Four miners perish in Unki horror crash
HARARE - Four Unki Mine workers were killed when a bus overturned early yesterday morning in Shurugwi, the platinum miner confirmed. The bus fell off a bridge as it was taking workers to Shurugwi and...
View ArticleBAT targets 1,45bn cigarettes as revenue slumps
HARARE - British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BAT) targets to produce 1,45 billion cigarettes this year on the back of surging demand. Its managing director, Lovemore Manatsa, said while the target is...
View ArticleEveryone must pay taxes
HARARE - Reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the body responsible for collecting tax is probing the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority (ZBC) management to see if they were paying their taxes is...
View ArticleMugabe deserves to take a rest
HARARE - President Mugabe said at the weekend he felt “youthful and energetic as a boy of nine.” That, of course, is an exaggeration designed to instil public confidence in a man who is now visibly...
View ArticleHumans, wildlife competing for space
HARARE - Clive Stockil, an international award-winning conservationist, has said Zimbabwe is fast becoming too small for wildlife as animals compete for space with humans amid alarming poaching....
View ArticleEx-Zambian leader Kaunda hospitalised
LUSAKA - Zambia’s founding father and former president Kenneth Kaunda was taken to hospital on Sunday, but is said to be in good spirits, the government said. President Michael Sata visited his...
View ArticleMan in $30 000 appeal for spinal cord operation
HARARE - Lucky Gomwe, 40, is appealing for assistance to undergo an operation in China to remove a growth on his spinal cord. He requires a total of $30 000 for the operation and for logistics. Gomwe...
View ArticleHubby discovers daughter, 16, not his
HARARE - A Harare man has told a Harare court how his wife kept a paternity secret for 16 years. Jeffrey Simango told Harare Civil Court magistrate Tafadzwa Muvhami that his wife, Wadzanai Zvaipa,...
View ArticleGlen View murder trial deferred
HARARE - The trial of seven MDC activists, which was to resume yesterday, has been deferred because the presiding judge Chinembiri Bhunu is occupied with other business. The seven were put to their...
View ArticleMzila-Ndlovu slams Zanu PF after acquittal
BULAWAYO - Former National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu has slammed President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF for crafting trumped-up charges against him....
View ArticleWoman rejects divorce citing HIV infection
BULAWAYO - A Bulawayo woman who was dragged to court by her husband yesterday for divorce, refused to accept separation arguing that he infected her with HIV. Trines Masiya, 31, told the court...
View ArticleGalz chair pleads not guilty
HARARE - Martha Tholanah, the chairperson of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Galz), yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges of running an “unregistered” organisation when her trial finally commenced at...
View ArticleNew housing scheme for civil servants
HARARE - Civil servants, who have repeatedly been duped of their hard-earned money by land developers, are now benefiting from a special housing scheme where they pay $100 per month in order to...
View ArticleDon't ban our church: Gumbura's wives
HARARE - Jailed Robert Martin Gumbura’s wives have begged the Administrative Court not to ban their church, the Independent End Time Message Ministries. Documents from the Administrative Court — led...
View ArticleMangoma's alleged attacker appears in court
HARARE - A Harare magistrate has denied bail to an MDC activist who allegedly assaulted MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma at the party headquarters, Harvest House, last week. Magistrate...
View ArticleJudge bemoans slowing pace of justice
MUTARE - High Court judge Justice Charles Hungwe has bemoaned delays in criminal trials, saying it was wearing away public confidence in the country’s criminal justice delivery system. Officially...
View ArticlePolice storm MDC's Harvest House
HARARE - Police yesterday stormed Harvest House, the MDC headquarters in central Harare,on the prowl for youths who allegedly assaulted party deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma last week. Douglas...
View ArticleZimra goes after ZBC bosses
HARARE - Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has instituted an investigation into salaries and allowances paid to Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority (ZBC) bosses and directors to ascertain whether they...
View ArticleEx-AirZim boss lodges bail application
HARARE - Former Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited boss Peter Chikumba, currently in custody over fraud charges, has appealed against a Harare magistrate’s ruling denying him bail. Chikumba, 59, is...
View ArticleMugabe's shock U-turn: The real story
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s stinging remarks that ex-Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) chairman Godwills Masimirembwa had solicited for a $6 million bribe allegedly fell apart...
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