School headmaster sparks debate over haircuts

Farai Dauramanzi Herald Reporter SOCIAL media went into meltdown yesterday, reacting to a video posted by The Herald of a school head who used a pair of scissors to plough through…

Driver in narrow escape as truck catches fire

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau  A 39-YEAR-OLD truck driver escaped death by a whisker early yesterday when a tanker he was driving caught fire about 20km out of Beitbridge town. The driver…

Granny found dead

Crime Reporter  A 76-year-old Gwanda woman was found dead in a pool of blood in a kitchen hut on Sunday as police continue to express concern over an increase in…

Maize hectarage jumps 41pc, as nation covers 77pc of target 

Edgar Vhera-Agriculture Specialist Writer WITH rains falling abundantly in fulfilment of the 2022/23 seasonal forecast of normal to above normal rains, the country had planted 1 498 324ha of maize,…

Salvation Army head, wife arrested for tearing $50 notes

Crime Reporter  The head and major of a Salvation Army Church and his wife, who were arrested in Kadoma on allegations of tearing 19 Zimbabwe dollar notes during a church…

Katsimberis bullies prosecutors: State

Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent George Katsimberis who is facing fraud charges is in the habit of bullying prosecutors through fabricating falsehoods against them, Deputy Prosecutor-General Mr Michael Reza has said. He…

Bogus intel officers up for kidnapping

Court Reporter TWO men believed to be part of a gang that allegedly passed themselves off as members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) before kidnapping and assaulting Johanne Masowe…

Editorial Comment: Chiefs have crucial role in ending child marriages

CUSTOM is not something set in stone: it is a living and ever-changing concept so that how our great grandparents lived, how they saw the world, and what they accepted…

‘Delays in disposal of criminal matters worrisome’

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Over 1 000 murder cases are pending indictment for trial at the High Court with Chief Justice Luke Malaba raising concern at the slow movement of the…

Vubachikwe Mine stand-off rages on

Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Miners Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has implored the Gwanda-based Vubachikwe Mine management to pay all outstanding salaries and allowances to workers before the…