BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over an increase in illegal traders of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which has resulted in a spike in fire outbreaks due to their unregulated operations. This comes as more consumers were turning to gas due to rolling power cuts lasting over 18 hours daily. According to latest council…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will make big changes in government if he wins the forthcoming elections, his biographer and former opposition stalwart Eddie Cross has said. Speaking last week on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross also said Zanu PF would likely start looking for Mnangagwa’s ruling…
A HARARE man was yesterday brought before a Harare magistrate on allegations that he roamed the Dzivaresekwa neighbourhood causing mayhem, committing many crimes. Tafadzwa Mhiriwo, 30, appeared before magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing two counts of physical abuse, three counts of malicious damage to property, one count of theft, another of robbery and one count of…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) councillors are divided over the lack of transparency in the disbursement of ward retention funds, which some believe is being politicised by council management. The BCC a few years ago introduced a three percent ward retention fund scheme that allows ratepayers to retain three percent of the total revenue they pay…
AT LEAST nine people died and several others were seriously injured on Easter Sunday in three separate road accidents in the Midlands Province, bringing the total number of deaths due to accidents to 19 since the start of the holidays. Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the road accidents. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic…
By Brighton Muronzereyi PARLIAMENT wants Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Zimbabwe’s Health minister, to articulate the government’s strategy on rising teenage pregnancies in the country. This comes as the latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (Zimstat) shows that at least 700 girls, aged between 10 and 14, gave birth in the…
THE late Financial Gazette graphic designer, Godfrey Wozhele, was laid to rest on Sunday at his rural home in Murunguziva, Gokwe North….
MORE than 30 small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to exhibit at the year’s 63rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo, which is the country’s prime exhibition event. This year’s event would run from April 25 to 29 under the theme “Continuous Innovation, Global Competitiveness” and over 500 exhibitors from 16 countries…
A SWEDISH national appeared yesterday before a Harare magistrate after he was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 3kg of heroin with a street value of $3.4 million out of the country. Hans Arne Ingemar Petersson appeared before Harare magistrate Sandra Mupindu facing a charge of unlawful dealing…
A HARARE man (32) allegedly stole soccer equipment worth $128.9 million. The accused, Saul Marangwa, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday and was remanded to April 22. It is alleged that on April 5, this year, Marangwa went to Trinity Hlavati’s house at Kinnord Court, Avondale West, in the company of Melody Chitepo,…
