adminCouncil rejects application to operate Borrowdale market
The old stables at the Borrowdale Racecourse cannot be used as a food market because they do not meet the minimum health standards required, Harare City Council has ruled, although the group has been using them illegally as a weekend market since the middle of last month.
. . . veteran pilots mercy flight
A pilot with 18 000 flight hours, Captain Judicat Jonas (pictured), led a team of 11 crew members that brought the 200 000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by China.
Man attacks fellow tenant with machete over social distancing
A 41-year-old man yesterday admitted to attacking a fellow tenant with a machete saying he wanted to compel her to practise social distancing, as stipulated under Covid-19 restrictions, a court heard.
WHO probe team in Wuhan ‘independent’
GENEVA. — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that the international expert team on the COVID-19 origin-tracing mission in Wuhan was “independent” and had no affiliation.
National dam levels: Record inflows in more than 5 decades
Dams in the country have gained a record 47,5 percent inflows since 1974 following improved rains in the current 2020–2021 summer season, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) says.
Appeal against US$2,7m heist ring leader’s bail hits snag
The prosecution’s appeal against the High Court decision to grant bail to Tatenda Gadzikwa, the ring leader of the recent US$2,7 million heist hit a snag after the Supreme Court refused to accept the appeal.
Work on wetlands master plan begins
Cabinet received an update on the country’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs presented as the Chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak.
Two more arrested over theft at VP’s farm
ANOTHER soldier yesterday appeared in court on allegations of jointly stealing property worth more than $1,6 million from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s Orchid Gardens Farm in Domboshava.
Public library for Salisbury in the pipeline
WHEN Earl Grey visited Salisbury, he is understood to have promised a deserving institution, the Salisbury Reading and Recreation Society a donation of books.
Serena to face Osaka in Aussie Open semis
MELBOURNE. — Serena Williams came through a huge test of her Australian Open tennis title credentials to beat Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in a high quality quarter-final and reach the last four at Melbourne Park for the ninth time yesterday.