adminEditorial Comment: First Lady’s openness commendable
It’s only two months since the First Lady, Cde Grace Mugabe’s formal entry into active politics. Before their respective congresses in August, the Women and Youth leagues invited her to lead…
Jub Jub murder convictions overturned
THE murder convictions of hip hop artiste Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala were overturned in the High Court in Johannesburg yesterday. The sentences would be converted to culpable homicide.…
Explosion Dance Crew wins Jibilika Dance Festival finals
Simbarashe Mutizwa Showbiz Reporter BULAWAYO-based Explosion Dance Crew are over the moon after they beat 12 other dance groups at the 7th Jibilika Dance Festival finals in Harare last week. The four-man…
Comedian Chigubu back
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent COMEDIAN Clive Chigubu says he has recovered from meningitis that left him bedridden for the past two months after doctors did a spinal lumber puncture last week. The…
Teachers’ plight an endless vicious cycle of poverty
Factmore Dzobo ON Sunday October 5, teachers all over the world celebrated World Teachers’ Day. The day was inaugurated in 1994 to honour the signing of Unesco/International Labour Organisation recommendations…
Majority pay the price for minority’s act
Leung Kwok-Leung THE ongoing political farce that is “Occupy Central” has cost the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region tens of billions of dollars in economic losses over the past nine…
Man beats up wife in child visit fight
Plaxcedes Hove Court Reporter A Bulawayo man violated a protection order that was granted against him in April and assaulted his wife demanding custody of his child. Shepherd Mativenga, 35, allegedly failed…
Mental patients double over drug abuse
Mpumelelo Nyoni Chronicle Reporter THE number of Bulawayo youths who have been admitted to Ingutsheni Central Hospital due to drug and substance abuse has more than doubled, figures released by the…
‘Maid seduction’ attempt backfires for Gweru man
Midlands Reporter A suspected sex pest from Gweru’s Mkoba suburb exposed his male organ to his maid as a way of seducing her, a magistrate heard. Michael Mabana, 26, of Mkoba…
Villagers embark on school building project
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent Children from Chief Nyamondo’s area in Mberengwa district are being forced to walk for more than 15 kilometres to the nearest school. The government policy is to…