adminLet’s build on our gains
THE curtain comes down on the 2011 action thriller.
As the actors and actresses bow down and curtsy, the ululation and wild cheers from the audience tell of a year that has been generally good.
Property market in retrospect
After the anti-climax of the 2010 World Cup promise, the year 2011 was characterised by a continued lack of liquidity on the market that would have been sufficient to rebound completely the real estate market.
Man forced to ‘marry’ goat he sexually abused
Midlands Correspondent
A CHIRUMHANZU man appealed to police for help after being ordered to pay lobola and marry a goat he was allegedly seen having sex with.
Meet Roy Bvekerwa, the auditing guru
Fortunate Jaravaza Business Reporter
THERE is one thing that characterises great people: they do not allow their background to blur their greatness.
Man loses two fingers in fire-cracker blast
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
CHRISTMAS festivities turned gory for a Beitbridge man who lost two of his fingers when a firecracker exploded in his hands on Christmas Eve.
Keep your New Year’s resolutions positive, specific
Zach Aldwin – Milkshake in the boardroom
The Christmas binge is over, office parties are done for the year, wrapping paper is being cleared away and you are enjoying your latest gadget from the wonderful world of Mac (or Android if you went that route).
Move to protect grain producers hailed
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
THE Government has continued to make strides in ensuring that grain producers improve on their capacities.
Clothing items no longer covered by traveller’s rebate
The announcement of the 2012 Budget Statement and the subsequent amendments to the Customs and Excise (General) Regulations (Statutory Instrument 154 of 2001) has brought about changes to the traveller’s rebate with regards to goods that qualify for duty free importation.
Firm Faith set for dizzy heights
Firm Faith, one of the upcoming and youthful acapella groups, is set for dizzy heights with their brand of music, which has already stolen the hearts of many.
Man axes girlfriend, hangs self
By Temba Dube
A married Bulawayo man reportedly fatally axed and stabbed his girlfriend after allegedly finding her with another man, before hanging himself at a neighbour’s house on Christmas Eve.
The incident happened at about 8pm at Number A5596 in Old Pumula.
The axe that he used in the grisly murder was reportedly left stuck on the woman’s head and had to be removed at the United Bulawayo Hospitals.
The man, identified by neighbours as Mthi Mhlanga, whom neighbours said was about 32 years, was employed by the Bulawayo City Council.
He reportedly ran amok when he found Ms Sukoluhle Ndlovu (40), who is his neighbour and also a shebeen queen, entertaining another man from the same suburb, at her home.
“Mhlanga was supposed to have gone to his rural home in Nkayi on the fateful day. I think Suku took advantage of that to bring in the other man. Unfortunately, Mhlanga did not go. He first chased after the man he found at the house and then came back to assault Suku. He had failed to catch him,” said a neighbour.
Another neighbour said Ndlovu screamed for help and people gathered and banged on the door which was locked.