adminMurowa diamond output dips
DIAMOND production at Murowa Mine decreased from 98 000 produced during the first quarter to 79 000 carats, parent company Rio Tinto reported on Tuesday.Murowa, located near Zvishavane in the Midlands province, is a 78 and 22 percent
Drama as mubobobo man burns charms
From George Maponga in Masvingo
Business ground to a complete halt at Mashandudze Village in Mugabe communal lands, Masvingo yesterday morning when villagers witnessed a bizarre incident as an 86-year-old man openly confessed to possessing mubobobo charms and
Six people escape death by a whisker
Bulawayo BureauSIX people were lucky to escape death when property worth thousands of dollars, which included two trucks, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday at a house in Bulawayo’s Emganwini suburb where 41 drums of fuel were kept.
Govt resumes work on Harare-Norton dual road
Norah Mutale Herald ReporterGovernment has resumed work on the dualisation of the Harare-Norton Road, which had been suspended due to a shortage of funds.
The road had been successfully dualised up to the Manyame Bridge which was officially opened on Monday.
Mash Central Prosecutor Muchenga dies
Rugare Maranga Herald ReporterThe area public prosecutor for Mashonaland Central Province, Mr Emmanuel Muchenga, has died.
Muchenga, who was 45, died last week.
Affirmative action way to achieve gender equality
Herald ReporterWomen activists attending a public forum yesterday to discuss achieving gender equality and women empowerment said affirmative action was the only way to achieve the goal.
The public forum was facilitated by the United Nations to deliberate on issues surrounding achievement of Millennium Development Goal number three, which talks of gender
Nurse recruitment freeze lifted
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health ReporterABOUT 1 800 qualified registered general nurses have so far been recruited in public health institutions since the suspension of a recruitment freeze on over 2 000 posts for March and April.
Sodomy earns man seven-year jail term
Court ReporterA 20-year-old Chitungwiza man who beat up a juvenile and sodomised another as punishment for stealing guavas at his place was on Monday jailed for an effective seven years.
Liberty Matswai caught the pair last February playing outside his gate after stealing guavas from one of the trees at his place.
Two years for assaulting senior couple
Beitbridge BureauA 25-year-old man from Toporo Village in Beitbridge who in August last year brutally assaulted an elderly couple with a machete in a botched robbery attempt was yesterday jailed for two years.
ZLG, Oldlock donate goods to school
Herald Reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe commander Air Marshal Perrance Shiri has called for public-private sector partnerships to assist in improving the lives of disadvantaged communities.
Air Marshal Shiri, founder member of the Commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe Charity Fund, said this yesterday during the handover of computers and blankets worth US$4