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Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A dispute over a game of pool led a 23-year-old Masvingo man to fatally stab a fellow villager on Christmas Day, police have confirmed. Liberty Mutekuro (23)…
Suitor fatally stabs rival
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A rival suitor fatally stabbed a Beitbridge man on Christmas Eve at Nuli Business Centre following a misunderstanding. The suspect is still at large and police are yet…
Venezuela’s ‘humanitarian crisis’ and its US origins
Roger Harris Corespondent A New York Times headline screams “As Venezuela collapses, children are dying of hunger”. Lurid pictures show dead infants. A companion “article of the day teaching activities” asks:…
Are the wars in Syria, Iraq finally coming to an end?
Patrick Cockburn Correspondent I spent most of the last year reporting two sieges, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, which finally ended with the decisive defeat of Isis. This…
Ex-minister Machaya hospitalised
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Senator for Gokwe Jason Machaya was yesterday admitted at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was taken ill while…
Power outage leaves Gweru without water
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Gweru residents yesterday entered a second day without water after they celebrated New Year with dry taps following reports of a power outage at the city’s water…
Crocodiles kill tourist
Abigail Mawonde Herald Correspondent A tourist was attacked and killed by crocodiles in Matopos National Park, Matabeleland South, on Sunday while another was seriously injured. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesperson…
3-tier pricing system riles consumers
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Retailers and consumers in Gweru are up in arms with some unscrupulous wholesalers of basic commodities who are still maintaining a three-tier pricing regime.
Extension officers learn to fight armyworm
Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI) under the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement is in the process of training extension officers countrywide on identification…
Tobacco hectarage up 13pc
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau MANICALAND has registered a 12,8 percent increase in the area put under tobacco for the 2017-2018 summer cropping season, as farmers take advantage of the current wet…