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Herald ReporterTHE Environmental Management Agency has halted the construction of a multi-million dollar petrol service station, garage and food court next to Mazowe Dam. The garage, situated 25 kilometres from Harare on the Bindura highway was developed by Mr Douglas Makonese. EMA’s education and publicity manager Mr Steady Kangata confirmed the
Pokello’s father speaks out
Bulawayo BureauZIMBABWE’s representative in Big Brother Africa The Chase, Pokello Nare, has roots in Matabeleland South’s Gwanda district. This was revealed by her father, Retired Colonel George Nare in an exclusive interview on Tuesday. Retired Colonel Nare appealed to Zimbabweans to support his daughter and save her from eviction this weekend.
Mutsekwa turns self in to police
Crime Reporter POLICE in Mutare are investigating a case in which National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Giles Mutsekwa is being accused of assaulting an MDC-T councillor accusing him of trying to oust him from contesting during the forthcoming elections. Mutsekwa surrendered himself to the police on Tuesday where he recorded a warned and cautioned
DJ Munya’s bail hearing deferred again
Senior ReporterSTAR FM DJ Munyaradzi Mlimo’s bail hearing was for the second time this week deferred to allow the defence lawyer to put his papers in order. DJ Munya’s lawyer Mr Lucky Mawuwa sought the postponement after Mr Editor Mavuto of the Attorney-General’s Office filed his response to the application. The application will now be heard today at the High Court at
Sex ritual gives away robbers
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court ReporterA FIVE-MAN gang allegedly took turns to be intimate with a Kuwadzana woman as a ritual before embarking on their robbery spree, a court heard yesterday. It is alleged on several occasions, the woman, Nyararai Elizabeth Matambo of Kuwadzana 1, who is said to be part of the gang, would be intimate with the five men, one after the other, at night.
Glen View 29 apply for discharge
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior ReporterMDC-T youth leader Solomon Madzore and 28 others, accused of killing a police inspector in Glen View, yesterday applied for discharge at the end of the prosecution’s case.
The 29 are being accused of murdering Inspector Petros Mutedza at Glen View 3 Shopping Centre. The suspects, through their team of lawyers led by Ms Beatrice Mtetwa, are
Aliens free to register as voters
Felix Share Herald ReporterPEOPLE of foreign origin, commonly referred to as aliens, with proper documentation can obtain identification cards and instantly register as voters at all the mobile centres set up for voter registration purposes, an official from the Registrar General’s Office has said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of breaching protocol, said the
SA media group targeted over Zim
INDEPENDENT Newspapers of South Africa website yesterday came under attack from an organisation that claimed it did it because of the media group’s alleged support of President Mugabe. The attack led to Independent Newspaper’s internet and e-mail systems going down at 11am. According to IOL editor Alastair Otter, the system crashedJUMPING SHIP . . . Tennant Chilumba has packed his bags and left FC Platinum to return to Zambia
Farirai Machivenyika Senior ReporterCHAIRMAN of the Mines and Energy Committee Cde Edward Chindori-Chininga yesterday said the continued existence of illegal sanctions imposed on Marange diamonds was adversely impacting on companies operating in the area. He said the diamond companies were now forced to sell the precious mineral at low prices through middle men creating
Lawyers speak on frivolous applications
Lloyd Gumbo Herald ReporterLEGAL experts say litigation aimed at subverting the Constitutional Court judgment compelling President Mugabe to declare an election date and hold harmonised elections by July 31 are an assault on the integrity of the highest Court in the land. They said the crux of the applications was to portray the judges who presided over the case as