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By Rutengo Ngara AGRICULTURE deputy minister Davis Marapira says Turkiye should take advantage of Zimbabwe’s participation at the 2023 horticulture expo in that country and tap into vast investment opportunities offered by the southern African nation. This comes as Turkiye ambassador to Zimbabwe, Berna Kasnakali Versteden, recently said relations between Ankara and Harare continued to…

AN unsuspecting prospective car owner reportedly lost US$21 500 after his friend duped him. Leonard Mazhara is said to have given money to his friend Stanley Maworera, 45, who claimed he was in a position to purchase and import a Ford Ranger for him. However, Maworera was arrested this week and charged with fraud after…

A MAN from Waterfalls in Harare is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend numerous times, accusing her of stealing his US$160. Elvis Chidzomba, 36, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere who remanded him in custody. Representing the State, Anesu Chirenje told the court that the accused and his girlfriend, Nyasha…

FOURTEEN of the 24 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs, who were recently recalled from Parliament, have accused the party’s self-claimed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu of violating the party’s constitution after failing to prove how they had “ceased to be members of the political party”. This comes after the 14 former MPs recently filed an…

THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) says the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s solid waste management by-law proposal falls short of the concerns of various stakeholders, including waste pickers. This comes after the BCC recently proposed implementation of the solid waste management by-law (2023) on domestic refuse, which is an extract from the 1979 council…

THE High Court will, on Tuesday next week, make a determination in a matter in which jailed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Job Sikhala is appealing against his recent conviction. Sikhala was found guilty of obstructing the course of justice in May after Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa ruled that he had interfered with police…

TWO men, who were arrested after stealing 70 boxes of Pain Eeze tablets worth US$2 050, which they later tried to resell on the black market, have been found guilty and sentenced to 210 hours of community service. Daniel Mark Austen, 39, and Simbarashe Kaminga, 23, were arrested after robbing Elenore Chimoyo who they had…

THERE are a lot of challenges facing students at tertiary institutions mainly due to the lack of understanding of learning theories and different teaching methods adopted by the lecturers. Giving a presentation at Arrupe Jesuit University in Harare recently, the lecturer of Health Sciences at University of Limpopo in South Africa, University of Zimbabwe and…

EIGHTEEN individuals from Chitungwiza, who are part of 40 families facing eviction from their houses in Manyame Park and St Mary’s, have approached the High Court seeking to overturn a ruling, which ordered the demolition of their houses and pave for the construction of a company. The 18, who were recently given eviction orders, have…