Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE 2,5 megawatt (MW) Centragrid Power Plant in Nyabira, Mashonaland West is set to undergo an expansion that will see it churn out 25MW in the next nine months, becoming the largest solar plant in the country. The plant that will sit on 120 hectares is expected to produce electricity that will supply…
Tamary Chikiwa A 30-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane man claimed to have been possessed by evil spirits when he allegedly raped his 13-year-old mentally ill cousin. The man, whose name cannot be revealed to protect the minor, is from Chief Masunda in Zvishavane. He made the claims before Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga when he appeared facing rape charges. …
MABWEMATEMA irrigation farmers in the outskirts of Zvishavane have appealed to the government and other stakeholders to assist them in accessing markets for their produce which they say is bringing little to no income. The farmers are currently harvesting green mealies, beans and other grains which they sell to the mining town some 30km away…
ON WEDNESDAY, Zimbabwe commemorated the Unity Accord signed between Zanu and PF Zapu in December 1987. The accord ended internal civil strife which is estimated to have killed over 20 000 people in the Matabeleland and Midlands regions in what the government claimed was a counter-insurgency operation against dissidents. Clearly, what happened in the two…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO A TEENAGE girl was arraigned before Western Commonage magistrate Shepherd Njanja yesterday for allegedly beating her male friend with baton following a misunderstanding. Njanja remanded the 16-year-old girl out of custody after she was recently arrested for assaulting Prince Nyambuya, 27. Prosecutors said the girl, who cannot be named as she…
VILLAGERS from Makadho village in Chivi were left in shock when three learners from a local school attacked each other with knives during a fight over a boyfriend. The minors whose names cannot be revealed to protect their identity reportedly clashed over a 19-year-old, who is a herd boy in the same village. Headman Lukas…
Andile Tshuma THREE artisanal miners were killed after they were assaulted for kidnapping a friend’s rival suitor in a love triangle that turned deadly in Lumene Siding, Matabeleland South Province. Matabeleland South police are appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of four men, who are on the run after allegedly committing the…
THE Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) says the government needs to constantly review the pre-planting producer prices of grains so that farmers do…
A ZVISHAVANE woman, Regina Matava, 56, was found dead in her bedroom in a suspected suicide case, allegedly after discovering that her…
IT HAS emerged that more Zanu PF bigwigs are set to fall by the wayside ahead of the ruling party’s provincial leadership…
