A BULAWAYO man was yesterday found dead in Old Luveve suburb with his private parts ripped off in a gruesome murder that has left the community shell-shocked. The man has been identified as Farai Mazhindu and he was found lying in a pool of blood a stone’s throw from a house where he was employed…
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of an imminent Covid-19 third wave due to citizens’ indiscipline and the approaching winter season. This comes as the government at the start of March relaxed the lockdown regulations to open up the economy, but Zimbabweans have become complacent. Physical distancing, wearing of masks and sanitising protocols have been thrown out…
DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya’s future and that of his lieutenants — Naison Muchekela and Gift Muzadzi is uncertain as the trio is yet to be offered new contracts, a source said yesterday. This comes as football authorities in the country have provisionally set next month for the return of the country’s most popular sport after…
LOCAL football is finally back after a year on the wings with several Premier Soccer League clubs taking to the field to begin their pre-season training. The Covid-19-induced lockdown led to the suspension of sport putting into disarray the PSL plans of their March resumption last year. However, the government recently permitted all sports to…
THE local music industry and arts sector has been plunged into mourning again following the death of veteran jazz crooner Friday Mbirimi. The Mbare Trio member, who was 76, succumbed to cancer of the colony on Tuesday at the Avenues Clinic in Harare. National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) director, Nicholas Moyo described Mbirimi as…
SONGBIRD Anita Jaxson and hip-hop star Asaph Afrika have been selected to be the hosts of Changamire Festival Awards to be held on April 12. The Changamire Festival Awards which were incepted in 2016 have now grown from just 10 categories and now will hand out 30 gongs this year. Due to Covid-19, the awards…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has painted a gloomy picture of the current water crisis telling residents to brace for more painful months despite the country receiving heavy rains this year. This comes barely two months after the city fathers announced they were going to lift the much-dreaded water rationing regime by the end of…
A BRAZILIAN national is in custody having been nabbed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with cocaine worth $36 million. Guilherme Sodre Alvenaz Da Silveria, 22, was not asked to plead to allegations of dealing in dangerous drugs when he appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosa yesterday. Da Silveria was remanded in custody and advised…
Tamary Chikiwain BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo on Tuesday turned away hundreds of people who had thronged the Registrars General’s Office for the application and collection of passports defying Covid-19 regulations. As a precautionary measure against the deadly virus, the office is serving only 50 applications for emergency passports per day, but that is not stopping…
THE High Court has reinstated Binga Rural District Council chairperson Wilson Siampolomba, who had been suspended by Local Government minister July Moyo. High Court judge Justice Sylvia Chirawu-Mugomba nullified the suspension letter handed to Siampolomba on March 17 last year. Siampolonga had approached the court challenging the notice and argued that he could not be…
