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.
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.
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.
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.