Solomon Mujuru death: Wife speaks
– Stop making wild statements
– Let police complete probe
Herald Reporters
WHILE police continued their forensic investigations yesterday into the death of General Solomon Mujuru, his widow, Acting President Joice Mujuru, implo-red people to stop making wild statements on the cause of death.
Police were tight-lipped yesterday over what they have found so far, and while revealing there had been a post-mortem, declined to give the results until they knew more.
Gen Mujuru (66) died when his farmhouse in Beatrice burned down on Monday night.
Since then, there has been speculation over the cause of the fire, but yesterday Acting President Mujuru made it clear that
‘Sadc needs regional integration’
Luanda. – The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community, at its closing session in Talatona
Chinese urban population to rise
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Sadc hails GPA progress, election roadmap
From Caesar Zvayi in LUANDA, Angola
SADC has hailed progress made in the implementation of the Global Political Agreement and the poll roadmap, saying GPA issues had been dealt with at the extraordinary summit in Sandton, South Africa, in June which urged parties to the inclusive Government to put timelines to the draft roadmap in readiness for elections to be held either late this year or early next year.
The Sandton summit envisaged that Sadc’s facilitation would have been concluded by the time the ordinary summit here convened in order not to burden facilitator South African President Jacob Zuma who, from yesterday, assumed chairmanship of the Troika and wou-ld have the unenviable
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Tuku, Macheso clash at Chitungwiza Aquatic Complex
Entertainment Reporter
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General declared national hero
Herald Reporters
GENERAL Solomon Mujuru, who died in a fire at his farmhouse in Beatrice, has been declared a national hero. He will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Saturday.
A funeral parade in his honour will be held at One Commando Barracks in Harare this afternoon.
Director of Urban Communications Services in the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity, Retired Major Anywhere Mutambudzi said people were expected to be seated by 1pm.
Cde Mujuru’s remains will be flown to Sadza, Chivhu district, where he was born and later to Marondera, the capital for Mashonaland East tomorrow.
They will return the same day to lie in state at his residence
Zim attains global theatre membership
Zimbabwe is now a fully-fledged member of the International Theatre Institute – the world organisation for the performing
Funds flow, but water taps run dry
Michael Chideme
Funding for Harare’s water and sewer delivery has been very forthcoming with banks and donors falling over each other to
Purpose of a tax invoice
This week’s column is going to focus on the importance of a tax invoice and the function it serves in relation to VAT






