admin2,000 farmers get settlement permits
Harare Bureau THE government has issued more than 2,000 of the recently launched permanent settlement permits to A1 farmers countywide as it seeks to bring sanity on farms and support…
Single dad up for church-mate rape
Plaxcedes Hove Court Reporter A SINGLE father of five turned monster and raped his married church-mate who had visited him, a court heard. Hudson Mazonde, 33, who appeared before Bulawayo…
Plumtree residents owe council $1,2 m
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent PLUMTREE residents owe council $1,2 million in unpaid rates, the acting town secretary, Elvis Maphosa has said. Maphosa said the local authority was as a result…
Migration body targets Beitbridge
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has introduced community stabilisation intervention programmes in Beitbridge District, an official has said. IOM chief of Mission to Zimbabwe Martin…
Fish poachers survive hippo attack
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A 39-YEAR-OLD suspected fish poacher from Mashava has been admitted to Masvingo General Hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus while fishing using a home-made canoe…
Schoolgirl drags married boyfriend to court
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A FORM Four pupil who dropped out of school earlier this year after falling pregnant has dragged her married boyfriend to the Maintenance Court demanding…
Undetected TB causes concern in Mat North
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter ABOUT 280,000 people are receiving TB treatment in Matabeleland North while thousands others with the disease are spreading it unknowingly, an official said. In an interview…
3 fugitive fuel theft suspects nabbed
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter THREE Ingwebu Breweries petrol attendants who have been on the run for the past four months appeared in court facing charges of stealing fuel worth $162,000.…
Shebeen queen rape accused acquitted
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A Bulawayo man accused of raping a 64- year-old wheelchair bound shebeen queen has been acquitted. Nobert Zingovo, 29, of Emganwini was found not guilty…
Editorial Comment: Companies must stop importing labour
The government in a bid to ensure communities benefit directly from their natural resources introduced the Community Share Ownership Scheme whereby companies exploiting natural resources in a given area cede…