Bashed for bed-wetting

Lovemore Meya Court Reporter
A CHITUNGWIZA man who seriously assaulted his two minor children aged (8) and (11) respectively for wetting blankets, has been spared a jail term. Peter Manhomboni (36) of Unit H was on Tuesday

‘CBD expansion conforms to trends’

Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
HARARE City’s proposed expansion of the CBD to include parts of the surrounding suburbs is a deliberate drive towards achieving a world class city by 2025, a leading urban planner has

15 killed as violence erupts in Iraq

BAGHDAD. — Up to 15 people were killed and 65 wounded in shootings and bomb attacks, including seven car bombings, across Iraq on Thursday, the police said. In Baghdad, five car bombs and two

Uganda lifts ban on top newspaper

Kampala. — Uganda’s government ordered police yesterday to allow journalists back into the main independent newspaper after a 10-day blockade that has sparked widespread criticism, but another

Victims identified

Beitbridge Bureau
Police have identified the six victims who were killed in a road accident on Tuesday night when a Pioneer bus they were travelling in ploughed into a herd of cattle 40 km out of Beitbridge town along the

ZEC rolls out new voter registration

Bulawayo Bureau
TREASURY has released US$11,6 million towards a fresh voter registration exercise to be rolled

Health coalition launched

Herald Reporter
A civic health coalition network that aims to enhance community participation in the country’s health care sector has been launched in the capital. Civic Coalition on Health in Zimbabwe (CCOHIZ) which was

Green Fuel fire: Probe underway

Herald Reporter
Green Fuel say investigations are still underway to establish who caused the fire that destroyed nearly 500 hectares of their sugarcane in Chisumbanje Tuesday. Although police have ruled out foul play, the

Poll date judgment today

Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News Editor
THE Constitutional Court will today rule on the appropriate date or period for the holding of harmonised elections, roughly a month before the expiry of the life of the Seventh Parliament on

‘Unfriend’ named word of 2009

New York. — “Unfriend” has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent. Unfriend was defined as a verb that means to

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