BULAWAYO – A Bulawayo man, who was shot on the right leg by detectives while trying to flee, has been released on bail. Fanethi Ndlovu, 45, of 176 Harrisville last week appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove facing three different charges. He is being charged of failing to comply with police instructions, being found in…
HARARE – Central government must rescue local authorities failing to supply residents with water to avert another humanitarian catastrophe. Municipalities such as Chitungwiza, Epworth and Harare are struggling to pay workers and deliver potable water to residents. Diana Kuvheya, a Chitungwiza Residents Trust member, said government should come to the rescue of local authorities to…
CHIPINGE – A record crowd of 6 000-plus people attended this year’s finals of the Joyce and Solomon Goko Challenge (JSGC) — now in its eighth year of running and held at Nyunga Primary School in Chipinge on Saturday. The popular football, netball and traditional dance tournament was launched in honour of the late Solomon…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has intensified its efforts to grow domestic tourism ahead of the festive season. Tesa Chikaponya, the executive director, destination marketing at ZTA, says her organisation will be holding a family day during this year’s edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani Africa Travel fair to be held from October 10 to 12….
HARARE – A non-governmental Organisation has written to Jacob Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly, to push a motion compelling legislators to publicly declare their assets. Coalition Against Corruption (Cac), a leading anti-graft pressure group, presented its petition to Mudenda last Thursday. Cac said in its petition the motion could help curb corruption among…
HARARE – Saturday’s bombing of Zanu PF offices in Highfield and Jongwe Printers should be condemned in the strongest terms and the thugs who perpetrated these acts of cowardice should be arrested and thrown into jail. The bombings, coming so soon after the deadly siege on a shopping mall in Kenya by terrorists who murdered…
EDITOR — I am one of the people that love our environment and would help in all ways to see to it that our environment and our wildlife are conserved. I was disturbed by the recent Hwange cyanide poisoning incident which caused a serious ecological disaster. This disaster will be difficult to manage for a…
EDITOR — Both women and men suffer in silence at the hands of perpetrators of sexual harassment and some have gone to the extent of threatening violence to their victims if there are to report. I think it’s high time we should not tolerate sexual harassment. It affects us emotionally for a long time hence…
HARARE – Mauritius-based AfrAsia Holdings Limited (AfrAsia) plans to inject over $100 million into its Zimbabwean subsidiary to help ease liquidity challenges in the country. This comes as the financial group recently increased its interest in AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited (AKZL) to 54 percent from 35 percent after acquiring 30 percent shareholding previously held by…
HARARE – Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso says most musicians will remain paupers until the government and police take decisive action to end music piracy. Macheso made the remarks to guests who attended Oliver Mtukudzi’s tribute dinner organised by FBC Bank at the Rainbow Towers on Thursday night. With police commissioner General Augustine Chihuri in attendance…
