Crocodile kills Masvingo fisherman

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A fishing expedition ended in tragedy for a 30-year-old Masvingo man who was attacked and killed by a crocodile while fishing at Chegwite Dam on Saturday,…

10 Gutu villagers marooned

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent TEN people from Tafirenyika and Gudza villages under Chief Chitsa in Gutu were marooned for four hours while fishing at Ruti Dam spillway following heavy rains…

Family acquitted of fraud

Leonard Ncube Court Reporter A 51-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman and her two sons heaved a sigh of relief on Friday when a court cleared them of defrauding nine people of more…

HANGMAN’S NOOSE FOR LOVER KILLER

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A MAN who shot his ex-girlfriend three times after she dumped him has been sentenced to death. Danis David Konson, 62, of Parklands in Bulawayo,…

Bulawayo City Council lifts water shedding

Temba Dube Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has lifted water shedding with immediate effect following significant inflows into the city’s six supply dams. According to statistics availed by the…

Bees kill man, 90, in toilet

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 90-YEAR-OLD villager in Mangwe District was stung to death by a swarm of bees while relieving himself in a toilet at his homestead, police confirmed.

Editorial Comment: Take flash flooding warning seriously

REPORTS that the country is at risk of possible flash flooding because of the incessant rains that have been pounding most parts of the country should be taken seriously by…

Zim needs genuine opposition

Bernard Bwoni A SOLIDLY empowered and economically liberated majority has been emerging at the same time as opposition politics in Zimbabwe has been relegated to bedroom buffoonery and diasporan duplicity.

Nama nominees expected tomorrow

Auxilia Katongomara Entertainment Reporter THE much awaited list of nominees for the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) is set to be released at a press conference to be held in…

Mandela’s estate worth an estimated R46m

JOHANNESBURG — The provisional assessment of former president Nelson Mandela’s estate was about R46m, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke said yesterday.