By Ashley Moyo CHINYAMBERA dance ensemble Mbada has topped Midlands Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional dance contest held at Mandava Beer Hall in Zvishavane. Hailing from Battlefield near Kwekwe, Mbada won ahead of nine other dance groups to pock[1]et the grand prize of US$2500 and a ticket to represent Midlands in the national competition scheduled for August….
AUTHORITIES in Harare yesterday unveiled a driver’s licence that complies with Sadc, reduces production costs, and has enhanced features that increase road safety and flushes out drivers who use fake licences. The new plastic disk driver’s licence will also reduce the backlog in printing the now phased-out metal discs, which was costly due to the…
AT LEAST 18 people, who have fully recovered from leprosy, are stranded at the Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province, as their families are reluctant to take them home from the Catholic Church-run institution. Leprosy is a result of an infection caused by the bacterium myco-bacterium leprae and it mainly affects the skin,…
A CHINESE national, 61, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates Court after he allegedly stole US$200 000 from his employer. Gui Liangqing was accused of theft of trust property at his arraignment before magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday. During his appearance, Mambanje granted him $500 000 bail and ordered him to surrender his passport to…
PARLIAMENT has challenged the government to inject more resources into the State security sector and at all ports of entry to guard against civil unrest and terrorism in the country. In its third report of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence, after attending the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) high-level parliamentary conference in Doha,…
A SUSPECTED cocaine dealer took the police on a high-speed car chase in Harare’s central business district over the weekend before he was arrested and found in possession of drugs worth nearly $2 million, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Taurai Musindo, 38, was charged with resisting arrest and another charge of unlawful possession of dangerous…
By Nyasha Dube and Yvonne Ncube MAN from Epworth appeared yesterday before a Harare court after he allegedly tried to kill a fellow tenant for dirtying the floor. Trust Katare, 29, was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody after being brought before magistrate Stanford Mambanje. The State, represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti, told the…
THE Supreme Court is set to hear an application by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, in which it is challenging a High Court ruling that was granted in favour of businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s company Intratrek. In January this year, High Court judge, Justice Paul Musithu, ruled that Intratrek’s procurement contract it signed…
DAIRY farmers are excited at the prospect of a dedicated, cheaper financing model for the sector after government resolved to recapitalize the…
By Yvonne Ncube A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province has appeared in court facing allegations of axing his brother-in-law several times on different parts of the body accusing him of destroying his marriage. Prince Nkiwane yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing an attempted murder charge. He was not asked…
