adminTanzanian nabbed over rice fraud
Court ReporterA Tanzanian businessman, who was allegedly caught re-packing Oriental and Zam Zam rice into branded packaging belonging to another company, has appeared in court charged with fraud.
Blind man assaults school head
Masvingo BureauA 37-year-old visually impaired Gutu man assaulted a primary school head he accused of excluding his brother’s children from getting school fees assistance under the government’s Basic Education Assistance Model (Beam) programme.
Duo up for stealing copper cables
Court ReporterTWO men, who allegedly stormed Chitungwiza Sewerage Works’ Industrial Area and siphoned transformer oil before stealing 33kg of copper cables worth US$ 11 080, have been arrested.
Credit cards fraudster dupes OK Mart
Tarisai MachakaireHerald Reporter
A Harare woman, who used credit cards to defraud OK Mart Wholesalers by buying beer worth US$25 000, has appeared in court charged with fraud.
MDC-T activists allowed to apply for bail
Daniel Nemukuyu
Senior Court Reporter
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Caution needed in applying indigenisation to education
INDIGENISATION is a policy to ensure that Zimbabweans own the majority of any business in the country; so care is needed when the policy is applied to education, which is generally not a business but a service.
This isn’t goodbye, even as I leave
Ambassador Charles Ray
Makombe, Egyptian pyramids, Timbuktu: A paradox
A fortnight ago, I walked along a path whose sole purposes was to remind everyone that they are villagers. Thus, we should preserve the goodness and quality of our respective villages for the sake of tomorrow. Status does not matter, and your living in that double-storeyed house, driving the latest car in town and using the fanciest gizmos is neither here nor there.Meaningless grounds of appeal
Wenceslaus Murape
Disgruntled employees think they can seek recourse through the Labour Court and just file their heads of argument, even if they are meaningless. This not only wastes the court officials’ time, but also delays other genuine cases that need to be heard.
Mharakurwa eyes Paralympics
Ellina MhlangaSports Reporter
ACE wheelchair tennis player Nyasha Mharakurwa has expressed his excitement after he qualified for the 2012 London Paralympic Games starting next month through the bipartite commission slot.