adminWork on Airport Road resumes
Municipal ReporterConstruction of the US$80 million Airport Road (Joshua Nkomo Express) resumed yesterday following an amicable solution to the payment dispute that had stalled dualisation of the road.
AirZim workers appeal to Supreme Court
Herald ReporterTHE two workers’ unions representing Air Zimbabwe employees that last week lost a bid to place the airline under provisional judicial management have appealed to the Supreme Court. National Air
Asian markets rise
HONG KONG. — Asian markets mostly climbed yesterday as Chinese manufacturing data indicated the economy continues to pick up, while the euro extended its gains on hopes a deal on Greece’sHeadmaster, teacher arrested for rape
Beitbridge BureauPolice have arrested a deputy school head and a teacher at Kwalu Secondary School, some 130km west of Beitbridge town, on allegations of sexually abusing two girls at the same school. The complainants,
SAcentral bank holds key rate
PRETORIA. — Despite weak economic growth South Africa’s Reserve Bank opted to leave interest rates on hold yesterday, fearing any move to stimulate the economy now could fuel inflation.Council to levy telecommunication companies
Municipal ReporterHarare City Coucil says it will levy all telecommunication companies that have laid optic cables underground. A recent full council meeting made a resolution to have all telecommunication companies
Sponsored war against Zanu-PF bound to fail
Bowden Mbanje and Darlington Mahuku
Last week various provinces in Zimbabwe reaffirmed their endorsement of President Mugabe as the Zanu-PF presidential candidate for the harmonised elections scheduled for 2013. What is fascinating is the way the private media in their world of fantasy has gone into overdrive trying to suggest a presidential candidate for the revolutionary party. This clearly exposes signs of panic within the donor community. The endorsement of President Mugabe has clearly upset their hideous plans since they
When a national leader reduces himself to a family head
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections
In the village in the land of milk, honey and dust, or Guruve, a man who plants grapes by the roadside where hungry people pass by and one who marries a pretty woman in a village where most
Youths unite for a good cause
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
One does not need to be HIV positive to be passionate in making a difference to the lives of those infected and those affected with the virus. Youths growing up in a difficult environment in Hatcliffe Extension came together and founded an organisation that sought to bring relief to the hard lives they and their peers faced. Vision HIV/Aids was formed in 2005 by youths. They were directly affected by HIV and Aids as there were many orphans in their midst. The youths came together to assist fellow orphans and vulnerable children aged between 0-18 years.
They later spread to marginalised areas in Harare to cover Hopely, Whitecliffe, Caledonia and Epworth. Funds permitting they intend to cast their net wider. This festive season, the group has launched a festive hamper promotion and seeks to see that children within their reach do not go hungry. “We would like to see that no child living under difficult circumstances goes to bed
Insuza man’s confession stuns court
Court Reporter
A man employed as cattle tender in the Insuza area of Matabeleland North Province shocked a packed courtroom yesterday when he claimed that he raped a 12-year-old girl because he was craving for a woman.
The man aged 27, told regional magistrate Mrs Fadzai Mthombeni that he had initially tried to rape the girl on 7 November this year, but she pushed him away.