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Midlands Correspondent
AN 18-year-old woman from Mkoba Village Six in Gweru has been arrested for allegedly killing her newborn baby by burning it and later dumping the body in the bush.
Cameroon fans lose it over loss to Cape Verde
YAOUNDE — Armed security forces have formed a tight cordon around the Cameroon football federation offices in Yaounde after disappointed fans threatened to ransack them following an embarrassing defeat for the national team.
New thresholds likely to create monopoly
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that the new minimum capital requirements for financial institutions, to be met by June 2014, could create a market monopoly for financially stable banks.
Gold panners destroy pastures
Gwanda Correspondent
GOLD panners in Matabeleland South Province have destroyed thousands of hectares of pastures in search of underground minerals, worsening the drought situation faced by the province.
Errant media houses face closure
Harare Bureau
Government will not hesitate to revoke operating licences of media organisations abusing press freedom to denounce the country and its leadership, a Cabinet Minister has said.
Dirty water angers residents
Pamela Shumba
RESIDENTS in some parts of the eastern suburbs of Bulawayo have expressed concern over the dirty water coming out of their taps,
Tsvangirai wins wedding case
Harare Bureau
MS LOCARDIA Karimatsenga Tembo’s bid to stop Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his fiancée Ms Elizabeth Macheka’s wedding hit a snag yesterday after the High Court threw out her injunction.
This means the wedding, slated for Saturday at Raintree Lodge in Umwinsidale, Harare, proceeds as scheduled unless there are other developments in the objection Ms Karimatsenga’s legal team plan to lodge with the magistrate’s court.
Ms Karimatsenga, who insists she is still married to Mr Tsvangirai, filed the injunction last week to stop the wedding.
Justice Antonia Guvava, however, threw out the injunction on the basis that Ms Karimatsenga rushed to the High Court before exhausting remedies provided for in the Marriages’ Act in cases where one party has an objection
Council to deliver water to schools
Mbongeni Ncube
THE Bulawayo City Council will be delivering water to schools to address their water problems.
Vezulwazi arts tackle social ills
Bruce NdlovuVEZULWAZI Arts Foundation, an arts ensemble which incorporates theatre and poetry into their act, will soon hold shows promoting social awareness and consciousness among youths on issues affecting their daily lives.