adminWASH project to alleviate challenges of gatherings
Herald ReporterThe Ministry of Health and Child Welfare is set to cover all of the country’s 10 provinces with the Water and Sanitation (WASH) project to alleviate water crisis faced by apostolic churches during their gatherings. The disbursement was in conjunction with the Ministry
Promise to consider widows in future programmes
Locardia Matsvaire Herald CorrespondentThe Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development Ministry has promised to consider widows in their programmes as the country marked the International Widows’ Day on Sunday. The ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Sylvia Utete-Masango said the Gender Commission
Abusive lover yanked to court
Court ReporterA Harare woman yesterday brought her drug addicted live-in boyfriend to court seeking to evict him from her house.
Sifasonke Mapfumo made a protection order application against Byron Damba whom she said threatened
US$400 for child
Court ReporterA Harare businessman who was brought to the maintenance court by his mistress who was claiming US$3 000 for an 11-year-son whom she said needed more food because of obesity was ordered to pay US$400 by a Harare magistrate. Managing director of Optional
No bail for suspected robber
Senior Court ReporterA SUSPECTED robber who allegedly kidnapped a foreign currency dealer and tried to rob her of R30 000 has appeared in court charged with kidnapping.
Irvine Manhire (28) was not formally charged when he appeared before Harare magistrate
Health communicators meet in Finland
Paidamoyo Chipunza in Helsinki, FinlandABOUT 800 journalists and communication personnel specialising in health and science reporting from 77 countries all over the world are meeting in Helsinki, Finland, to deliberate on ways to keep the beat afoot. Speaking at the official opening of the four-day conference
Hwange Colliery swindled of US$51k
Court ReporterFour people who swindled Hwange Colliery Company of more than US$51 000 through inflated out of pocket allowances yesterday appeared in court charged with fraud.
Sophie Badza (45), Tendai Kausiyo (29), Selfridge Bosha(34) and Tendai Simende (33) appeared
Fuel scam busted
Freeman Razemba Crime ReporterA fuel siphoning syndicate has left several Harare-based fuel companies reeling after they lost seven million litres of fuel worth millions of United States dollars in a fuel scam involving two ring leaders and a number of truck drivers. The fraudulent fuel transactions were highlighted
Man’s genitals slit
Court ReporterA 52-year-old man from Chitungwiza escaped death by a whisker after his genitals were slit by his younger brother after a fight over US$7.
Shepherd Daka of Unit A, Chitungwiza was slit by his younger brother Forbes (45) who, armed
Mohadi warns against politically-motivated violence
Beitbridge BureauLaw enforcement agents will not tolerate violence during and after the harmonised elections and the police have fully deployed to deal with any perpetrators, the Co-Home Affairs Minister Cde Kembo Mohadi has said. Cde Mohadi said in an interview on Sunday that the police