APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) president Amon Madawo has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to evict a breakaway faction, led by the church’s former deputy president Cossam Chiangwa, from the institution’s property in Westgate, Harare. Madawo recently won the church’s presidency through a Supreme Court ruling following a prolonged…
THE local tobacco auction system is on the brink of collapse as most farmers are choosing to go the contract farming route, which gives them access to inputs. Statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) from the 2020/21 tobacco selling season show that a fraction of the golden leaf harvested during the…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A HARARE school teacher, Talent Chingwaru, who was caught on camera assaulting a 19-year-old student, is set to perform 630 hours of community service at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after pleading guilty to an assault offence. Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga initially sentenced the 39-year-old mathematics teacher to 36 months in prison before suspending…
AUTHORITIES in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, say the Mimosa-funded Mtshingwe Nursery, which seeks to provide hybrid vegetable and fruit tree seedlings to local farmers, is set to economically transform communities. The nursery, which has one of the largest greenhouses in the country, is one of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives aimed at boosting rural and…
MUGODHI Apostolic Faith Church founder Tadewu Mugodhi’s son, Washington, has approached the High Court seeking an order barring 36 expelled members from meddling with the affairs of the church at its headquarters in Hwedza. Washington, who is the second applicant in the application, told the court that he was appointed by his late father two…
The process involved with sending and receiving money has improved drastically and people can now send/receive money across borders without much hassle,..
UNICEF Zimbabwe in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and a local creative agency with global footprint DiCommMcCann are…
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) Bulawayo provincial secretariat has appealed to its leadership to consider industrial action in a bid to push the government to review salaries and improve working conditions. The teachers have since written to their leadership pleading with them to urgently announce dates for the strike until authorities address their demands. “For…
RUNDE Rural District Council (RRDC) says it aims to complete construction of the US$215 000 Mabasa-Marira water pipeline by year end. RRDC chief executive Godden Moyo said the project would benefit at least 4 200 people drawn from seven villages, five schools and two business centres. The pipeline is 7,9km long, spanning from Mabasa Growth…
FOUR Queen Elizabeth Girls High School (QE) learners have embarked on an ambitious project to eradicate land pollution in Harare through their biodegradable product line of diapers — Diapo — a first of its kind in Zimbabwe and Africa. The quartet is being supported in the project by the Emergination Africa National Business Case Competition,…
