adminState witness turns hostile
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A State witness in the case in which the officer-in-charge at Mbare Police Station is accused of demanding $60 per week from commuter omnibus operators…
Drunk cop to face the music
Takudzwa Matambura Herald Reporter Police have identified a rogue police officer whose exploits while in a drunken stupor have gone viral on social media. The officer, clad in police fatigues, was captured…
Villagers hail launch of Masvingo road dualisation
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The launch of the $984 million dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare Highway near Chaka Business Centre in Chirumhanzu by President Mugabe last week has raised hopes of socio-economic…
Shot in arm for Chiredzi irrigation scheme
Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI A non-governmental organisation has availed $120 000 towards the refurbishment of Manjinje Irrigation Scheme, which has been defunct for almost 10 years. Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources…
$1m capacity projects commissioned in Zvimba
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau Zvimba Rural District Council has commissioned $1 million worth of capital projects, including classroom blocks and road maintenance equipment. The projects, which also include tarring of roads, construction…
British police raid houses looking for terror suspects
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. – British Prime Minister Theresa May decried a suicide bomb attack that killed 22 people in a crowded concert hall as a sickening act targeting children and young…
‘Gambia’s ex president Jammeh stole $50m’
Banjul. – The Gambia’s justice minister said on Monday that ex-leader Yahya Jammeh stole around $50m via a state telecoms company, while a court froze his assets in the small…
CPC stresses role of experts in governance
BEIJING. – The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee underscored the role of experts in party governance, calling for more efforts to serve experts and intellectuals, according to a…
Radebe sorry for explicit sex texts, e-mails
Cape Town. – Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe has apologised for exchanging explicit SMSes with a government employee. According to The Star newspaper, Radebe submitted an “unreserved” apology for the…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Competition policy will protect industry
Government is almost ready to implement a new National Competition Policy, one that will speed up the bureaucratic process of considering whether to allow a merger as well as making…