adminLocal yeast industry under threat
Harare Bureau THE local yeast industry is losing more than $3 million annually through smuggling of the product from South Africa and Zambia by some unscrupulous businesses in the country,…
Doctors to hike consultation fees
Harare Bureau ORDINARY consultation fees for general practitioners will soon rise to around 75 percent as approved by government. The last review of medical tariffs was in 2009. Health and…
Pastor faces $10,000 adultery lawsuit
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A SENIOR pastor with the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe in Masvingo, Reverend Menard Zvenyika, is facing a $10,000 lawsuit from a congregant who is accusing him…
Man kills boy over groundnuts
Midlands Bureau A 31-year-old man from Gokwe has been slapped with a six-year-jail sentence following his conviction for culpable homicide after he fatally assaulted a 16-year-old boy for stealing his…
Masvingo flood victims get assistance
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society has moved in to assist about 400 families affected by floods along Tokwe River leading to Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam, an official has…
Pope pressured to act on abuse after UN rebuke
Vatican City — Pope Francis came under new pressure on Wednesday to punish bishops who covered up for paedophile priests when a UN human rights panel accused the Vatican of…
Cop killings plunge in Brazil’s biggest state
Sao Paulo — The number of people killed by police in Brazil’s biggest state has plunged 40 percent, and experts are crediting what seems an unlikely reason — a new…
Turkish MPs endorse internet control law
Turkey’s parliament has adopted a new Internet bill roundly criticised as an assault by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on freedom of expression, access to information and investigative journalism. After…
Iraq slammed for women prisoners abuse
Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch has said. Many women were detained…
Stop ‘cycle of violence’, US tells CAR
Bangui — The United States on Wednesday called for an end to the “cycle of violence” in the Central African Republic after soldiers publicly lynched a suspected ex-rebel following a…