VICTORIA Falls deputy mayor Lungile Nyoni says the resort city’s water challenges are set to ease as they are recording progress in addressing the crisis after channelling devolution funds to critical water projects. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the city yesterday, Nyoni said part of the devolution funds had already been distributed to phase…
By Masimba Makwembere SADC weather experts are meeting in Harare to deliberate over the 2024/25 rainfall season forecast for the region. This comes as the region last season experienced low rainfall due to the El Nino phenomenon, leading to most parts of Southern Africa experiencing the worst drought in 40 years and severe food shortages….
LIMPOPO, South Africa, police are offering a R20 000 reward to anyone who can provide positive information which can lead to the…
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Engen Petroleum Zimbabwe where they were seeking the court to set aside a High Court judgment in which the company was ordered to pay a contractor US$75 000. According to the courts, Engen Petroleum contracted Frame Work Media to rebrand 11 of its service stations in 2014….
A SELF-STYLED prophet Tobias Dospani, 40, of Kuwadzana, Harare, appeared in court last Friday facing charges of allegedly raping a congregant after he was invited for midnight prayers in Epworth. Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa remanded him in custody to August 23 for his bail application. According to the State led by prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti, the complainant,…
GOVERNMENT wants all local authorities mayors and chairpersons to attend training at the Zanu PF Chitepo School of Ideology to be conducted this week in the capital. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year launched the “Call to action, no compromise to service delivery” campaign to enhance accountability and service delivery in all 92…
POLICE have confirmed the arrest of a 20-year-old woman from Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province, for recently strangling her 18-month-old son to death. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspect allegedly murdered her son after failing to silence him while he was crying. “On August 14 2024, police in Nyamandlovu arrested…
THE High Court has sentenced three Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central, gold panners to a suspended two-month prison term each for fatally assaulting a fellow miner in 2022. Lovemore Masauki, Naison Masauki, and Ellin Joe were initially charged with murder before it was later turned to an assault charge. The three were accused of fatally assaulting…
ZIMBABWE-BORN Ameerh Naran knows the secrets of the super-rich. He knows what they are spending and where in the world they are…
Neville Mlambo, 65, a retired missionary, shakes his head. His United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) church had educated some of…
