THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has procured plant machinery and vehicles worth over US$1.1 million for the rehabilitation of the local authority as well as to promote service delivery. The machinery including one grader, one excavator, one front end loader, four BT 50 vehicles and five NP200 motor vehicles were commissioned yesterday. Speaking during the…
BY RUTENDO NGARA IN A bid to digitally transform the agriculture industry in the country, the government is working on an online agricultural college. The college would be the 10th agriculture learning institution along with the likes of Esigodini, Mlezu , Mushagashe, Mupfure and Rio Tinto colleges, among others. Addressing delegates at a field day…
YVONNE NCUBEin BULAWAYO ANOTHER presidential candidate in the August 23 general elections has called for the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) after the polls. This comes as independent presidential candidate, Saviour Kasukuwere, has also called for a unity government to allow citizens to collectively tackle the country’s myriad challenges. Leader of the…
ANOTHER man from Mabvuku, who is believed to have assaulted a suspected thief, has appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court. Anymore Gora, 26, who was arrested on June 21, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Thursday, and was charged with murder before being remanded in custody. Chibanda then instructed him to apply for bail at…
By Yvonne Ncube A TEENAGER, 19, from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo, was yesterday sentenced to an effective six years in prison for sodomising his neighbour’s four-year-old son, who had been left in his custody. Godfrey Moyo appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing a charge of aggravated indecent assault. He pleaded guilty to…
THE country’s youth are excluded from key decision-making processes, including politics and economic opportunities, according to a report compiled by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd). “Despite constituting a large demographic of the population and their creative potential, youth are largely excluded from formal political processes and continue to be subjected to age-based…
THE United Kingdom has appointed Peter Vowles as its ambassador to Zimbabwe and he will succeed Melanie Robinson from September. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirmed the appointment yesterday. Vowles has previously worked in Zimbabwe between 1992 and 1993 as a school teacher employed by the ministry of Education and between 1996 and…
TWO Harare men have been remanded in custody after they allegedly hacked into a local bank’s system, plotting to steal cash from the financial institution, but were arrested before carrying out the heist. Tizirai Blessing Mudarikwa, 38, who is unemployed, and Leeroy Rueben Murera, 27, who was employed as a bank teller, are facing a…
LAWYERS representing four University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have put the State on notice, telling the court that they would file an application for refusal of further remand if they were not provided with a trial date on their next remand hearing. Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24, and Lionel Wadamombe have…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT HARARE City Council (HCC) is set to demolish 45 houses in Glen View as they were built on un-serviced stands. This comes as HCC has been grappling with illegal settlers and land barons who, over the past few years, have been occupying council land. According to full council minutes of May 25,…
