adminFarmers vandalise pipeline to steal water
Chinhoyi Bureau
SOME villagers and resettled farmers along the water pipeline supplying the decommissioned mining town of Mhangura have broken a section of the pipeline to tap water drawn from Hunyani River to irrigate their gardens. This has affected water
Man masquerades as lawyer, sells client’s house
Herald Reporter
A MARONDERA man, who masqueraded as a lawyer before selling a house allocated in a deceased estate, has been convicted of theft and forgery. Elijah Machemba (59) was, however, acquitted of fraud charges by magistrate Ms Josephine Sunday. Ms
Honeymoon over for ATM card thief
Midlands Bureau
A long run of vandalising ATM machines, stealing ATM cards and then later stealing cash has come to an end for a Mutare man who operated in Gweru, Shurugwi and Masvingo. Johannes Sengwana (38) of 257, Old Zororo, Sakubva, Mutare, would block
Neighbourhood cop appoints self ‘magistrate’
Herald Reporter
FOR assuming the role of a magistrate by presiding over an attempted rape case, a Hurungwe based member of the neighbourhood watch committee was convicted of defeating the course of justice by a Karoi magistrate. Peterson Masanga (44)
Set trial date for Rushwaya, State told
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
THE State has been given up to a month to set a trial date for former Zifa chief executive officer Henrietta Rushwaya who faces fraud and other match-fixing related charges. Failure to set the date will result in Rushwaya being removed from rema-nd.
Botswana sells FMD vaccine to Egypt
GABORONE. — Botswana Vaccine Institute has for the first time sold Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine to Egypt where an outbreak of the disease has been reported. BVI General Manager Onkabetse Matlho told a media briefing yesterday that they were sending the first batch next Monday. He said they have received an order of 2 million doses, which they will be supplyingNigerian troops raid hideout over church attacks
KANO. — Nigerian troops killed a suspected Boko Haram militant yesterday during a pre-dawn raid in the city of Kano over weekend attacks against church services that left around 20 people dead. A military task force stormed a two-bedroom bungalow in the troubled northern city’s Bubbugaje district, two days after attackers armed with bombs and guns sowed carnageClinton heads to China
WASHINGTON. — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to China yesterday as US officials raced to find a solution to a sensitive row over a top dissident reportedly holed up at the US embassy in Beijing. Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner had long planned to go to Beijing for the annual meeting between the world’s two largest economies that now is likely
Low female representation in Malawi’ new cabinet irks NGO
LILONGWE. — Malawi’s NGO Gender Co-ordination Network on Monday expressed concern over low female representation in President Joyce Banda’s cabinet released last Thursday in which out of 30 ministers and deputies, only eight are female.
Chairperson for the organisation Emma Kalia told local radio Zodiak that the low representation of female ministers in the new
May Day celebrated globally
JOHANNESBURG/PARIS. — A majority of countries observed International Workers Day yesterday as a public holiday.
Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, originated within the historical struggles of workers and their trade unions for solidarity between workers and people, and in their struggles to achieve fair employment standards. In a show of unity,