Woman loses $200k lawsuit

A woman who suffered high voltage shock after making contact with a live cable has lost a $200 000 lawsuit because she filed her claim out of time.

Call to identify land for VTCs

ADMINISTRATIVE districts in Manicaland should identify pieces of land for the construction of vocational training centres, as funds for the programme have been set aside in the National Budget.

Midlands ready to host ICC Word Cup qualifiers

Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Owen Ncube on Monday toured cricket facilities in Kwekwe to assess the province’s preparedness for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup Qualifying matches to be held from March 4 to 25.

Hamilton to sign new contract

Mercedes are confident Lewis Hamilton will sign a new contract with the team and are hopeful the new deal will be announced in “a few weeks”.

Harare inmates receive 30t sugar

Tongaat Hulett yesterday donated 30 tonnes of sugar to inmates at Harare Central Remand Prison.

UN wants prosecutions for South Sudan war crimes

A UN rights commission in South Sudan said yesterday there was sufficient evidence to charge at least 41 senior officers and officials with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Crash claims popular Kwekwe gold dealer

A POPULAR Kwekwe gold dealer Talent Mapanga died on the spot, while three others were seriously injured when a car they were travelling in hit a cow and overturned several times along the Kwekwe-Gweru highway on Wednesday morning.

Family demands 12 beasts from killer driver

A family from Rujeko suburb is demanding 12 head of cattle from a 24-year-old motorist, who killed their relative in a road accident in September last year.

In the aftermath of Tsvangirai’s death

A twist of fate in Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” unites Imogen with Guiderius and Arviragus, her two long-lost brothers. Imogen is disguised as a boy and calls herself Fidele. She falls ill and takes a restorative which makes her sleep. In her sleep she looks dead.

Council to convert Amaveni terminus

Kwekwe City Council is planning to convert Amaveni Long Distance Bus Terminus into a Vocational Training Centre. The once popular terminus has been lying idle for the last 10 years after the council built a new bus terminus in the CBD.