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Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Reporter— SCHOOLS opened for the third term on Tuesday with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education rushing to fill more than 10,000 vacant teaching posts with temporary…
Zim pays $180m to Chinese firms
Golden Sibanda Harare Bureau— THE government has paid $180 million in part clearance of liabilities to Chinese companies in an effort to restore normal business relations to secure fresh lines…
‘Chiefs free to back First Lady’
Zvamaida Murwira Harare Bureau— JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said there was nothing wrong with traditional leaders supporting the First Lady Grace Mugabe to lead the Zanu-PF’s…
Mudzuri develops cold feet
Takunda Maodza Harare Bureau MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is unlikely to be contested at congress in October amid revelations Elias Mudzuri, who was eyeing party presidency, is developing cold feet. Reliable sources…
Provincial ministers fear ‘irrelevance’
Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau PROVINCIAL Ministers of State appointed by President Mugabe last year say they are being rendered irrelevant as some senior civil servants are bypassing them and reporting directly…
Rape suspect to know fate on Monday
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man, who recently made headlines for allegedly raping a married woman he goes to church with, will learn his fate on Monday when a magistrate…
Zimbabwe can fly high: Chinese envoy
Harare Bureau CHINA’S ambassador to Zimbabwe Lin Lin has scoffed at critics of Zimbabwe and China’s multi-million dollar deals signed recently in the Asian country and urged the two countries…
Two axed in gold rush
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent TWO illegal miners were axed while 11 others were arrested in violence that broke out over a gold mining claim in Matobo District. The stampede, another rush for…
GIRL, 11, KIDNAPPED, GANG RAPED
Plaxcedes Hove Court Reporter AN 11-year-old girl from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane suburb was kidnapped by her married neighbour who allegedly gang raped her with two of his friends before dumping her…
Zambian poacher case transferred
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE case of a suspected Zambian poacher, who was shot and arrested at the Hwange National Park early this year while trying to flee with 11…