adminCop’s bail appeal judgment held
Senior Court Reporter
A HIGH court judge has reserved judgment in the case in which an ex-police chief superintendent who was sentenced to 18 years for murdering an illegal diamond panner in Chiadzwa is applying for bail pending appeal.
Lover arrested for soccer player’s murder
Crime Reporter
POLICE have arrested a Macheke man in connection with the murder of Black Rhinos Queens Football Team playmaker, Moreblessing Duwati (19) last Sunday evening.
Alexio Siyanga (26), who was Duwati’s boyfriend, was arrested on Thursday.
Fertiliser firms appeal for energy subsidy
Agriculture Reporter
Fertiliser companies have appealed to Government to subsidise electricity charges if the industry is to remain viable.
Sable Chemicals deputy chairman Mr Misheck Kachere said high electricity charges were affecting fertiliser production.
Hilton Hotel International comes to town
Municipal ReporterHilton Hotels International will soon build a multi-million dollar five-star hotel along Samora Machel Avenue in Harare’s Eastlea suburb, in a development set to change the city’s landscape.
5 people perish in accident
Chinhoyi BureauAT least five tobacco farmers coming from the auction floors in Harare died on the spot, while several others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in sideswiped another truck along the Harare-Chirundu Highway on Thursday night.
Call for youths to participate in elections
Herald Reporter
Political parties yesterday encouraged youths to participate in primary elections to choose candidates to represent them in the forthcoming harmonised elections.
Although all the major parties say they did not reserve any special seats for youths, they argue it was critical that youths take part in democratic processes.
Chiefs hail Community Share Trusts
Tendai Mugabe recently in SHURUGWI
COMMUNITY Share Ownership Trusts launched by President Mugabe in the Midlands Province over the past two years are paying dividends, with people benefiting from multi-million-dollar projects being undertaken in their communities.
Court okays June 29 poll
Innocent Ruwende Senior Court Reporter
JUDGE President Justice George Chiweshe has granted President Mugabe’s application seeking an extension of the March 31 by-elections deadline to June 29 this year.
Govt scoffs at US election conditions
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
THE US has officially written to Zimbabwe applauding the Government for holding a successful referendum in a major climbdown from its openly hostile partisan politics of the last decade.
Zuma warns debate on dead soldiers
PRETORIA — President Jacob Zuma yesterday hit back at people demanding answers about the deaths of 13 South African soldiers deployed to the Central African Republic, warning they threaten state security.