False start to US$1,5m fraud trial
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent The trial in which a Bulawayo businessman and three accomplices allegedly swindled a colleague US$1,4 million in a botched property deal, yesterday hit a snag following…
Lighting kills 20 cattle, leaves families homeless
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Two families in Shurugwi were left homeless, while 20 cattle were killed by lightning on Sunday in the Dorset Resettlement area. Councillor for the area, Aaron…
Chitown to pay former employees $631 000
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore has ordered Chitungwiza Municipality to pay its 89 former employees $631 887 after it failed to honour an agreement. The…
Zacc probes forex schools
Nqobile Tshili Bulawayo Bureau THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating schools demanding payment for extra lessons in foreign currency amid reports that some teachers at six schools that have…
Central bank focus on inflation, exchange rate stabilisation
Rudo Muchedzi Stabilising inflation and the exchange rate are the top priorities of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) this year. Speaking before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance…
RBZ hauled to court over US$225k debt
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been hauled to the High Court by the National Business Council of Zimbabwe (NBCZ) for failing to settle its…
Police stop machete thugs menace
Herald Reporter Police have managed to restore sanity in mines and surrounding areas after thwarting a wave of violence orchestrated by machete wielding gangs in the past two months, legislators…
Parly sets police on Musarara
Herald Reporter Parliament has set police on Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson, Mr Tafadzwa Musarara to force him to attend a hearing and explain how the association utilised a…
Zimsec heeds Govt directive
Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has heeded the Government’s directive to reduce examination fees to $15. Zimsec had increased exam fees to $190 per subject…
Retire lazy and corrupt leaders, ED urged
Conrad Mupesa Herald Correspondent Under-performing and corrupt leaders have been urged to voluntarily step down and pave way for young and energetic leadership to save their faces from imminent expulsion.…











