By Dionne Kanyowa A POLICE officer was dismissed from his work for being a stammerer, after his bosses resolved that his communication problems were so serious as to render him unfit for duty. Ex- police constable Vengai Chikurungeni was attested in the police force as a trainee in August last year at the Morris Depot….
THE city of Gweru has been hit by a diarrheal outbreak, a senior municipal official said on Tuesday. City Health and Housing…
BY DIONNE KANYOWA MUZARABANI traditional leaders are challenging the proposed displacement of their subjects from their ancestral land to pave the way for the expansion of the district’s growth point in Mashonaland Central Province. The villagers allege that the Muzarabani Rural District Council (MRDC) officials held a meeting with the 10 village heads last month…
By Ashley Moyo ZIMBABWE’S top music star Jah Prayzah is scheduled to perform in Rwanda for the first time on Friday. At the Youth Connect Africa Summit to be hosted by Kigali, the Soja Rinosvika Kure singer will share the stage with celebrated Nigerian artiste Patoranking who featured on the Zimbabwean music star’s track -Follow…
AS Zimbabwe hurtles towards the much-anticipated presidential, parliamentary and local government elections, the media has a crucial role to play. It has to play its watchdog role and report dispassionately on the countdown, polling and postelection periods without bias. The media has no dogs in this fight. Media polarisation the country experienced at the turn…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) yesterday said it has started charging interest on ratepayers who have outstanding balances. This comes at a time when the local authority recently reversed the move to charge ratepayers exclusively in foreign currency. HCC said those who have arrears can make payment plans with the city fathers. “The City of…
By Dionne Kanyowa THE STATE intends to bring the bloodstained clothes allegedly worn by the prime suspect in the suspected ritual killing of a Murehwa minor, Tapiwa Makore, by his uncles as exhibits in the ongoing murder trial. The State, represented by Albert Masamha requested to be allowed to bring Tafadzwa Shamba’s bloodstained clothes that…
By Brandon Josphat ALMOST 200 hectares of wheat on five farms across the country have been destroyed by veld fi res since the start of the veld fi re season in July as temperatures continue to rise, the government has revealed. Speaking during a post cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have ordered the removal of South African-produced Purity Essentials Baby Powder products from retail outlets with immediate effect over safety concerns. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Jasper Chimedza, said at the weekend that the product was potentially harmful to children. “Tiger Brands of South Africa…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE government has called upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to consider reducing the funding gap between member states’ needs and available resources which has continued to widen, particularly in Southern Africa. Speaking at the 73rd executive meeting of the UNHCR in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday minister of Public…
