Khama Billiat at it again
HARARE - Just last November, footballer Khama Billiat was the centre of controversy when erotic dancer Beverly "Bev" Sibanda claimed on national radio that she was seeing the married soccer star....
View ArticlePastor 'rapes' congregant at prayer session
HARARE - A pastor with Light of the World Ministries International, facing rape charges, has declared that he is in love with the complainant. Terrence Tenesi, 27, was dragged to court after he...
View ArticleCIO operative faces rape charge
HARARE - A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative has been dragged to court for rape. Israel Mushunje, 31, of 3195 Prospect Waterfalls in Harare, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald...
View ArticleChurch cleared of any wrongdoing
HARARE - The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has cleared El-bethel Tabernacle Ministries and its leadership of any wrongdoing, including charges of sexual abuse, engineering forced...
View ArticleGukurahundi memorial on cards
BULAWAYO - A memorial event in honour of the victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities is scheduled to take place this Saturday in the city, as activists continue to ramp up the tempo on the subject that...
View ArticleZanu PF MP charged for assault
MASVINGO - Darlington Chiwa, Zanu PF legislator for Chiredzi West constituency, yesterday appeared before a Masvingo magistrate facing charges of assaulting a Triangle man in a farm wrangle. Chiwa,...
View ArticleUnions cautious as wage talks open
HARARE - Government and civil servants’ representatives come together today in a make-or-break meeting in Harare as they try to find common ground on salary increments. The unions this week shelved a...
View ArticlePolice blitz on cigarette vendors
HARARE - A police blitz on vendors selling “unpackaged” cigarettes, among other goodies which are non-compliant with public health regulations, has resulted in the disruption of some compliant...
View ArticleGumbura wives' porn trial opens
HARARE - Eight women from Robert Martin Gumbura’s Independent End Time Message Church yesterday told a Harare magistrate that they took nude pictures of themselves, which were produced in court as...
View Article1 million drop out of school
HARARE - Almost a million Zimbabwean orphans and disadvantaged children who depend on State assistance to pay school fees may be unable to enrol as the new term opened this week after government...
View ArticleHomeowners need respite
HARARE - Recent threats by Local Government deputy minister, Joel Biggie Matiza to repossess undeveloped stands on the premise that this denies local authorities revenue essential for enhanced urban...
View ArticleMotorists feed ZRP corruption
HARARE - Why did it take the lucky find by a 10-year-old girl to finally get action into the problem of corrupt traffic police? Two thousand dollars worth of Rands and Dollars stuffed into a bag with...
View ArticleWhat constitutes good public policies?
EDITOR — As most of us rely on the media to assess government policies, both past and present, the tendency has been to use common sense as a criteria to determine whether the policies are good or...
View ArticleGovt's plan to replace kombis ok but...
EDITOR — I rally behind the government’s proposal to buy buses in order to replace commuter omnibuses currently plying the nation’s roads as public passenger vehicles. Although it sounds a good idea,...
View ArticleGovt amends Income Tax Act
HARARE - Government has amended the Income Tax Act to accommodate the levy imposed on mobile money transfers as part of efforts to augment its dwindling revenue. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, in...
View ArticleImplats stock tumbles as Zim mulls platinum exports ban
JOHANNESBURG - Platinum (Implats)’ share price has dropped 10 percent on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the past week following investor concerns over threatened beneficiation requirements by...
View ArticleHarare's kombi jungle
HARARE - Tindo (not his real name) took an early bath with the meagre water that was in a two-litre container, one of the few belongings in his lodged shack in St Mary’s, Chitungwiza and disheveled as...
View ArticlePlays on Sunday widens scope
BULAWAYO - Amakhosi Cultural Centre’s Plays on Sunday programme for 2014 that kicked off last weekend, will take selected plays to venues outside Bulawayo in a bid to provide essential exposure to...
View ArticleHeshi Mfeshi Studio reopens
HARARE - Heshi Mfeshi Studio, co-owned by Joe Machingura and urban grooves star Leonard Mapfumo that briefly closed its doors last year, will resume business early next month. The reopening of the...
View ArticleMultiChoice launches educational channel
HARARE - Multichoice yesterday launched a new educational channel to coincide with the beginning of the new school term. Channel ED that airs on slot 318 on Dstv, gives all MultiChoice subscribers...
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