adminThornycroft wins top rowing award
TOP Zimbabwean female rower Micheen Thornycroft got any early Valentine’s Day present when she was yesterday named as the winner of the 2017 Filippi Spirit Award.
Govt plans to cut prison population
Walter Nyamukondiwa in KADOMA
Government intends to release about 3 000 inmates and de-congest prison population as reports of crowding and attendant malnutrition have seen more than 578 inmates needing urgent medical attention.
ZUMA RECALL UPDATE: Presidency planned for, then withdrew 10:00 media briefing plans
The Presidency had initially planned to hold a media briefing for President Jacob Zuma at the Union Building at 10:00 on Wednesday, but the request was later withdrawn, an official email shows.
Uncollected garbage triggers outcry in city
Mellisa Mutasa Herald Reporter Harare residents have voiced concern over council’s failure to collect garbage, especially in high-density suburbs. Residents feel such incompetence, particularly during the current rainy season, is…
Armed robber gets 42-year jail term
Heather Charema in Kadoma
A notorious machete-wielding robber, who terrorised Kadoma and Chegutu residents, has been jailed 42 years after being convicted on five counts of armed robbery.
Academic freedom and reason in Zimbabwe
Sharon Hofisi Legal Letters
IN and around Zimbabwe, there are academics that burn out for improving the theory and practice of education in many disciplines. Not just that but the iconic role and place of the academic in our society fit for the roll of honour. The academic has many hats: the voice of reason, the conscience of the society, and if truth be said, she towers head and shoulders over her contemporaries in many ways than one: teaching or lecturing; research; and supervision of student researches.
Panner arrested for murder
Police in Shurugwi have arrested a 57-year-old gold panner who, together with three accomplices, reportedly murdered an alleged leader of a rival gang due to a dispute over a gold claim.
Injiva to hang for killing ex-wife
A South Africa-based man who axed his 23-year-old ex-wife (23) and his one-year-six months-old son to death following a misunderstanding over the upkeep of the child has been sentenced to death.
Cryptocurrency exchange clears 2 000 support tickets
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S only cryptocurrency exchange, Golix, recently reached a huge milestone after clearing over 2 000 customer support tickets in less than two weeks.
Man whips mum-in-law
Tendai Gukutikwa Mutare Correspondent
AN angry Harare man drove all the way to Hob-House high density suburb in Mutare and allegedly flogged his mother-in-law (46) and her 69-year-old mother with electric cables.