Dry taps for Chitungwiza

RESIDENTS of Chitungwiza will be without water today as Harare City Council, its supplier, repairs some valves.
The town will be without water the whole day.

Rescue teams suspend search for missing plane

Iranian rescue teams were forced to suspend their hunt for a missing passenger plane for a second night yesterday as severe weather and hazardous mountain conditions thwarted search efforts.

Everybody wants a share of the cake

President Mnangagwa’s stance on downsizing large farms to accommodate other land seekers should be applauded.
The need to equitably distribute farming land in Zimbabwe is still a cause for concern as some blacks are still marginalised, while others have had more than their fair share of the national cake with instances of multiple farm ownership being many.

Woman seeks protection order against hubby

A Mutare woman last week approached the courts seeking protection against her husband whom she claims wants to kill her.

PDV drops bombshell

Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers claimed yesterday not only did South African rugby not want him back, they had gone so far as to blacklist him, offer a union money not to employ him and even phoned his new employers, the Zimbabwe Rugby Union, in an effort to dissuade them from making him their new national coach.

Rapist uncle jailed 12yrs

A 29-year-old Chitungwiza man was last Friday sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping his six-year-old niece. Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms Estere Chivasa initially slapped the man with a 15-year sentence, but three years were conditionally suspended.

Zinara avails $1,5m for Zibagwe RDC

Zibagwe Rural District Council (ZRDC) has embarked on a road rehabilitation project after receiving $1,5 million from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara).

‘Scrap T20 internationals’

England coach Trevor Bayliss has called for Twenty20 cricket matches to be cut from the international calendar to ease the burden on top players and coaches.

Government must support arts: Diana Samkange

Government must support the arts and fund festivals to help the sector grow. This is according to songbird Diana Samkange who recently toured the eastern African island of Zanzibar to perform at the Sauti za Busara festival.

Updates on pensions inquiry critical before report adoption

The National Assembly debate on January, 24, 2018, (published in Parliament Official Report Vol. 44, No. 35) Mutasa South MP Irene Zindi asked whether or not President Emmerson Mnangagwa had received a report by the Commission of Inquiry on conversion in 2009 to United States dollars, of benefits due from pension and insurance contracts.

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