‘Gaddafi killed on Sarkozy’s orders’

LONDON — Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a French secret serviceman on the orders of then president Nicolas Sarkozy, a media report said.
The secret serviceman is said to have infiltrated a violent mob mutilating the captured Libyan leader last year and shot him in the head, the British Daily Mail

2013 poll dates hearing today

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
PARTIES in the case in which President Mugabe is seeking to extend a by-election deadline will today address the court on merits of the matter.
Judge President George Chiweshe yesterday said the presentation of the merits would enable him to make a decision on the application.

Jefferies ends season on a high

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
ZIMBABWE’S motor racing whizzkid Axcil Jefferies finished the 2012 Formula Two season on a positive note when he took a credible eighth place in the last race of the year at Monza in Italy on Sunday. Coming up against some of the world’s most promising young motor racing drivers, Jefferies

Judokas for Botswana

Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporter
THE Judo Association of Zimbabwe have sent two judokas to the African Judo Union Junior and Cadet Championship set for tomorrow in Botswana.
The three-day event, which is expected to draw participants from all over the continent, is set for Gaborone. Chase Nel  and Liberty Arufundisa were

Of faith and expectancy

Bartholomew Manjoro
Today I will speak to you on expectancy. Is there anything that you have wanted from God or needed him to do? Do you have a request that has not been met? Or an answer that has been delayed? My answer for you is have an expectation! It’s simple, if you don’t expect anything in life you will receive nothing. In the

‘Chitungwiza had weak structures’

Shingai Rukwata Ndoro
In being a team member to serve Chitungwiza Municipality, I was driven by a moral imperative — a high sense of honour or integrity in the work to be done, dutifulness or responsibility to what is expected of anyone in a similar position, better and sustainably improving standards of service delivery to the residents of

Govt okays tourism policy

Chinhoyi Bureau
CABINET has approved the National Tourism Pol­icy which seeks to harmonise all policies and opera­tions in the tourism sector. The policy would result in the strength­ening of Zim­babwe’s cultural tourism and create a con­ducive operat­ing environment for investors. Addressing delegates at the Kariba Tourism Indaba which preceded

Anti-corruption experts visit Zim

Herald Reporter
Anti-corruption experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recently visited Zimbabwe to review the country’s anti-graft laws and their applica­tions. Home Affairs permanent secretary Mr Melusi Matshiya said in a statement that the delegation com­prised UNODC officials Mrs Bridite Strobel-Show and Mrs Tanja

Fire guts homes, kills child

Herald Correspondent
An open-air service for the Johanne Masowe Church ended in disarray last week when a member lit a fire which got out of control and destroyed several homes before it nearly caused the death of a child. The perpetrator, Grace Zimunhu (39) of Mukangaza village in Chipapa, Hurungwe Central, was fined US$90 or one

Make cattle branding compulsory: Police

Herald Correspondent
There should be an Act of Parliament compelling all farmers to brand their cattle as a way of curbing stock­theft, an official has said. Assistant Commissioner (responsible for crime) in Mashonaland West Province Bobby Murwira said this while officially relaunching the Hurungwe District cat­tle branding campaign at Magunje

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