Melisa Chatikobo HEAVY rains accompanied by strong winds are expected in the northern eastern parts of Zimbabwe starting today. The Meteorological Service Department (MSD) in conjunction with the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) report yesterday warned the country to stay alert as violent storms were expected until Thursday. “Intense rains and strong winds are expected…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has engaged the Standards Association of Zimbabwe seeking the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification as part of its mission to improve the quality of its services. According to ZTA acting chief executive officer Givemore Chidzidzi, the new strategy was critical in the implementation of the government’s five-year economic blue-print,…
EX-WENELA workers, who were exposed to harmful substances and ended up contracting Silicosis or Tuberculosis at South African gold mines, yesterday bemoaned the Covid-19 pandemic for delaying their terminal benefits. This comes after the High Court in Johannesburg approved the settlement in the Silicosis and Tuberculosis class action reached on July 26, 2019 and came…
Dionne Kanyowa A woman is currently facing trial for allegedly ill-treating her four-year old step child by assaulting her with a belt and hitting her against the wall when she visited her father. The trial will continue on January 28 before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Mhiti. The mother of the child took the witness stand to…
Andile Tshuma A BULAWAYO man is in trouble after he was nabbed for allegedly raping his neighbour and her friend over an outstanding debt. The knife-wielding man, identified as Nkosi Gumbo, 33, from Bulawayo’s Mbundane suburb allegedly raped two neighbours after they failed to pay him for protecting one of them from an abusive ex-boyfriend….
THE State has withdrawn charges against a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative, Raphios Mufandauya, who was arrested together with Miners Association of Zimbabwe president, Henrietta Rushwaya and others at the airport on allegations of gold smuggling. Mufandauya was jointly charged with Rushwaya, Gift Karanda and another CIO operative, Stephen Tserayi, who were on Wednesday remanded…
THE government has, through its US$75 million worth Kuvimba Mining House investment, started disbursing dividends to pensioners as compensation for the loss they incurred following the country’s 2019 monetary reforms.
STUNG by a serious financial crisis threatening the future of the team, ex-CAPS United owner Twine Phiri has offered a helping hand to the current leadership of Farai Jere and Nhamo Tutisani, to stop the imminent collapse of the Harare giants. Phiri was the club president during its most successful era, which saw them win…
CHIMURENGA music legend Thomas ‘Mukanya’ Mapfumo has described the late veteran artiste Zexie Manatsa, who is expected to be buried at Warren Hills cemetery in the capital today as a true music hero. Mapfumo made the remarks after the late 78-year-old Manatsa had been granted a State-assisted funeral, despite calls from some quarters for the…
THE call by health experts that the government should now seriously consider fully opening the economy and allow face-to-face schooling makes a whole lot of sense given that the country has for the past three weeks witnessed a decline in the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths. New infections have been below 1 000 a…
