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Harare Bureau
Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Webster Shamu yesterday met visiting members of the International Federation of Professional Footballers who are in the country to assess progress made by the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe in
10 killed in SA accident
From Mashudu Netsianda in Beitbridge
TEN people, all believed to be Zimbabweans, were killed while 16 others were injured when a minibus they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the N1 North highway outside Makhado in Limpopo
Police struggle to arrest ‘rapist’ inyanga
By Temba Dube
IN a chilling abuse of “supernatural power”, a Lupane traditional healer allegedly habitually raped his daughter with the knowledge of his wife and villagers after threatening to unleash goblins on whoever intervened.
Even the police allegedly had to call for reinforcements to arrest the inyanga when he threatened to bewitch anyone who dared touch him.
The man, his daughter and wife (names withheld to protect the girl) reportedly do not have birth certificates or any other identity particulars.
Exhumation outside court’s jurisdiction: Experts
Harare Bureau
THE presiding magistrate in General Solomon Mujuru’s inquest has absolute control of the proceedings and there is no room for family members and interested parties to appeal against the court’s decision, legal experts said yesterday.
Only the Attorney-General can use his discretion whether or not to agree with the magistrate’s findings and recommendations when they are finally forwarded to his office.
Civil service audit complete
Harare Bureau
THE Public Service Commission has completed the verification and validation of the payroll and skills audit conducted by
Plant to produce 750 000l fuel daily
Peter Matambanadzo in CHISUMBANJE
THE Chisumbanje Ethanol Plant projects to produce at least 750 000 litres of ethanol per day
Civil service audit complete
Herald Reporter
THE Public Service Commission has completed the verification and validation of the payroll and skills audit conducted by Ernest and Young of India and dismissed allegations of ghost workers. Only a few irregularities were unearthed. The draft
Xin named top diplomat
Herald Reporter
CHINESE Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Xin Shunkang last week scooped the Diplomat of the Year Award Asia 2011 and first runner up award for the best dressed male diplomat sponsored by the Diplomat Magazine. The two prestigious awards were in
Call to use plastic money
Agriculture Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Farmers Union will at the start of this year’s tobacco marketing season partner some banks in educating farmers to use plastic money. In an interview in Harare yesterday, ZFU executive director Mr Paul Zakariya said the economy was going
Rand takes a break as Greece deal stutters
Johannesburg. – The rand’s resurgence took a breather yesterday when it weakened almost 2 percent against the dollar as Greek leaders struggled to reach an agreement on severe spending cuts in order to get aid and avoid a bond default. The JSE, which has been reaching record highs over the past week, tracked both US and European shares lower. “The Greeks are faced by a