THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has implored the government to consider conducting national and regional geological mapping of all potential mineralisation to…
By Yvonne Ncube AN UMGUZA man in Matabeleland North has been sentenced to an effective 15 years’ imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. Siphethengani Ndebele, 31, was found guilty of charges of rape and theft by Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube. It was in the State case that on December 11, 2022, the complainant’s grandmother…
THE Signal — Zimbabwe’s first-ever Ndebele Sci-fi film — is now showing on the world’s leading science fiction YouTube channel called Dust which boasts close to three million subscribers. Released in July last year, The Signal is about a deadly sound transmitted from space which corrupts the minds of all who hear it, turning them…
IT is heartening to see that our leaders insist on taking tough action and acknowledge how terrible drug abuse is. In a speech he gave on Tuesday at the National Youth Day celebration in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged law enforcement agents to mercilessly pursue drug dealers. Illegal drugs are currently engulfing…
LARGE quantities of sex-enhancing pills, coffee and creams on cross-border buses from South Africa and over 60kg mbanje were seized as Masvingo…
By Rutendo Ngara AFRICAN unity is crucial if the continent is to address the water crisis that is ravaging the continent, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. This comes as water experts met in Harare yesterday to discuss Africa Regional Water Roadmaps in preparation for the next United Nations Global Water Summit in New York, the…
By Rutendo Ngara OVER 600 000 farmers in Manicaland province, affected by Cyclone Idai in 2019, have benefited from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) irrigation scheme in Mutare, Chimanimani and Chipinge districts. Cyclone Idai devastated most parts of Manicaland province in 2019, and a high number of people in the area are still trying…
By Rutendo NgaraINFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says there is a need for private players to invest more in telecommunications for the country to accelerate Internet access to everyone.Addressing delegates at the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisations (CTO) conference in London, the United Kingdom on Tuesday, Muswere said despite efforts by the government to ensure…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO magistrate yesterday issued an arrest warrant for a 49-year-old Tshabalala man who skipped court after being accused of raping and impregnating his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The man, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing rape charges and was on February 14 granted $75…
By Phillipa JajaIN a few years – perhaps just about a decade – about 20 000 people will be employed by one…
