Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 19-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man died after being electrocuted by a fallen power cable near the Khami River Bridge. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele yesterday said the incident occurred on January 3 at around 8pm. “Police in Bulawayo confirm receiving a report of sudden death by electrocution, which occurred along Solusi…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER FORMER Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions Simba Bhora say they are open to departures provided the right offers come along, even if it results in a clear-out. This comes amid reports that five of the Shamva-based side’s experienced players have already been sold with 2025 Soccer Star of the…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will inject more ZiG notes and coins into the economy to ease the country’s current cash shortages and to boost the use of the local currency in transactions. This comes as both consumers and businesses continue to feel the strain of this liquidity crunch, which…
THE ministry of Finance has moved to clarify the application of the recently introduced Digital Services Withholding Tax, directing the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to align implementation with the original policy intent and avert potential double taxation. This comes after the government introduced a 15 percent levy on payments made to foreign-based digital platforms, effective…
THE harrowing reality of travelling on our nation’s highways has reached a breaking point. While the blame for road carnage is often laid squarely at the feet of “reckless drivers,” a more silent, structural killer is at work: our crumbling road network. A report in this publication yesterday painted a sobering consensus among key stakeholders…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) wants the government to urgently recognise intersex persons in the country. Intersex persons are born with sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, hormonal patterns and or chromosomal patterns that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. In this regard, the ZHRC has warned that not…
Takudzwa Dhambu THE ministry of Agriculture has officially closed the biological window for planting maize and tobacco for this season. This comes as the closure of the planting window is particularly significant for staple maize and the country’s major cash crop, tobacco, which both require specific heat units and sufficient rainfall over time to reach…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER HIGH Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda, yesterday reserved judgment in a matter involving businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, who are seeking leave to appeal against both conviction and sentence at the Supreme Court. The businessmen were convicted of fraud involving over US$7 million and handed lengthy jail terms in…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER RECENTLY-APPOINTED gaffer Joel Luphahla has set his sights on making FC Platinum the dominant force that they were for nearly half-a-decade when they won four successive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League titles as well as two Chibuku Super Cups. Luphahla’s sentiments come after the Zvishavane-based side yesterday announced the signing…
MONDAY’S warning from national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi is more than just a routine law enforcement update; it is a sobering warning about the fraying fabric of our social order. As reports of motorists declining to stop at roadblocks or engaging in aggressive altercations with officers rise, we are witnessing the birth of a dangerous…
