adminFuel blending cut to 10 percent
Harare Bureau RAINS have affected the harvesting of cane for ethanol production at Chisumbanje, forcing the government to relax the blending of petrol with ethanol from 15 percent to 10…
Paraffin cop alleges abuse by husband
Senior Court Reporter THE Bulawayo traffic cop who doused her sleeping husband with paraffin before attempting to torch his private parts has turned the tables on him. Majority Ndlovu, 37,…
Baby drowns in 20-litre bucket
Victoria Falls Reporter A one-year-old baby tumbled into a 20-litre bucket and drowned at his rural home in Zenka area in Nkayi on Friday, police have confirmed. Matabeleland North provincial…
IOM suspends support for border jumpers
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has stopped rendering assistance to persons aged above 17 years deported from Botswana and South Africa citing increasing operational challenges.…
Man pours urine on sister
Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man struck his sister with a plate full of isitshwala and punched her in the face before “baptising” her with urine after she reprimanded him…
High Court drowns in cases
Leonard Ncube Court Reporter THE High Court is overwhelmed with cases, some of them petty, as clients prefer the upper court citing corruption and poor registry practices among other issues…
‘Jesus’ flees angry mob
Temba Dube Senior Reporter A BULAWAYO man had to be rescued from an angry mob by anti-riot police on Sunday night after claiming to be Jesus. The self-proclaimed Son of…
BULILIMA STRANGLERS..Sisters ‘smother’ 2 babies, dump them in Blair toilet
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent TWO siblings strangled their newborn babies and then dumped them in a pit latrine of a secondary school, Matabeleland South police said yesterday. Police, helped by…
Editorial Comment: Herbal drug to help boost immunity, not cure
Humanity has used herbal medicines or herbs to cure various diseases and conditions since creation. In fact, herbs are the original form of medicine to be used and the so-called…
Achieving MDGs challenge for Zim
Yoliswa Dube AT the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe, like all UN member states, set out to achieve eight goals by 2015. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are socio-economic targets under…