UN spotlights Zim sanctions

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met United Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan, who is in the country to assess the impact of unilateral coercive measures imposed on the country by the United States (US) and its allies.

Community service for rage teacher

AN unqualified mathematics teacher, who was convicted of assaulting one of his pupils in full view of other learners at a college in Harare, was yesterday committed to perform 630 hours of unpaid work at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, starting this morning.

Vic Falls targets international capital free flow

Government is exploring ways to establish an offshore financial services centre in Victoria Falls as part of broader efforts to support the free flow of international capital into the country,  Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, has said.

Amarula value addition plant on verge of completion

The Second Republic is forging ahead with its thrust to industrialise rural areas in line with its Vision 2030 with a $50 million Amarula Fruit Processing and Value Addition plant set to be commissioned at Rutenga Growth point next week.

Continue producing cotton, farmers urged

Remaining cotton payments will be released soon as the Finance and Economic Development Ministry released $500 million last week with more to follow. 

School campaigns target abuse of boys

police are engaging the Government to roll out awareness campaigns in schools and communities following the recent unearthing of a syndicate of child molesters that were targeting schoolboys.

Deputy Minister takes NDS1 to rural areas

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Kindness Paradza recently interfaced with the Makonde rural community on National Development Strategy 1 (NDS-1).

Sanity returns to Beitbridge

The movement of commercial cargo at the Beitbridge Border Post is gradually improving after the Border Efficiency Management Committee introduced a raft of measures last week.

Editorial Comment: New prosecution rules will help defeat crime

The recent quashing of charges,the removal from remand in some high profile corruption cases and long delays in others highlights the urgency of administrative reform in assembling evidence, in formulating the charges for an arrest and in making the decision of when to prosecute and on what charges.

16 granted free bail over wild party

Sixteen people who were arrested over the weekend while hosting a sex party in Tynwald South, Harare, appeared in court yesterday where they were all remanded out of custody to today on free bail.

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