IIIegal miner drowns in 40-metre pit
Tatenda Gapare Sunday News Reporter AN illegal miner at Isabella Mine in Bubi District recently drowned in a 40-metre deep pit after he allegedly tried to pan with colleagues whose…
Beitbridge sits on health time bomb . . . water woes continue to dog town
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau BEITBRIDGE Border Post is no doubt the country’s cash cow but ironically it suffers from a myriad of problems most of them emanating from it not…
Strong winds destroy school
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent MORE than 300 school pupils from Silobela in the Midlands province were left learning in the open after strong winds blew off roofs of seven classrooms…
Mash West records highest number of snake bites
Tinomuda Chakanyuka Sunday News Reporter SNAKES have never really been a particularly popular member of the animal kingdom to human beings — and for a good reason. Even the Bible…
‘Killer siblings’ sanity questioned
From Walter Mswazie in Masvingo A High Court Judge has referred two siblings from Gutu to Chikurubi Maximum Prison’s psychiatry hospital for mental examination after they allegedly strangled their mother.…
Urbanites to get food aid
Dumisani Sibanda Sunday News Correspondent THE Government will start giving maize to vulnerable people in urban areas as drought relief beginning next month, the Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour…
Museveni wins 5th term
Kampala — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni extended his three-decade rule yesterday, winning a fifth term with 60 percent of the vote in the country’s election, poll officials said.
Mzilikazi Khumalo: The king and the myths
Typical of the many African pre-colonial military and political leaders, the name and legacy of Mzilikazi Khumalo is enveloped in colonial and racist myths. European adventurous explorers and prospectors who…
Nyerere, dedicated life to freedom of Africans
Opinion Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu ON 27 January 2016, Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, was a guest-of-honour at a well-organised function to launch a book on the late Tanzanian national leader,…
Landmines: Rhodesians still “winning” the war
Feature Vincent Gono GROWING UP, Musabaya Chimunda (37) of Gwaivhi communal lands, Malipati in Chiredzi District never thought that one day he will be walking with the aid of an…

