adminCivil servants pay dates released
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Government yesterday paid another group of civil servants their 2014 bonuses while workers at grant-aided institutions are expected to get their 13th check during the first…
Injiva commits suicide after testing positive to TB
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 68-YEAR-OLD Mangwe man based in South Africa committed suicide by hanging as he feared that he could be HIV positive after he tested positive to tuberculosis. Mandla…
23 youths hospitalised after drinking poisoned amahewu
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent TWENTY-THREE youths from Vulilndlela area in Bulilima area fell ill after drinking a traditional beverage amahewu in a suspected case of food poisoning. Ten of the affected were…
PUBLIC INDECENCY…Cop catches men fondling in car
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter TWO Bulawayo men were caught pants down while masturbating inside their parked car at a secluded place on Thursday around 3AM, a magistrate heard yesterday. Rodney Joseph,…
Council intensifies water disconnections
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council said it is disconnecting water supplies to defaulters with amounts exceeding $200 and those residents who have gone for two months or more…
Man rapes 4 months pregnant woman
Nokusa Masuku Court Reporter A MAN from Mbundane suburb in Bulawayo allegedly raped a 23-year-old pregnant woman who turned down his love proposal. Edias Moyo, 34, dragged the four months pregnant woman…
Zinara needs $5bn to reseal roads
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has said it needs about $5 billion to reseal the country’s road network. Speaking on the sidelines of the African Roads…
Man jailed for indecent assault
Emily Mbewe Court Reporter A MAN from Bulawayo’s Mzilikazi suburb was yesterday sentenced to six years imprisonment for indecent assault after he kissed, caressed, showed his manhood as well as touched…
Farmer acquitted of stocktheft
Timoth Makohliso Midlands Reporter A LOWER Gweru farmer accused of stealing 69 head of cattle from local cattle ranchers was found not guilty and acquitted of stocktheft charges. Casper Tobaiwa, of plot…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Auctioning residents’ property not a solution
BULAWAYO City Council is now owed $90 million by residents and this debt accumulated in just one year. The council following a directive from government in 2013 wrote off $50…