Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo BULAWAYO City Council is set to strengthen its sister city relationship with Botswana’s Francistown to boost municipal co-operation.The partnership, which has been under discussion since 2014, is expected to create opportunities for knowledge sharing, benchmarking and collaboration between the two cities.BCC town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said the two municipalities had identified…

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER SENATORS have warned that a surge in homelessness is rapidly becoming a national crisis requiring urgent and coordinated intervention.The concerns were raised in the Senate on Tuesday during a debate on a motion tabled by Mashonaland Central Senator Mary Gwature on the increasing number of street dwellers across Zimbabwe.Contributing to the debate,…

Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITER A CHINESE investor accused of stealing more than US$3 million from a mining company yesterday had his bail application dismissed.Li Shigang appeared before Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa facing charges of theft of trust property. He was remanded in custody to July 29 for routine remand.The court heard that Li was…

Yvonne Ncube TWO Bulawayo men have each been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for the brutal and premeditated murder of a 27-year-old man.Ndabezinhle Sithole, 28, and Brian Matinyadze, 35, were recently convicted by the High Court sitting at Hwange of the murder of Anold Moyo of Harlesden Farm.According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe…

Yvonne Ncube POLICE have arrested four suspects linked to separate murder cases in Gokwe North, Mberengwa and Kwekwe.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday said investigations into two murder cases that occurred on July 9 in Gokwe North and Mberengwa led to the arrest of four suspects within four days.“The suspects, identified as Tatenda Zhou…