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Herald Reporter
MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, was last night conferred with the Commander of the Legion of Honour by the French government. The French government said this was in recognition of his contribution to the country’s trade unionism and political activism. France Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr
Mbuya Kurasha dies
Herald Reporter
MBUYA Jotina Kurasha mother to former Harare City Council Commissioner and prominent educationist Professor Jameson Kurasha has died.
Mbuya Kurasha (nee Chirongoma) (93) died at the Avenues Clinic early yesterday morning after a long illness. Speaking in an interview at his
5 killed by veldfires
Herald Reporter
Veldfires have killed five people since the beginning of the fire season this year, an Environment Management Agency official has said.
Speaking during a media tour in Kwanhema village under Chief Chivero yesterday, EMA spokesperson Mr Steady Kangata, said the people died as
Kasukuwere appoints special youth advisory board
Winstone Antonio Herald Reporter
Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday appointed a special youth advisory board on disability mainstreaming. The board is expected to provide independent, external and commercially oriented youth friendly advice to the Minister.
Five men rape 12-year-old girl
Tendai Rupapa Court Report
Early sexual debut for young girls was exposed at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday when a 12-year-old Grade 7 pupil shocked a packed gallery admitting having had consensual sex with five adult men. Four of the men — aged between 21 and 26 — have already appeared in court.
Census enumerator bitten by dog
Crime ReporterA CENSUS enumerator was on Monday bitten by a dog at a house in Kuwadzana while collecting the national census data. The enumerator sustained a cut on her leg. She was taken to hospital where she was treated and discharged. Harare provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector James Sabau
Court rules retrenchees get vehicles for free
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterTwenty-three Unifreight Ltd retrenches will now get the vehicles they were using for free as part of their packages. This follows a Supreme Court ruling that the deal for them to buy the vehicles at book value was concluded during the Zimbabwean dollar era. The Supreme Court last week dismissed
US$5 entry charge too high for show goers
Agriculture Reporters
STAKEHOLDERS to the Harare Agricultural Show have expressed concern with the timing of the event saying it always came at a time when many people would not have received their salaries. This scenario, they argue, has always forced many people to attend the event in the last two days just
Police question Zanu-PF youth chair Kunaka
Crime ReporterZanu-PF youth chairman for Harare province Cde Jimu Kunaka was on Monday questioned by police over allegations of taking part in the shooting of municipal policemen demolishing illegal car sales. Cde Kunaka and a woman identified as Mrs Midzi were questioned by detectives from the Criminal
High Court dismisses Rahman Gumbo’s case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterTHE High Court has ruled that former FC Platinum head coach Rahman Gumbo’s fears of eviction from the club’s house and seizure of an official vehicle were baseless and unsubstantiated. Justice Joseph Musakwa ruled that the said threats were based on hearsay and that there was no