Land dispute turns bloody
An Odzi man, who was locked in a land dispute with his neighbour, is battling for his life at Mutare Provincial Hospital after he was stabbed during a heated argument over a piece of land.
Traditional leaders call for allowances review
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have urged the Government to review upwards their monthly allowances to cushion them from the high cost of living.
Rabada in hot water
CAPE TOWN. — Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is in hot water for the send-off he gave Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan in Tuesday’s fifth one-day international (ODI) cricket match in Port Elizabeth.
SA unemployment down 1 pc
JOHANNESBURG. — Stats SA said in its fourth-quarter labour force survey on Tuesday that South Africa’s overall unemployment rate had dropped one percentage point — to 26,7 percent — from the same time in 2016.
Raza fined for dissent
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ZIMBABWE’S all-rounder Sikandar Raza has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the third One-Day International cricket match against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Tuesday.
Boost for Lowveld sugarcane farmers
Close to 1 000 indigenous sugar cane farmers in the Lowveld have been given a major boost after sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe, announced that it has started crafting a new sugar milling agreement that will see out-growers receiving payment for all by-products from the cane crop.
Ensure President, Zanu-PF win elections, RDCs urged
Rural district councillors have been urged to put more effort in campaigning for President Mnangagwa in their wards to ensure that he wins emphatically in the forthcoming harmonised elections.
Council partners IOM, ZNA to build clinic
Beitbridge Rural District Council (BBRDC) has entered into a public private partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) to construct a clinic that will serve 6 000 people in Beitbridge East constituency.
National Foods helps renovate four schools
Zimbabwe’s largest milling company, National Foods, has renovated classroom blocks at four schools in Mashonaland West Province, as part its social investment programme.
A Dangerous turn in US foreign policy
But is the shift really a major course change, or a re-statement of policies followed by the last four administrations? The US has never taken its eyes off its big competitors.The Trump administration’s new National Defence Strategy is being touted as a sea change in US foreign policy, a shift from the “war on terrorism” to “great power competition,” a line that would not be out of place in the years leading up to World War I.

