adminHeroine Muchena buried
Herald ReporterThe Air Force of Zimbabwe senior officer, Group Captain Tendai Muffet Muchena, who died on Monday was yesterday buried at Warren Hills provincial Heroes Acre.
Grp Capt Muchena died at the age of 54 at Manyame Air Force base hospital and was declared a liberation war heroine.
MDC-T loses special vote case
Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News EditorMDC-T’s attempt to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to nullify the special vote failed yesterday after the High Court threw out the application.
The special vote is meant for people including civil servants and the uniformed forces who will be away from their respective wards during the harmonised elections on July 31.
Reuters tips Zanu-pf to win polls
Lloyd Gumbo Herald ReporterREUTERS, an international news agency headquartered in New York, has added its voice to pundits predicting a victory for Zanu-PF in the harmonised elections.
The agency said while there had been no recent opinion polls, indications were that Zanu-PF would romp to victory on July 31.
Sentech dumps pirate stations
Michael Chideme Senior ReporterPIRATE TV station Ist TV failed to launch last night after the South African parastatal, Sentech that carries the SABC signal refused to host the station’s transmission.
ZBC chief executive officer Mr Happison Muchechetere, who had been in talks with Sentech over having ZBCTv carry some of the SABC programmes, last night said he had received
Iraq suicide bomber kills 20
BAQUBA. — A suicide bomber killed 20 people inside a crowded Sunni mosque north of Baghdad yesterday, police said, as Iraq struggles to contain its worst violence since 2008.The bomber detonated explosives soon after entering the Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Mosque as the imam gave the Friday sermon in the town of Al-Wajihiyah, a police colonel said.