By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A COWDRAY Park man, 47, who raped his daughter, 13, while his wife was in the kitchen cooking, has been sentenced to an effective 40 years in prison for raping the minor on separate occasions. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor appeared before Bulawayo…
KUTSAGA Tobacco Research Board says its recently introduced four “climate-smart” tobacco crop varieties, which are under testing in the southern parts of the country, are reported to be “doing very well” despite the low rains forecast this season due to the El Nino-induced drought. This comes as some tobacco farmers say they have lost part…
IN A surprising view from Washington, it has emerged that the United States of America sees Zimbabwe as being of strategic importance and having the potential to become the growth hub for Southern Africa. This view is captured in a recent opinion piece that was co-authored by former US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Charles Ray —…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITER BULAWAYO Chiefs have re-appointed former coach Thulani Sibanda as the head coach of the team for the upcoming top-flight league season. The coaching job at the Twitter Kings job fell vacant after the club parted ways with Johanisi Nhumwa whose contract expired on December 31.Sibanda, who guided the Bulawayo-based side to…
Zimbabwe Men’s Cricket caretaker coach Walter Chawaguta is backing his team to turn around their poor form when they face Sri Lanka in a limited-overs series that will kick off this Saturday at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. The Chevrons will first face off in three ODI matches scheduled for 6 to 11…
FACING a series of domestic crises around water, electricity, rampant crime and corruption, expect the ANC to pivot to the international arena…
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday woke up to media reports that the country is facing mealie-meal shortages and that authorities have put measures to facilitate smooth importation of maize to mitigate the deficit. Maize is the country’s staple food. Addressing a press conference in Harare on Wednesday night, industry and commerce minister Sithembiso Nyoni said the shortage was…
Ex-Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is to be freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva…
FORMER Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason and other offences in connection with an attempted coup. Last…
A CANDIDATE in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s recent presidential elections has legally challenged the victory of incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi….
