POLICE in Bulawayo have re-launched their 2026 Client Service Charter to foster accountability, professionalism, and community-focused policing in the province.This follows the national launch presided over by Police Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba in the capital at the end of January, during which he stated that law enforcement agents are going all out to retain public…
FORMER powerful Zanu PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, has been appointed to the party’s Elders Council.The Zanu PF Elders Council is an advisory structure made up of senior and veteran party members whose role is to provide strategic guidance and institutional memory to the ruling party’s leadership.Addressing the media yesterday, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher…
A 48-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who was convicted of indecently assaulting a minor, has lost his appeal against both conviction and sentence at the High Court.Henry Nherera, who was convicted on two counts of indecent assault and aggravated indecent assault, was jailed 12 and 15 months respectively at the West Commonage magistrate’s court.Aggrieved by the magistrate’s…
THE local hospitality sector has received a massive boost after the Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (Haz) partnered with FBC Insurance who will provide insurance cover for the sector as efforts to elevate Zimbabwe as a prime tourist destination continue.Speaking at the signing of the agreement between the two parties in Harare yesterday, FBC Insurance managing…
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) founder Walter Magaya yesterday filed for Constitutional Court referral, alleging his fundamental rights are being violated.The clergyman stands accused of raping two congregants on five separate occasions between 2014 and 2018.In an application tendered before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo, Magaya’s lawyers argued the prosecution has illegally usurped police powers,…
THE government’s proposed plans to scrap the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) are retrogressive and will erode decades of hard-won progress for women’s rights in the country.So warns the ruling Zanu PF’s miffed women’s league, which also stresses the fact that the ZGC was established after a spirited fight by key stakeholders to have it certified…
FORMER Warriors midfielders Esrom Nyandoro and Willard Katsande have joined an increasing number of former stars who are returning to Zimbabwe to take up roles in local football.Nyandoro, who scored a memorable long-range goal against Cameroon at the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia has joined Zifa Central Region side Kwekwe United as head…
AWARD-WINNING short film Rise continues to earn international recognition after being selected for screening at the recently concluded Joburg Film Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.The festival which featured at least 60 curated films, including 40 fiction feature films, 18 non-fiction features and 65 short films selected from over 600 submissions across the globe saw Rise…
THE opening of the tobacco marketing season is traditionally a time of hope and renewal for the country’s agricultural heartland.It is the moment when months of back-breaking labour, meticulous curing, and sleepless nights are supposed to translate into the “golden” rewards that sustain families and power our national economy.However, the early days of the 2026…
TWO men caught with a satchel of stolen copper cables appeared in court facing charges of theft and vandalising critical infrastructure.Khayalethu Gumbo and Mike Ndlovu pleaded not guilty before magistrate Mark Dzira and were remanded in custody pending judgment today.“The accused were arrested on December 1 after being intercepted by a police patrol unit along…
