adminNurse, boyfriend ‘target patients for insurance fraud’
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief A 30-YEAR-OLD nurse and her 48-year-old boyfriend have been arrested for allegedly using patients admitted to Kwekwe General Hospital to defraud an insurance company. Renica Chakabvapasi and…
Mental exam for jingles head
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu Plumtree Correspondent THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered the headmaster of Tahangana High School to undergo mental examination. There have been disturbances at the school in Mangwe…
Army officer stabs wife over infidelity
Andile Tshuma Court Reporter A ZIMBABWE National Army officer has been arraigned for stabbing his wife after a fight over infidelity. Mehluli Maseko (36), a Corporal at Field Regiment based in Mt…
Cde Elliot Bulu Nkomo laid to rest
Crystabel Chikayi Cde Elliot Bulu Nkomo, who died on 5 September, was buried in Tsholotsho on Saturday.
Zim adopts rand-based tourism pricing
Business Reporters— PLAYERS in the local tourism industry have resolved to adopt a “rand-based” pricing system to cushion their businesses from the prevailing cash crisis. In the context of weakening regional…
Govt to scrap horticulture export permits
Business Editor THE Government has pledged to scrap horticulture export permits as part of measures to boost production and incentivise exporters. Horticulture used to be a major sub-sector in the Zimbabwean…
$30bn boost for African agriculture
IT was a blockbuster moment for African agriculture last week as African leaders, businesses, and major development partners pledged more than US$30 billion dollars in investments to increase production, income…
RBZ mid-term monetary policy review this week
Bianca Mlilo recently in Zvishavane RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya will this week present his mid-term monetary policy review statement, outlining measures to boost confidence in…
Bata invests $500k in Sandak, Pata Pata lines
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent THE country’s biggest shoe manufacturer, Bata Shoe Company, has injected $500 000 in fresh capital directed at ramping up production of Pata Pata and Sandak lines among…
Mzembi on course for UNWTO top job
Freedom Mupanedemo NEXT month the executive council of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation meets in Egypt to receive nominations for candidates to replace outgoing secretary-general Dr Taleb Rifai. So far,…