Zambia’s opposition leader acquitted of one charge

LUSAKA. — Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been acquitted of using insulting language on police officers, but he still faces treason charges, reports said yesterday.

Actor, DJ shot dead in Jo’burg

Johannesburg. — A former Generations actor and Jozi FM DJ has been shot and killed during a robbery in Soweto.

$210 000 Youth Fund goes down the drain

Zvamaida Murwira in CHIKOMBA More than $212 000 of the Youth Fund went down the drain after a piggery in Chikomba District embarked upon by the Ministry of Youth Development,…

Platinum production to drop 10pc

Business Reporter Platinum production from Zimbabwe is estimated to drop 10 percent this year to 440 000 ounces as output normalises at the country’s largest operation, according to the World…

Nakamba scales dizzy heights

Noel Munzabwa Sports Correspondent VITESSE Arnhem’s Zimbabwe international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has been voted the club’s second best player of the just-ended season.

Businessman on the run

Crime Reporter A Harare-based businessman, who is wanted by police over a fraud case involving close to $500 000 after he allegedly sold two properties belonging to a company in…

16 immigration officers nabbed in one month

Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls SIX more immigration officers stationed at Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts have been arrested after allegedly receiving bribes from foreigners to alter visas.

I’ve no regrets, says Jose

LONDON. – Jose Mourinho on Sunday night insisted he wasn’t upset about Manchester United’s English Premier League failure.

Menengitis: African govts must invest in local pharmaceutical firms

Ngozi Erondu Correspondent Meningitis is an infectious and life-threatening bacterial disease that infects and inflames the brain and spinal cord. It’s a disease that the world has been able to prevent…

Women’s groups fight human trafficking

Stanely Mushava Features Correspondent Slave trade may ring ancient but it is alive and full-tilt world over. New forms of objectification include human trafficking, debt bondage, sex slavery and child labour.