliff-based company to pay an aggrieved worker his dues by May 31.   The matter was heard before High Court judge Justice Emilia Muchawa on Wednesday.  [GoogleAd] The case pits Lazarus Maposa who…

A 20-year-old Chipinge man has been arrested for attempted murder after stabbing a man who had tried to restrain him from beating up his uncle. [GoogleAd] Tafadzwa Mutengo, 20, stabbed Tichaona Masango, 22, in the ribs after he tried to stop him from assaulting his uncle Crispen Masango in a beer brawl on March 23…

As Cyclone Idai slowly revealed the victims of its deadly march, search-and-rescue sniffer dogs have started scouring remote patches and gutted villages, going door-to-door in the storm-crushed Ngangu area in Chipinge so far leading to the recovery of 16 bodies. [GoogleAd] The dogs are racing to reach the injured, the dead and those in need…

ZB Bank has donated RTGS$60 000 and an assortment of essential goods through Zimbabwe Red Cross Society as part of its efforts to bring relief to Buhera victims of Cyclone Idai. According to ZB Financial Holdings Limited chief executive officer (CEO) Ronald Mutandagayi, the donation is the diversified banking institution’s initial response to the tragedy….