adminWoman wins US$1 400 garnishee order
Midlands CorrespondentGWERU magistrate Ms Florence Nago yesterday awarded a US$1 400 garnishee order to a local woman after she successfully sued her husband’s mistress for flirting and siring two children with her spouse. The order will result in the alleged mistress, Ms Florence Nhokodi (36), a teacher by profession, parting with US$200 a month
Farmers start tobacco deliveries to floors
Agriculture Reporter
FARMERS have started delivering their tobacco to auction floors ahead of the opening of the 2013 selling season on Wednesday next week. Bookings for sales started on Monday. Tobacco Sales Floor managing director Mr James Mutambanesango said farmers were anxious to sell their crop. He said they had been booking
Govt introduces new rodent proof silo
Agriculture ReporterGOVERNMENT is introducing new maize storage facility that will reduce infestation of the grain during storage. The training of manufacturing and testing of the silos is being done at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering Hatcliffe, while there will be trials on some farms. The metal silo is an airtight cylindrical metal structure
Poultry producers appeal to have GMO maize allowed
Agriculture ReporterPOULTRY producers have appealed to the Agricultural Marketing Authority to review the ban on the imports of genetically modified maize saying it was severely affecting the industry. The producers said the cost of production has increased due to the shortage of grain. It now costs up to US$400 to import a tonne of maize up
SA charges 19 DRC rebels of coup plot
A SOUTH AFRICAN court yesterday formally charged 19 Democratic Republic of Congo rebels with plotting to stage a coup in their home country. The group is accused of preparing to receive military training to topple President Joseph Kabila and was subject to a special police sting operation. “They intended on unseatingObama to allow access to secret drone documents
WASHINGTON — In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda. An administration official disclosed the move on Wednesday on the eve of a Senate hearing on Obama’s nomination ofWalk the talk, register marriage unions
WE are a nation that strongly supports the institution of marriage because marriage is regarded as a pillar that brings stability, harmony and unity at both family and national levels. Marriage is also an important pillar whose footprints can be traced back to our cultural, moral, ethical and religious values. If marriage becomesAmerica unequal
Naomi WolfPARK CITY, UTAH. – The last documentary film that used dry charts and statistics to make an abstract argument about a global issue and none-the-less became a pop-culture hit was Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. But the hit of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was a low-key affair called Inequality for All, in which Robert
Coltart’s statement revealing
Prof Jonathan Moyo, MPWhile Zimbabweans are still struggling to digest the appalling news that 81,6 percent of the 172,698 pupils who took Zimsec’s “O” Level examinations in 2012 failed to pass at least five subjects with a grade of “C” or better with only 31,767 managing to succeed, resulting in a pass rate of 18,4 percent, the embattled
Time to think of the girl child
Fortious Nhambura Gender forumThe October-November 2012 Ordinary Level Zimsec examination results are out and there is agony and pain. Only 31 767 pupils out of the 172 698, who sat for the 2012 managed to score five or more subjects and this is not a good reflection of the country’s education sector. As statistics released by the examinations