adminCity embarks on retirement plan
Innocent Ruwende Municipal Reporter Harare City Council is carrying out a pre-retirement preparedness plan for its 902 employees who are aged between 55 and 59 years after noticing that some of…
Illegal transport operators cost Govt $40m annually
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government is losing about $40 million annually through unregistered transport operators who do not pay statutory fees to the State, legislators have heard. Coach and Bus Operators Association…
Partnerships critical in agric: VP Mnangagwa
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Reporter Government is appealing to development partners for collaboration in the agriculture and agro-industry value chain sectors to ensure food and nutrition security for its citizens, Vice President…
Fees push out 32pc rural pupils
Bulawayo Bureau ABOUT 32 percent of pupils in the country’s rural provinces have dropped out of school due to their parents’ failure to pay school fees, a study has revealed. The…
Knife-wielding landlord to spend 3 years in cells
Court Reporter— A 30-year-old landlord who stabbed his tenant with a knife over non-payment of utility bills was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail. Timothy Mhurushomana pleaded not guilty to…
Respect sanctity of human life: Police
Crime Reporter FIVE people were murdered in separate incidents countrywide as police continue to urge the public to respect the sanctity of human life. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity…
Chinese national fined for selling Zim flags
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A Chinese businessman was yesterday fined $20 for selling Zimbabwe national flags without authority. Weidong Li (28), who operates a retail shop at the Gulf Complex in Harare’s…
Neighbour drags ‘noisy’ Musakwa to court
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Gospel musician-cum-politician Elias Musakwa (pictured above) appeared in court last Friday accused of threatening to shoot his neighbour after being reported to the police for making noise. Musakwa…
Act decisively on land barons, Govt urged
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) organisation has called on central government to act on issues of increased land barons in towns and cities whom…
Businessman Chiwanza for world festival
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter Affirmative Action Group president and businessman Dr Chamu Chiwanza will join other world-renowned speakers at the inaugural Essence Festival in Durban, South African next month. The festival seeks…