adminEmbark on outgrower schemes with farmers, companies urged
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter MANUFACTURING companies should embark on extensive outgrower schemes with local farmers to increase production of critical inputs and reduce imports, an industry expert said.
Over 31 Boko Haram fighters surrender to Niger authorities
Niamey — At least 31 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered to authorities in Niger, the West African country’s interior minister Bazoum Mohamed announced on Tuesday.
‘Vampire attack’ couple a no-show in Cape Town court
Cape Town — A couple accused of biting and attempting to rape a drinking buddy, in what has been dubbed a “vampire attack”, missed their court appearance in Cape Town…
Couple put through rape, sodomy hell by robbers
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO couple had a nightmarish experience at the hands of two robbers who raped the woman while the man watched before they sodomised the man…
2 years jail for fake cops
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau TWO Beitbridge men and a woman were each sentenced to two years in jail for posing as cops to mount an illegal roadblock along the Beitbridge…
Trump, Obama disputes spill into the open
Palm Beach — US President-elect Donald Trump stirred a simmering dispute with Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing him of derailing a smooth transition with “inflammatory” remarks, before appearing to row…
Soldier ‘rapes’ 16-year-old neighbour as siblings snooze
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent A KWEKWE- based soldier has appeared in court for allegedly raping his neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter during a visit to his rural home in Osabeni area…
180 Christmas babies born in Malawi, one of them named ‘Trump’
Lilongwe — At least 180 babies were born nationwide on Christmas day in Malawi, Nyasa Times reports, adding that one of the babies who were born in Karonga district was…
Parly acts on movable property security bill
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance and Economic Development is inviting submissions from members of the public and other stakeholders on the proposed Movable Property…
Wife beating teen caged 18 months
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A TEENAGER from Bulawayo’s Mzilikazi suburb who hit his wife with a brick on the head and stabbed her in the neck with a knife, has…