A TOTAL of 4 961 Ordinary Level candidates who sat for the November 2022 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations had their results nullified. This comes as Zimsec announced yesterday that the ‘O’ Level results showed a 28.96 percent pass rate.Announcing the results in Harare, Zimsec chairperson Eddie Mwenje said the examinations board still has…
A MUZARABANI woman who was arrested last year for allegedly stabbing her husband to death has been acquitted in the High Court. Lackia Chirwa, 23, was found not guilty by Justice Esther Muremba, who ruled that she killed her husband, Promise Mukombe, in self-defence. “The deceased was stabbed with the knife by the accused (Chirwa)…
MUSICIANS-CUM-AUTHORS Dudu Manhenga and Hope Masike will team up with celebrated poet Batsirai Chigama to stage a joint performance on the subject of love at Alliance Francaise in Harare on February 9. The event, dubbed ‘126 Ways to Love,’ will bring on one stage three award-winning artists who have made a name for themselves in…
A SECURITY guard at Shamva Gold Mine shot and killed a man who was part of a gang of illegal miners after the group had forced their way into one of the mine’s shafts in 2021. Tinashe Mugarisanwa, a guard at the mine, shot 32-year-old Remember Musariri in November 2021. This emerged after Mugarisanwa appeared…
A MINING firm, Rumgold Trading, which was conducting mining activities along the Angwa River in Makonde district, Mashonaland West province, has been ordered by the High Court to cease operations and remove its heavy machinery from the site. This comes after another mining firm, Angel Hill Mining Company, filed an application at the High Court…
SIGNIFICANT amounts of money previously allocated to support countries in need in Africa have been redirected to care for Ukrainian refugees and supply of weapons to Kyiv. As a result, assistance to Ukrainians is at the expense of millions of people around the world who receive food, basic medical care and education from the West….
Anesu Mirisawu and Ashley Moyo DENDERA music maestro Suluman “Sulu” Chimbetu and his Orchestra Dendera Kings are set to rock Eastpoint Bar and Restaurant in Harare tomorrow. Chimbetu is taking the opportunity to promote his music with special focus on his latest track Mafuta, a collaboration with UK-based artistes Lamont Chitepo and Tytan. The track…
REPORTS of fresh farm invasions across the country are disturbing, if not nauseating. According to Agriculture ministry update over a fortnight ago, over 60 000 people are occupying land illegally across the country, as the number of fresh farm invasions in the nation continues to rise. This comes as the government says 270 000 Zimbabweans…
COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the country, with 146 people testing positive on Wednesday, the ministry of Health and Child Care…
HIGH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora has ordered the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to return more than 100 000 litres of petrol seized from a local trucking company last year. This comes after the company, Ajara Trucking Logistics, filed a lawsuit, complaining that Zimra had not given any reasons as to why the fuel and…
