LAWYERS representing a former Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigator Augustine Mahwana have written to the anti-graFt body demanding the officer’s reinstatement. This comes after Labour Court judge Custom Kachambwa in April annulled Zacc’s decision to dismiss Mahwana without giving him a chance to respond to misconduct charges that were levelled against him. In a September…
THE Zimbabwe Safety Health and Environmental Council (Zimshec) has partnered Mberengwa Miners Association (Mbema) to embark on campaigns meant to conscientise small-scale miners on the need to take safety measures ahead of the rainy season. This comes as the Meteorological Services Department has warned of violent storms and cyclones in the 2021/2022 rainy season. Mbema…
NORMAN Gandidzanwa, who is currently in prison for attempted armed robbery, will continue to serve the rest of his seven-year sentence after the High Court dismissed his application for leave to appeal at the Supreme Court. In delivering his judgment, recently, Justice Tawanda Chitapi noted he could not grant Gandidzanwa’s application as there was very…
FARMERS in Mberengwa and Zvishavane districts say new irrigation schemes in their areas have brought social and economic change. The two, Maboza…
THE country’s leading poultry producer, Irvine’s Zimbabwe donated 6 000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary School in Waterfalls as it celebrated World Egg…
THE Agriculture ministry has warned winter wheat farmers to be wary of the sporadic rainfall being experienced across the country recently of…
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos, says the country requires an additional 31 400 units of combine harvesters and tractors as farmers are struggling with shortages of machinery and access to advanced technology. Speaking during a webinar hosted by First Capital Bank, formerly Barclays Bank, on Thursday, Haritatos said at least 2,8 million hectares of the…
A DISTRAUGHT Mangwe family has petitioned the commissioner general of police, Godwin Matanga, demanding answers on the disappearance of a six-year-old boy amid claims the police bungled the investigation. The boy, Zenzo Ncube, reportedly disappeared in February last year, after being taken from his maternal grandmother’s home by his father, Anderson. The grandmother’s family, through…
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman Tariro Mahokorasha from Zaka, Masvingo province, allegedly vanished with a four-month-old baby in a suspected kidnapping case, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have said. In a statement yesterday, the ZRP said the incident took place on October 4. “Police in Zaka are investigating a case of suspected kidnapping of a four-month-old baby…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has no policy governing the treatment of war veterans employed by the local authority, amid claims some were being purged and ill-treated. This comes as the government ordered a probe into the ill-treatment allegations with Local Government minister July Moyo last month dispatching a six-member team to Bulawayo….
