Workers take council to court

Masvingo Bureau
ABOUT 450 Masvingo City Council workers have taken the municipality to the High Court to enforce payment of outstanding salaries and wages amounting

Burglars jailed 70 years

By Itai Mazire
A BINDURA magistrate has slapped a combined 70-year prison term on a syndicate of 10 burglars who were breaking into houses and shops stealing

Call for gender sensitive policies

Municipal Reporter
WOMEN in decision-making positions have been challenged to champion gender sensitive policies. Local Government, Rural and Urban Development

32 villagers complete sewing course

Herald Reporter
THIRTY-TWO women last week completed the trainer of trainers’ course in leadership and sewing in Mhondoro-Mubaira. This is one of the many pilot

Scribes must tackle relevant issues on World Press Day

By Stephen Mpofu
IT has been a few weeks since we celebrated World Press Freedom Day. If it were a person, in Zimbabwe, the day might protest when it passes on with

Raping friend’s sister (13) earns man jail term

Beitbridge Bureau
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Manazwe village in Tongwe area of Beitbridge was last Friday jailed 17 years effective after he was convicted of raping his

Book highlights woes of cross border traders

Title: Highway Queen
Author: Virginia Phiri
Publisher: Corals Services

portrayal of small boy as front to fight bigger wars

Title: The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Author: David I Kertzer
Publishers: Picador

Bomb attacks claim 19

BAGHDAD.
More than a dozen bomb attacks in and around Baghdad yesterday left at least 19 people dead, including 12 people killed in a suicide attack, and more

Queen to roll out red carpet for Obamas

LONDON.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will roll out the red carpet for Barack and Michelle Obama’s state visit this week, as a special royal relationship flourishes with

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