A MINING firm, Rumgold Trading, which was conducting mining activities along the Angwa River in Makonde district, Mashonaland West province, has been ordered by the High Court to cease operations and remove its heavy machinery from the site. This comes after another mining firm, Angel Hill Mining Company, filed an application at the High Court…
COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the country, with 146 people testing positive on Wednesday, the ministry of Health and Child Care…
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has dropped charges against a Rushinga man, Robert Zakeyo, who was accused of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa on social media. The 44-year-old Zakeyo was due to go on trial at the Bindura Magistrates Court on Tuesday after the NPA acting ProsecutorGeneral, Nelson Mutsonziwa, issued a certificate of authority to prosecute….
THE Department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services (Agritex) in Matabeleland South has raised hunger fears after it turned out that most of the maize crop in the province has already wilted owing to little rainfall received so far. This comes at a time the government has been urging farmers in dry regions to grow…
A ZAKA, Masvingo man Brian Chiwara, who is being charged with culpable homicide, has complained to the High Court about the continuous postponement and dragging out of his trial. Chiwara was arrested in 2019 and has made numerous appearances before the Zaka magistrate’s court over the years, but his trial has still not come to…
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Masvingo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a magistrate’s court found him guilty of raping his 16-year-old niece. The man, whose name is withheld to protect the identity of the child, was arraigned before the Masvingo Regional Magistrate’s Court facing charges of rape. The National Prosecuting Authority informed…
Indigenous-owned company, Comoil Limited says it is set to expand its operations after acquiring two sites bringing the number to seven. Speaking…
TODAY’S generation has grown up in restaurants and fast-food canteens and the tradition of cooking healthy nutritious meals together slowly starts to…
IN AN endeavour to enhance and transform the education sector in the country, several Zimbabwean universities have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with different universities from Belarus. The MoUs that were signed yesterday in Harare will see students and lecturers involved in exchange programmes meant to enhance the country’s higher education sector. Addressing journalists after…
THE Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill sailed through the Senate yesterday and now waits for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s assent. This comes as the opposition and civic society have expressed fear that the proposed Act will further shrink the country’s democratic space and lead to the closure of some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) perceived to be…
