Shortage of magistrates

Court Reporter
The chief magistrate’s office has been hit by a shortage of magistrates owing to massive resignations compounded by the recruitment freeze in the Government departments. Chief magistrate Mr Mishrod Guvamombe said there were 36 vacant posts for magistrates that his office was failing to fill

Quality fuel assured

Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has assured motorists that fuel coming into the country meets quality standards. Secretary for Energy and Power Development Mr Partson Mbiriri said the fuel was subjected to rigorous testing at every stage from the point of departure. Mr Mbiriri was addressing delegates on

Chinotimba meets Mzembi over Save

Herald Reporter
War veterans leader Cde Joseph Chinotimba yesterday held a meeting with Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi over the latter’s concerns on the Save Valley Conservancy saga. Cde Chinotimba is among beneficiaries who are expected to partner farmers in the conservancy.

Zanu (PF): Making the Electoral Weather

Shall it be the ballot or the butt . . . sorry, the bedroom?
The MDC-T leader has been away, will be away for a whole week, and his mouth-man says we should not force his boss to stay in the country while President Mugabe is allowed to be out of the country at will.
Was the President not in Iran recently for the Non-Aligned Movement, added Mwonzora, sounding like a man who has lost charge of both mind and mouth.
We all sound like we are wrongly and wrongfully asking the Prime Minister to stay at home, indeed to stay closer to the country he is so desirous of ruling! Staying in the country now seems like a heavy burden on our Prime Minister.
And for Mwonzora, the whole matter reduces to a tit tat! It is about evening out of foreign fixtures, evening out numerically, which is why attending a 120 country-strong NAM is comparable to attending a convention of a party in America, albeit a governing party — for now! In my world such

The Warriors barely win and have only been to two Nations Cup finals in 32 years but they are my team, all that I have, and all that I will ever need

This was the week the players, using the medium of national newspapers that give them a platform to talk to their fans, were supposed to whip the nation into a frenzy, to make this country believe that we can do it against these Angolans, to breathe hope into a project that we all want to be successful.
It’s interesting that I know what Andre “Dede” Ayew, the Ghanaian midfielder, thinks about their 2013 Nations Cup showdown against a plucky Malawi this weekend in Accra.

Of Mambongi, polygamy and hateful names

BACK in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve a tune is made meaning­ful by lyrics or simply put, many analogies and idioms elucidate a point. Only the cock crows. If a hen crows, kill it. They say avoid marrying a proud woman, for she cannot share you with others.

Policeman jailed for theft

Midlands Correspondent

A constable stationed at Mkoba Police Station in Gweru has been sentenced to 16 months in prison by a Gweru magistrate for sneaking into a colleague’s room within the police quarters and stealing a laptop and $200.

Public sex romp man sentenced to community service for assault

Midlands Correspondent

THE Gweru man who was caught being intimate with his girlfriend in a toilet at a food outlet will perform 210 hours of community service after he was found guilty of assaulting a security guard.

Tobacco production set to increase

Tobacco production in Zimbabwe is set to increase next year as seed sufficient to cover 134 000 hectares has been sold while about 46 431 farmers have so far registered to grow the crop next  season.

Minister to lobby for early disbursement of fund

Business Reporter

THE Minister of Industry and Commerce, Professor Welshman Ncube, has pledged to push Cabinet to ensure that the 500 million pula ($64,3 million) credit facility extended  to Zimbabwe by Botswana was availed before the end of the year.

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