AN EPWORTH man, who allegedly breached security and tried to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa while he was giving out title deeds over the weekend, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Masimba Craig Maganira, 26, appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure on Monday, where he was charged with disorderly conduct. He is also facing a…
YVONNE NCUBEin BULAWAYO GOVERNMENT has urged the agricultural sector to close the existing gap between research findings and the actual yields that farmers produce in order to fully address food security in the country. Speaking during a field day in Matobo yesterday, Agriculture ministry permanent secretary John Basera said farmers should be at the forefront…
By Brandon Josphat FORMER Rwandan spy Israel Shimimana is seeking the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be granted Zimbabwean citizenship after numerous failed attempts. This comes after the ministry of Home Affairs denied him citizenship despite being married to a Zimbabwean woman for more than a decade. Shimimana, who came to Zimbabwe in 2013,…
WOMEN and youth have lauded the high-level masterclass on Investment and Export Readiness Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as…
THE trial of opposition legislator Job Sikhala, in which he stands accused of inciting violence, failed to proceed yesterday after the opposition legislator’s lawyers filed a new application before the court. Sikhala, together with Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole, is being charged with inciting the violence that broke out in Nyatsime last year following the…
A HARARE man who allegedly went around with a chainsaw and tried to cut down his sister-in-law has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate. Patrick Nyachowe, 45, appeared before magistrate Letwin Rwodzi facing a charge of attempted murder. He was released on $100 000 bail and remanded to May 29. It is the State’s case…
By Rutendo Ngara IN A BID to promote livestock marketing in the country, the government says it intends to rehabilitate more than 300 cattle sale pens throughout the country. This comes as the country’s national herd, which had depleted over the years owing to tick-borne diseases, had been on a recovery path, with the government…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has challenged urban residents to vote out “incompetent” opposition led councils in the upcoming general elections as they had failed to improve on service delivery. Most urban councils have been led by the opposition for over 20 years now with Zanu PF leading the majority in rural councils. However, speaking in…
A HARARE woman is accused of committing fraud and robbing her employer of over US$4 500, a Harare magistrate heard last week….
HANDCRAFT industries in Bulawayo are set to benefit from a Swedish-funded gender-inclusive local economic development project, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said. According to BCC’s latest council minutes, women in the handicraft industries will get most of the funding. “It shall be recalled that the City of Bulawayo was one of the twelve local…
