HARARE – After a brief spell of pleasant weather, chilly conditions are expected to return to Zimbabwe this week with light to moderate rains forecast, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. The MSD’s head of public weather services Tich Zinyemba said there is strong likelihood of ground frost in most parts of the country….
HARARE – Police have expressed alarm at the spiking murder cases which in some cases, are being fuelled by binge drinking and minor disputes. Police spokesperson Charity Charamba vowed to end the killings that have scaled well over 20 every month. She told the Daily News that close to 20 people were killed in separate…
HARARE – A female cop who was part of a crack team that busted a fellow police officer who swallowed $10 bribe money yesterday left the court in stitches after giving a dramatic explanation of what transpired. The trial of Grace Tsingano, 35, who is being charged with criminal abuse of office, was held before…
HARARE – A South African woman arrested on accusations she had ingested cocaine has applied for acquittal saying she spent days in police custody expelling stool but cops failed to find the alleged swallowed pellets of the drugs they claimed she smuggled from Brazil. Isaura Masinga, 40, of Germistone, South Africa, entered Zimbabwe on May…
BULAWAYO – Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi-Moyo’s future in President Robert Mugabe’s government hangs in the balance after pressure was brought to bear on her to resign from her position in the powerful Zanu PF women’s league. Zanu PF insiders said Sandi-Moyo’s position in government became untenable because of the gravity of the allegations that…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) will meet University of Zimbabwe (UZ) authorities to discuss planned medical students’ tuition fees hikes that have provoked violent protests at campus. Critics say the increase in fees from $700 per semester to $1 500 with effect from 1 August would further disadvantage poor students, who are already…
HARARE – The Council of Veterinary Surgeons of Zimbabwe (CVSZ) has warned citizens to be on the lookout for bogus veterinary surgeons who are practising under the names of registered veterinary surgeons. Most were neither qualified nor registered with the CVSZ. This was putting animal lives at risk by performing procedures that they are not…
LAGOS – The speaker of Nigeria’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives, has said the deployment of the armed forces in more than 28 states means the country is effectively under a state of emergency. Yakubu Dogara said it was worrying that the armed forces have virtually taken over routine police work in Nigeria, which…
KAMPALA – Public servants in Uganda are facing a strict dress code after the government issued a circular warning them to “dress decently”. Female staff have been told not to show any cleavage, wear brightly coloured nails, braids or hair extensions, sleeveless or transparent blouses. Men must wear long-sleeved shirts, jackets and ties, while…
HARARE – Jamaican reggae star Busy Signal has confirmed his second tour of Zimbabwe which will take place early next month. Busy Signal, who held his maiden performance in Harare in 2015 at the Glamis Arena, will kick-start the tour at the Large City Hall in Bulawayo on August 4 where he will share the…
