President remains oasis of humility — SA leader

Makomborero Mutimukulu

PRESIDENT Mugabe has lived up to his pledge

Tunisia PM to resign if new cabinet rejected

Hamdi Jebali, the Tunisian prime minister, has threatened to resign unless his Ennahda party and other parties accept his proposals for an interim government of technocrats. Jebali, who is in…

Five killed in separate accidents

Beitbridge Reporter

FIVE people were killed while four others were injured, three of them seriously

Billions mark start of Lunar New Year

More than a billion people have ushered in the Year of the Snake

Man murders wife, commits suicide

Nokuthaba Mathema

AN 80-year-old Binga man, allegedly fatally assaulted his wife with a sharp object, following a domestic dispute, before hanging himself in his field, on Thursday morning. 

Gweru property owners fleece MSU students

Midlands Correspondent

Most landlords in Senga and Nehosho suburbs who offer accommodation to Midlands State University (MSU) students have increased rentals to $100 per head, per month.

Govt cedes back tender powers to local authorities

Prosper Ndlovu

THE Government has reversed its decision to bar local authorities in the country from handling tenders after the councils appealed against the move.

Sometime late last year, Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, issued a directive instructing all councils to stop handling any tenders and to dissolve municipal procurement boards.

Pair remanded for defrauding accommodation seekers

Court Reporter

POLICE in Bulawayo have bust a syndicate that has been fraudulently selling or renting out non-existent houses thereby swindling people of their money.

Mountain Goats beat Mashonaland Eagles

Eddie Chikamhi

MOUNTAINEERS came good when it mattered most as they totally outplayed hosts and favourites Mashonaland Eagles in the final of the inaugural T20 domestic cricket league

Parties take draft to the people

Parties in the inclusive Government have begun mobilising their supporters to endorse the draft constitution in the forthcoming referendum, with officials holding separate rallies countrywide to educate their followers on the contents of the draft.

Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MDC leaders have agreed to campaign for the draft constitution in the referendum expected next month.

Zanu-PF officials yesterday took the draft to all the 10 provinces where senior party officials explained the draft to members of the provincial executive, National Consultative Assembly, Central Committee and Politburo.