admin‘We cannot tolerate racism, claim to defend life’
Pope Francis this morning spoke of his “great concern” at “the disturbing social unrest” in the United States following “the tragic death of George Floyd,” which he attributed to “the sin of racism.”
Two in custody for smuggling cigarettes
Two Zimbabweans arrested last week together with three other people on charges of smuggling cigarettes into South Africa, have been further remanded in custody to tomorrow for formal bail application.
‘$1,3bn released for Covid-19 fight’
So far $1,3 billion has been released to several ministries to finance the fight against Covid-19, with Health and Child Welfare getting almost half, with a further $1,8 billion of development funding going towards the winter wheat programme.
1 300 arrested in 24 hours . . . as security forces reinforce lockdown regulations
THE number of people arrested for flouting lockdown regulations countrywide since March 31 has risen to 52 041, with a modest spike of 1 312 arrests on Tuesday when enforcement was tightened.
Zimra official jailed over US$530k fraud
A Plumtree-based Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer linked to a car smuggling racket that defrauded the revenue collector of more than US$530 000 was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail for fraud involving 39 cars.
EPL comeback kick-off time set
Marvelous Nakamba and his Aston Villa teammates will get the English Premiership back in swing with a date against Sheffield United on the 17th of this month and the kick-off for that fixture has now been confirmed.
Lesotho’s ex-first lady back in prison
The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with the murder of her husband’s first wife, returned to prison yesterday after the court annulled her judicial review, an AFP journalist said.
MDC-A youth leader out on bail
MDC-Alliance youth assembly leader Obey Tererai Sithole yesterday appeared in court on allegations of participating in an illegal demonstration with intent to promote public violence in Warren Park recently.
6 arrested for pushing mbanje
Police in Ruwangwe, Nyanga, have arrested six people found in possession of over 180kg of mbanje hidden in one of the suspects’ house.