Man steals heifer to pay lobola

Noah Pito in Hurungwe
A Hurungwe man who stole a heifer and tried to use it as payment for lobola to his in-laws has been sentenced to nine years in jail by a Karoi magistrate. Last Mukura (28) and his cousin James Tafirenyika (26), both of Mupindi Village under Chief Mujinga in Hurungwe, will each serve the

D-Day for by-elections

Felex Share Herald Reporter
The position on by-election dates for three vacant parliamentary seats will be made today, Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. The High Court last month gave President Mugabe up to October 1 to announce dates for by-elections in Nkayi South, Bulilima East and Lupane

Debt puts off potential AirZim investors: Goche

Felex Share Herald Reporter
Strategic partners are shunning Air Zimbabwe because of the national airline’s bad image and a terrible balance sheet, a Cabinet minister has said.
Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Minister Nicholas Goche said yesterday that a number of partners had approached

Copac postpones Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference

Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
COPAC has postponed the Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference that was expected

Nigerian weds two women in four days

Court Reporter
A Nigerian man who married two local women in four days before

Copac haggles over Nguni suit

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
Political parties in Copac are haggling on how to deal with

Chisumbanje’s good restart

Tichaona Zindonga
There can be no gainsaying that the recent Gov­ernment action on Chisumbanje ethanol project is about the best thing that could hap­pen to the project that was threatened with demise. Be it on the social level where there are issues of land, resettlement, compensation and employment or the technical and economic

Tips for green economy

What is a green economy?
A green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities (UNEP 2010). It is an economy or economic development model based on sustainable development. As the Environmental Management

Dzimbahwe Arts Festival roars into life

From George Maponga in Masvingo
The annual Dzimbahwe Arts Festival, hosted by the Great Zimbabwe University, roared into life in the country’s oldest town yesterday in what promises to be a busy week full of captivating performances by artistes from different parts of the country. The arts festival started with an academic discussion

Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana

Los Angeles. — R&B singer Chris Brown
has tested positive for marijuana, leading a Los Angeles judge on Monday to set a November hearing to decide whether he violated his probation stemming from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna. According to a probation report presented  in court, Brown tested positive in June in

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