admin‘Concoction’ kills ‘barren’ woman, healer on the run
Sukoluhle Ndlovu, Midlands Correspondent A 20-YEAR-OLD woman from Gokwe died after allegedly drinking a concoction she got from a traditional healer to “cure her barrenness.” Atalia Ndlovu died two days…
Shortage of Xhosa teachers worries ministry
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has expressed concern over the unavailability of Xhosa speaking teachers to teach the indigenous language in schools. Xhosa…
ED speaks on office of opposition
Mabasa Sasa in NEW YORK President Mnangagwa’s creation of a formal “Office of the Leader of the Opposition” is not a personal accommodation for any particular individual, but rather about…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Time council plays ball or risk the boot
AS one drives along Second Street Extension towards Lomagundi Road right in the sharp curve, a huge pothole exists. It has been there for close to two months now.
Muzarabani oil prospects confirmed
AN Australian company, Invictus Energy Limited, has confirmed the potential of oil in Muzarabani, Cabora Bassa Basin, in Mashonaland Central Province, 25 years after Mobil carried out similar studies in the area and left.
SHATTERED DREAM
ZIMBABWEAN sport was yesterday left reeling from a shattered dream for a number of budding athletes after the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee let slip a rare opportunity to construct an International Olympic Committee-funded state-of-the-art high performance centre after the latter withdrew funding over the former’s non-compliance.
Funeral assurers breach regulations
Most funeral assurance firms are in breach of regulatory requirements on prescribed asset investments as it emerged compliance with provisions of the law stands at a measly 2,12 percent instead of the gazetted threshold of 7,50 percent.
Govt applauds local donors
Government has welcomed interventions made by the corporate world and individuals towards the prevention and treatment of cholera, which motivated international partners to chip in.
Intwasa Arts Festival roars to life
The City of Kings set a glow last night with the premiere of Umkhathi Theatre Works’ “Bloom Bloom”, a musical dance production about rebirth, regeneration and blooming, signalling the rapturous dawn of the Intwasa Arts Festival.
Zim, UK talks security cooperation
Zimbabwe and Britain could soon restore security cooperation agreements that fell through after diplomatic ties nosedived nearly two decades ago, while the United Kingdom is open to supporting Harare’s debt clearance plan.