‘Zim needs new power source every five years’

ZIMBABWE is running with electricity meant for a population of just three million, amid reports that the country requires a new energy source after every five years.

Egodini upgrade . . . BCC, SA firm sign contract

MORE than three years after the Bulawayo City Council first mooted plans to rehabilitate Basch Street Terminus, the local authority and the South Africa-based contracted company — Terracotta — have…

Ministry to investigate Townsend High School cellphone auction

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said it will assign the Bulawayo provincial education director, Mr Dan Moyo, to investigate the confiscation and auctioning of cellphones belonging to…

Zim loses $180 million gold to smuggling

ZIMBABWE is losing an estimated $180 million worth of gold annually through smuggling into neighbouring countries, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), has said.

Mahlangu haunts MDC-T

Richard Muponde FISSURES in MDC-T have reportedly widened with the party leadership reportedly pushing and shoving to get a replacement for the late Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu’s post of the…

How not to be a leader

AT 16, the Movement for Democratic Change supposedly led by Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is without leaders. All the so-called leaders that the party has are ineffectual, but surprisingly the lot…

Editorial Comment: Elephant poaching hurting economy

The killing of elephants at Hwange National Park, a phenomenon which has found a new lease of life, is a serious cause for concern.

18-year-old maid in the dock for abusing Grade One pupil

Tatenda Gapare A TEENAGE maid was hauled before the courts for allegedly inserting her finger into a Grade One pupil’s privates. The 18 year-old is employed as a house maid…

Aunt forces nephew to ‘lick’ her organ

Tatenda Gapare A BULAWAYO woman recently appeared in court for allegedly sucking her nine-year-old nephew’s manhood, while forcing the boy to lick her private parts.

Teacher ‘inspects pupils privates’, tells them to bath

Fairness Moyana A DINGANI Primary School teacher accused of sexually assaulting 24 pupils at the school in Dete, Matabeleland North claimed that villagers in the area were framing him because…

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