adminMeat at centre of Chikurubi riots
Harare Bureau PRISONERS who rioted at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in an attempted jailbreak in March had gone for more than three years without eating meat, a senior prison official…
Mutasa claims ‘illogical’
Nduduzo Tshuma Political Editor ZANU-PF yesterday dismissed as illogical, claims by former party secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa that he had to “personally” offer President Robert Mugabe security after the first…
Chinotimba in fraud storm
Harare Bureau ZANU-PF Buhera South National Assembly representative Cde Joseph Chinotimba is up in arms against the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers’ Union who accuse him of siphoning funds…
72 percent of women are maintenance cheats, DNA tests reveal
Harare Bureau SEVENTY-TWO percent of Harare men who challenged the paternity of children they were paying maintenance for were not the kids’ biological fathers. According to the shocking statistics released…
‘Prostitutes’ sue Mohadi
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THREE Bulawayo women, who were recently arrested for allegedly loitering in the city for the purposes of prostitution, have dragged the Minister of Home Affairs Kembo…
ZEC IN A PICKLE . . . Hurungwe West Member of Parliament ‘not a voter’
Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday insisted that the Zanu-PF candidate in the Hurungwe West by-elections, Cde Keith Guzah, was lawfully nominated to represent the revolutionary party…
Set minimum age for marriage at 18: AU
Gender Reporter THE African Union is urging its member states to establish comprehensive action plans to end child marriage, including establishing and enforcing laws which set the minimum age for…
Editorial Comment: Labour export proposal commendable
A difficult economic environment caused by illegal Western sanctions since 2000 has precipitated a massive contraction of the job market. Thousands of skilled workers have lost their jobs as firms…
Chingwizi villagers restless, call for speedy relocation
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent CHINGWIZI villagers have accused the government of “dithering” over their relocation to an area with more arable land. About 3,000 families were repatriated from the Tokwe-Mukorsi flood…
‘I was my wife’s midwife eight times’
Freedom Mupanedemo THE word midwife was fashioned in Middle English from two elements, mid and wife. At simple glance, wife often means simply “woman” in general Middle English, not specifically…