admin‘Liquidity crunch being addressed’
Harare Bureau THE government is working hard to address the liquidity crunch that has seen most banks reducing maximum withdrawals to about $200 per day while others have stopped loading…
Plans underway to harvest Khami Dam water
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter THE government is exploring ways of fully harnessing about 3,5 million litres of water at Khami Dam, which has been lying idle for more than 20 years,…
Pupils cheat death as school bus burns
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter MORE than 70 pupils at Regina Mundi High School in Lupane escaped unhurt when a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus they were travelling on caught fire…
Lawyer takes cops to court for impounding car over $10 fine
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A CITY lawyer has taken police to court for impounding his car after he failed to pay a $10 spot fine for not possessing a car…
13 years for indecent assault over $1
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A 48-YEAR-OLD Inyathi security guard has been jailed for indecently assaulting a form three pupil whom he accused of attempting to extort US$1 from him. Collen Mpofu will…
Villagers repair damaged school
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter SIZINDA villagers just outside Victoria Falls town have taken it upon themselves to repair a school that was destroyed by heavy rains last year. Sizinda Secondary…
12 years for sodomy
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A NKAYI herdboy has been slapped with a 12 year jail term for sodomising a teenager he met while looking for wild fruits. Emmanuel Luphahla did not waste…
$250 fine for unlicensed negligent driver
Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Reporter A 30-YEAR-OLD unlicensed driver from Gweru has been fined $250 for negligent driving and driving without a licence after he caused an accident that left his passenger…
Cop defrauds state $3k
Noleen Makhurane Court Reporter A GWANDA police officer has appeared in court facing three counts of fraud after embezzling almost $3,000 in state funds. Godknows Mpofu 29, pleaded with Magistrate Tinashe…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Workers’ conditions of service must continue to improve
On Sunday, Zimbabwean workers marked Workers’ Day but the main event to commemorate it was held in Harare yesterday. The government was represented very strongly, with Vice-President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Minister of…