admin‘Rand strength not going to last’
JOHANNESBURG. – While the rand has enjoyed a recent rally on the back of game-changing local elections – when looking at the long-term trends, its future remains less certain. This is…
Girl’s rape exposes sex pest dad
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A Nkayi man reportedly raped a 13-year-old girl while her father was attending an all-night prayer. The crime came to light when the girl confessed that her father…
CIVIL SERVANTS AUGUST PAY DATES OUT…Govt works to normalise pay dates as promised: Minister
Nqobile Tshili in Bulawayo and Felex Share in Harare— THE Government has announced civil servants’ pay dates for this month, underlying its commitment to timeously fulfil its salary obligations to…
Magaya to launch housing project in Byo
Zvamaida Murwira Harare Bureau— Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries will next week launch a housing construction programme in Bulawayo that will see 46 000 houses being built in four cities. The multi-million…
Bus crushes driver to death
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A driver for a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus was yesterday crushed to death in a freak accident that happened at Beitbridge Border Post as he attended to a…
‘Small house attackers’ in dock with babies
Tanaka Mrewa Court Reporter— THREE women from Bulawayo’s Magwegwe North have been arrested for allegedly assaulting and stripping their neighbour whom they suspected to be dating a husband to one of…
NDC to get university status
Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau— EFFORTS to transform the National Defence College (NDC) into a fully fledged national university have gathered momentum, with its fourth graduation yesterday likely to be the last…
Review staff qualifications, polytechnics told
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief POLYTECHNICS must review staff qualifications and competencies before they transform into degree awarding institutions for identified science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) courses. Speaking during a graduation…
Inheritance scam uncovered
Harare Bureau Grabbing a late brother’s estate and excluding the deceased’s minor surviving daughter from property distribution, has backfired on a Mutare family after the now enlightened sole child filed…
Mat North farmers benefit from Brazil loan facility
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter FARMERS in Bubi, Matabeleland North province have received six tractors provided under Brazil’s $98 million More Food for Africa Programme. Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday commissioned the tractors…