January disease kills 2 000 cattle

Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter At least2 000 cattle have died of January disease, also known as Theileriosis — a tick-borne disease common between December and March — with Government is…

Cape Town stock piling drinking water

JOHANNESBURG. — Officials in Cape Town yesterday tried to allay international concerns about the water crisis in the oldest South African city, saying tourists and investors are welcome despite fears…

Mexican presidential race heats up

MEXICO CITY. — Leftist politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has consolidated support in his bid for the Mexican presidency, but the race has tightened as another opposition contender gained ground…

Court pressures fugitive Catalan leader to return to Spain

Barcelona. — A meeting of Catalan parliament scheduled for today to vote on a bid by the region’s fugitive separatist president Carles Puigdemont to form a new government was in…

Mutare City reviews, realigns by-laws

Obert Chifamba Manicaland Bureau MUTARE City is reviewing its by-laws and realigning them with contemporary urban developmental trends, council public relations officer Mr Spren Mutiwi has said.

Govt to introduce feeding schemes for urban schools

Wimbainashe Zhakata Mutare Correspondent GOVERNMENT will soon introduce feeding schemes for school children from Early Childhood Development (ECD) classes up to Grade four. Mutare acting district schools inspector Mr Barnabas Njikizana said…

Six arrested for cattle rustling

Rutendo Rori Correspondent SIX men have been arrested for stealing cattle from farms in Beatrice and Featherstone and selling the meat to unsuspecting customers in Harare. Canaan Kanyota, Fidelis Kachere (33), Peter…

Jilted man hangs self

Rutendo Rori Correspondent A 20-year-old love-smitten Goromonzi man last week committed suicide by hanging himself after his love proposal to an older woman was rejected. Dione Govere’s body was found hanging from…

Mukanduri laid to rest

Sydney Mubaiwa Masvingo Correspondent Zaka East Member of Parliament Cde Samson Mukanduri, who died on Monday last week, was buried on Saturday at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare. He was 68.

Paedophiles must be castrated, says Judge

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter— A HIGH Court judge yesterday renewed calls for the enactment of a law that approves castration as punishment for paedophiles. Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis Bere…