AN EX-AMERICAN soldier who was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in possession of a handgun and 45 rounds of ammunition has been spared jail with the court slapping him with a combined $50 000 fine and a three-year suspended sentence. The State had sought to have Ronald Leon Johnson caged after he pleaded…
ECONET Wireless, the country’s largest telecommunications company, yesterday launched high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, in partnership with global technology infrastructure suppliers Ericson and ZTE, making Econet the first mobile network operator to offer the service in the nation, starting with the capital Harare. Econet, which has invested over US$3 billion in infrastructure since…
THE government is working with its embassy in Germany to move to safety Zimbabweans in Ukraine following its invasion by Russian forces yesterday. With the prospects of a fully-fledged armed conflict in the Eastern European country increasingly becoming more likely, Foreign Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana urged Zimbabweans there to relocate to safer countries awaiting…
THERE is much excitement among ordinary people after it was confirmed that Zimbabwe’s first independent television channel, 3Ktv, will go live on both…
A 26-YEAR-OLD sex worker, who grabbed headlines last year for allegedly bedding a boy half her age, has been acquitted. Precious Teya was charged with aggravated indecent assault, allegations she denied before regional magistrate Sandra Mupindu. She applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case, which was yesterday granted in her favour. In…
Shamaine Chirimujiri FOUR staffers in the Office of the President and Cabinet were killed in a road traffic accident which occurred yesterday morning at a black spot near Regina Coeli Mission along the Nyanga-Ruwangwe Road. The deceased were part of an office team delivering goods for the less privileged in Ruwangwe Community under First Lady,…
Tamary Chikiwa in ZVISHAVANE FLOOD victims across the country are in dire need of shelter, food and education material for school children after their homes and schools were destroyed by Tropical Ana that recently ravaged the country, a United Nations (UN) report shows. According to the report , Tropical Ana, which recently hit the country,…
CALLS by the National Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) for legislation dedicated to fighting the scourge deserve everyone’s support. With an estimated 1 500 cancer deaths and 5 000 new cases of the disease diagnosed each year, the time is now for Zimbabwe to come up with laws that will cause the creation of the…
THE music industry requires the collaboration and involvement of all stakeholders to ensure the full protection and benefit due to the artist,…
THE State is pushing for a deterrent six-year incarceration of former Mines ministry permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga, pictured, 75, arguing that corruption among public officials had become cancerous. Last week, Gudyanga was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer for sitting alone as the board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ)…
