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Municipal Reporter
Harare City Council’s tender system is flawed and open to abuse, a committee investigating the delivery of the poisonous sodium cyanide to the city’s Morton Jaffray Water Treatment plant recently has revealed. The seven-member committee, led by director of civil protection Mr Madzudzo Pawadyira
Corrupt party leaders face probe
Herald ReporterZanu-PF’S Mashonaland East provincial leadership has resolved to investigate members engaging in corrupt activities. Those found on the wrong side of the law would be brought to book. This follows allegations that some party officials were extorting donations from white commercial farmers in the
Zuma to respond on Copac Draft amendments
Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterThe Sadc facilitator to the Global Political Agreement and South African leader, Cde Jacob Zuma, is set to respond to the MDC formations on their position on the Zanu-PF proposed amendments to the draft Constitution. He is also set to formally introduce the Sadc technical team to the Joint
Hyenas wreak havoc
Beitbridge BureauVillagers in Maramani communal lands west of Beitbridge Town have raised alarm over marauding hyenas that have been killing their livestock for the past three months. The wild animals from the nearby Sentinel Safaris, wildlife parks in Botswana and South Africa, are targeting donkeys and goats.
Anti-piracy drive intensified
Herald ReporterThe anti-piracy crusade will now be more ruthless and no sacred cows would be spared, Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu has said. In a statement last Friday, the Zimbabwe Union of Musicians patron and National Anti-Piracy Task Force chairperson joined stakeholders in the
Council to deploy in ranks
Herald ReporterHarare City Council is set to deploy municipal police and Treasury department personnel to manage all bus terminuses and ranks following the exit of marshals, Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda said yesterday. His remarks come as kombi operators hailed police and city officials for successfully restoring
South Africa: No easy walk to economic freedom
Julie HylandA march by hundreds of striking miners in South Africa’s platinum mining belt was blocked and dispersed by police on Sunday. The march was in protest against the state clampdown on wildcat strikes over conditions of backbreaking exploitation imposed by the major transnational
Let’s worship Elijah’s God
Takura Rukwati“And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord and the God that answereth by fire, let Him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken” (1 Kings 18:24). Those were the words of Prophet Elijah at Mount Carmel as he was being confronted
Duping voters: MDC-T’s mantra
Panganai KahuniDuping voters is a concept proffered to developing countries’ opposition parties by Anglo-Saxons. It is a concept that is brutally unAfrican and unethical. It is a phenomenon that uses asymmetric tactics to sway people to think bad things are good. Its main objective is to allow Westerners
State says Mutedza attention-seeker
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterThe prosecution in the murder of police Inspector Petros Mutedza says Tichaona Mutedza, a brother to the deceased, was grandstanding to gain political mileage by accusing Zanu-PF and State security agents of the killing. Law officer Mr Edmore Nyazamba described Mr Mutedza, a self