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Harare Bureau THE crunch Zanu-PF Politburo meeting pencilled for tomorrow will discuss important issues affecting the nation, the party’s secretary for administration Cde Ignatius Chombo has said. He also confirmed that…
Manunure ‘petrol bomber’ in court
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE suspect in the petrol-bombing of a school administration block in Kwekwe reappeared in court yesterday after his initial appearance at the weekend. One of the teachers…
Kwekwe comes out tops in water supply
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief KWEKWE City Council has the best water quality and sewer reticulation service in the country while Bulawayo has improved over the past year, a senior official…
MSU lecturer ‘killer’ promised hitmen money, vehicle
Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Reporter AN education inspector who allegedly killed his wife — a lecturer at the Midlands State University — last month allegedly hired two hitmen to kill her suspected…
GETTING IT RIGHT
Yesterday we carried a story titled “Bus ploughs into 24 cattle, 18 killed,” sourced from ZBCnews online. It has been brought to our attention that the story erroneously states the…
Woman blows $13,000, claims robbery to cops
Melody Baya Court Reporter A BURIAL society treasurer from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly embezzling $13,000 and falsely reporting to the police that she had been…
Rent debt sees Walkers Pub evicted
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter AN upmarket pub has been evicted from the Bulawayo Centre. Walkers Pub owes property owners, the National Railways of Zimbabwe Contributory Pension Fund, rent arrears exceeding $330,000.
‘Ex beds lover while kid watches’
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 56-YEAR-OLD man has demanded custody of his three-year-old son from his 25-year-old ex-wife after accusing her of having sexual intercourse with her boyfriend while the youngster…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Council must act to stop Enkwalini deaths
Lives are being lost most unnecessarily at Enkwalini, in Entumbane. Now regrettably recognised as the “pool of death,” Enkwalini has in recent years apparently become Bulawayo’s most preferred spot for…
Zimbabwe drought opens can of worms for poultry farmers
Jeffrey Gogo Lovemore Kuwana cheerily lifts the lid of a container full of fresh maggots in his backyard, which he will feed to the poultry he keeps once the worms…