By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 34-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been arrested after he allegedly stole a vehicle while the owner was brushing his teeth. Samuel Marufu, from Nkulumane suburb, appeared yesterday before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing a vehicle theft charge. He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to September…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for the outgoing deputy Health minister, John Mangwiro, after he failed to appear and testify in the trial of Marry Mubaiwa, who is facing attempted murder charges. Mubaiwa is being accused of attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, while he was hospitalised…
By Emmanuel Marambe AS THE search for a substantive Warriors coach continues, local football fans have added their voice to the ongoing debate over the identity of the next man to lead the country’s number one football team, with the majority favouring a local option. With Zimbabwe’s senior men’s national team having made its long-awaited…
A VIOLENT streak seems to have engulfed the country since the beginning of the year, resulting in needless murders across the nation. While statistics are not readily available, cases of murder have been on the increase this year — a worrying trend. Several people were killed over petty issues, marital disputes, and money-making rituals by…
THE 26th edition of the annual Mining, Engineering and Transport (Mine Entra) exhibition has been slated for November at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. The exhibition will be held under the theme “Accelerating Economic Transformation through Mineral Beneficiation”, from November 1 to 3 this year. In a statement yesterday, ZITF chief executive…
By Brandon Josphat KEY stakeholders are urging authorities to implement more measures to encourage the wider local use of the Zimbabwe dollar and to further stabilise prices. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who has just been re-elected for another five years in office — says the economy remains among his top priorities, including…
By Emmanuel Marambe CHIPINGE district will host premiership football for the first time ever when GreenFuel host fellow top flight freshmen Sheasham at their recently homologated stadium on Saturday. The Rodwell Dlakama-coached side have been forced to play their home matches at Gibbo Stadium in Triangle where they have been met with mixed fortunes, initially…
FIVE-TIME Grammy Award winners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, South African house duo Black Motion, fast-rising amapiano artiste Daliwonga and red-hot Ammara Brown are part of 30 musicians who will perform at the Stanbic Jacaranda Music Festival to run at Old Hararians from October 6 to 8. The popular annual event, which is organised by Ngoma Nehosho,…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile financial services platform, has removed the challenge of the shortage of change in retail outlets across the country with the introduction of its US$ wallet merchant payment system. This follows the wide acceptance and usage of the EcoCash US$ wallet in major retail outlets across the country, which allows shoppers to…
ZIMBABWE is losing 262 000 hectares of forests each year due to a combination of demand for firewood, urban expansion and farming, the Forestry Commission has said. This comes amid concern over the potential negative effects on the climate that would come about if trees which play a major role in producing oxygen continue to…
