adminOlivine worker steals jacket, fired
Labour ReporterAN Olivine Industries employee James Manjoro has been fired for stealing a fellow worker’s jacket which he kept in his locker for six months. It was common cause that David Mavhudzi worked for the company when his jacket went missing.
Urban groover faces murder charge
Felex Share Herald ReporterURBAN groover Taurai Mandebvu has been arrested on allegations of fatally assaulting an armed robber who had raided his father’s Hatfield house on Saturday morning. Mandebvu was arrested together with his father, sister, maid and two neighbours.
Man shows magistrate pictures of kids begging
Court Reporter
A HARARE businessman yesterday showed a Civil Court magistrate photographs of his children begging for food in the street in a bid to pay less for the upkeep of the children. Knowledge Gosha brought his estranged wife Lucia Chirombo to court seeking an
SPB admits to corruption in tender awards
Herald Reporter
State Procurement Board chairman, Mr Charles Kuwaza, yesterday admitted that some of his officers corruptly awarded tenders to bidders. Appearing before the portfolio committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion Mr Kuwaza said the SPB did
Inside field of corpse medicine
INSIDE the disgusting field of “corpse medicine” that recommends dead man’s sweat, raw liver and human fat (mixed with blood, marrow and beer) to cure all illsDoctors have long known that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. But in “corpse medicine” — the idea of treating ills by swallowing body parts and fluids
Trucker fatally knocks down boy (7)
Beitbridge BureauA seven-year-old boy from Amazon area was struck and killed by a haulage truck last Friday afternoon while attempting to cross the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road.
The incident occurred at the 196km peg at around 5pm.
Cotton farmers’ children stranded
Felex Share Herald Reporter
HUNDREDS of Ordinary and Advanced Level pupils whose parents and guardians are cotton farmers have failed to register for this year’s November examinations as their parents are yet to sell their produce.
Group calls for ACP, EU relations revamp
Victoria Ruzvidzo in Port Vila, Vanuatu
The 95th session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group Council of Ministers meeting began here yesterday, with emphasis on the need to revamp the group’s relations with the European Union in tandem with the changing global landscape.
Pipeline leak triggers fuel shortages
LUSAKA — Zambia has been hit by petrol shortages following a leak in a pipeline from Tanzania, which left pump stations dry in most parts of the capital Lusaka, an official said yesterday. “This shortage was as a result of a pipeline leakage at Ilinga in Tanzania,Fertiliser companies yet to be paid
Agriculture ReporterGOVERNMENT has not yet paid fertiliser companies for fertiliser they supplied for the winter wheat programme. The Herald yesterday established that Treasury was yet to pay undisclosed amounts to the companies for fertiliser delivered since May.