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Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FRAUD and rape-accused, Walter Magaya, was granted US$3 000 bail by High Court judge, Justice Gibson Mandaza, yesterday. In the process, Magaya was asked to surrender his passport and title deeds, as well as report to police twice a week. The State had vigorously opposed bail, arguing that police were…

Thabiso Mutirwara MORE than 1 000 new malaria cas­es and two deaths were recorded across the country last week, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health. The ministry said 1 194 new malaria cases and two fatalities were reported for the week end­ing October 26, 2025, bringing the cumulative total for the…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A BULAWAYO man who had almost completed his traditional healing internship has been slapped with a 20-year jail term after he fatally stabbed his mentor while in automatism. According to court papers, on November 14, 2023, Ndumiso Mlhanga had been enrolled for the training by the deceased woman, whose name…

POLITICAL EDITOR ZANU PF’s political opponents have little to benefit from enmeshing themselves in the ruling party’s ructions over its 2030 push, opposition stalwarts assert. This comes after Zanu PF said last week that the op­position was free to engage the former liberation move­ment over its much-debated 2030 campaign, as well as on other burning…

Tapiwa Chirume THE City of Gweru has issued a 14-day ultimatum to its residents to remove all their donkeys, cattle and other such animals from within the municipal’s boundaries. In addition, city fathers have also warned that any animals that will be found roaming the streets from November 20 onwards will be seized and auctioned….

OPPOSITION leader Job Sikhala and his uncle, Alexander Ferrowst Thema, were yesterday remanded in custody after a brief appearance at the Pretoria Magistrates Court in South Africa. Gauteng NPA spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said Sikhala, 53, and Thema, 78, face charges of possession of explosives. Police arrested the pair on Novem­ber 6 2025 after finding explosives…

Thabiso Mutirwara ZIMBABWE urgently requires 40 000 more tractors and 200 harvesters to modernise agriculture and boost food security. Deputy minister of Agriculture Vangelis Haritatos said the government’s urgent push to close a yawning mechanisation gap contributes to untimely planting, delayed harvesting, and significant post-harvest losses. “We have just over 16 000 functional tractors in…

Takudzwa Dhambu FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube’s pending 2026 Na­tional Budget should consolidate the country’s cur­rent relative economic stability, while also prioritising lifting the lives of the needy. So says economist and chief executive of the CEO Africa Roundtable, Kipson Gundani, who adds that equally importantly, Ncube also needs to scrap the country’s much-debated Intermidi­ated Transactional…