Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO FIVE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) first year students perished in a road traffic accident that killed nine people in Filabusi on Thursday, the institution has confirmed. The five died when a Toyota Wish vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a Nissan UD truck…
DIAMOND mining company, Marange Resources (Private) Limited, could end up paying US$234 500 to one Brandon Bowen after the High Court last week dismissed its application for absolution from the instance. Absolution from the instance is granted at the end of a case if neither the plaintiff nor the defendants have put forward sufficient evidence…
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman from Mt Pleasant, Harare, allegedly tried to bury her new-born baby in a hole in the ground, a magistrate’s court heard on Friday. Melissa Mutafi appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing charges of attempted infanticide before she was released on free bail. She was remanded out of custody to May 9…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE United States of America (USA) remains committed to helping Zimbabwe emerge from its decades-long myriad challenges and is pleased to see that Harare is trying to resolve its debt overhang. This was said by the USA’s deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Robert Scott, who was in Zimbabwe…
PLEASED Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, has commended fast-growing independent national television station 3Ktv for both its performance and…
By Ketty Nyoni EVEN though this year’s harvest is expected to improve food access across Zimbabwe owing to good rains, four in five poor households in most typical deficit- producing areas are expected not to meet their basic food needs, a report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says. The FEWS NET…
ZESA Enterprises (Zent), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has been urged to promote the manufacturing of local transformers instead of relying on substandard and unreliable imports that usually break down. This is contained in a report on the supply and distribution of transformers by Zent that was tabled before the National Assembly by the parliamentary…
THE country’s power crisis is set to ease as from later this month, with authorities finally getting ready to switch on Hwange Power Station’s new 300 megawatt Unit 7, while Unit 8 is scheduled to come on stream in June — adding a further 300 MW to the grid. At the same time, under pressure…
By Rutendo Ngara THE European Union (EU) has committed €207 million to Zimbabwe to support smart agriculture in the country and promote national food security. Speaking in Harare yesterday, EU head of delegation in the country, Jobst Von Kirchmann said Zimbabwe is one of the countries bearing the brunt of climate change and there was…
ACTING National Social Security Authority (Nssa) general manager Charles Shava, who was arrested on Thursday for allegedly defrauding the organisation of over $12 million, was yesterday granted $500 000 bail by a Harare magistrate. He appeared before magistrate Stanley Mambanje who ordered him to surrender his passport as part of the bail conditions. Shava is…
