adminVP Mujuru meets Korean delegation
Herald Reporter
Vice President Joice Mujuru says Harare and Seoul are set to benefit from cultural exchange activities initiated by a Korean
Party heads to address violence indaba
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
HEADS of parties in the inclusive Government will today address their senior officials at a meeting to deal with political violence rocking some parts of Zimbabwe.
President Mugabe (Zanu-PF), Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) and Professor Welshman Ncube (MDC) will stress the need for peaceful co-existence among their supporters.
Zanu-PF Central Committee members, national executives and national council members of the two MDC formations will attend the meeting.
Co-ordinators of the meeting, secretaries general of the three parties Cde Didymus Mutasa (Zanu-PF), Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC) and Mr Toendepi Shonhe met in Harare yesterday and drew an itinerary for today’s meeting.
Car crash kills 10 family members
Herald Reporters
TEN members of the same family perished – eight on the spot – while 10 others sustained serious injuries when their Toyota Dyna truck collided head-on with a Nissan UD truck on Wednesday.
The Sithole family members who were on their way to a funeral in Gokwe died on Wednesday at 7:30pm at the 72,5km peg along the Kwekwe-Gokwe Road.
National Traffic Police spokesperson Inspector Tigere Chigome said there were 24 passengers in the Toyota Dyna.
“Ten people died, eight of them on the spot and 10 others were injured. There were 24 people in the Toyota truck,” he said.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Patrick Chademana said most of the people in the truck were related while a few were family friends.
“A Nissan UD was pulling a trailer carrying bags of maize and was travelling towards Kwekwe with a driver and one passenger on board. When the driver of the Nissan UD truck approached the 72,5km peg, the Toyota Dyna truck, which was travelling in the opposite direction, encroached into his lane resulting in the head-on collision,” he said.
Mixed reactions over Malema’s suspension
SOUTH AFRICA’S ruling African National Congress yesterday suspended its firebrand Youth League president, Cde Julius Malema, for five years after finding him guilty of sowing division in the party.
The league’s spokesperson Cde Floyd Shivambu was also suspended for three years for bringing the party into disrepute by making a statement about the Botswana leadership and for swearing at a journalist.
But, Cde Malema said he would appeal against the verdict within 14 days as outlined in the ruling.
He can contest the outcome to the ANC’s national executive committee headed by party president Cde Jacob Zuma.
Announcing the verdict, Mr Derek Hanekom, head of the ANC disciplinary panel, said Cde Malema had been found guilty of sowing serious divisions in the party and of bringing the 99-year-old liberation movement into disrepute.
Soldiers jailed for fuel theft
Court Reporter
TEN people, including three soldiers, a policeman and two security guards connived with National Oil Company of
Court rejects CIO request
Court Reporter
THE High Court has rejected a request by the Central Intelligence Organisation to file a fresh notice of opposition to bolster its
Teen maid abuses minor
Court Reporter
A TEENAGE housemaid has been slapped with a wholly suspended three-year jail term after being convicted of forcing her
SA-based man kills wife, stabs two-day-old infant
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
In an incident that left the community of Siyoga area in Beitbridge shell-shocked, a 39-year-old Zimbabwean man based in
Councils accuse Govt of meddling
Municipal Reporter
GOVERNMENT interference and its failure to pay council bills have adversely affected service delivery, the Urban Councils’
Zvoma loses land claim
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
THE High Court has barred Clerk of Parliament Mr Austin Zvoma, who is embroiled in a land row with a businessman, from