adminStray cattle fed to lions in Beitbridge
Beitbridge Bureau
VILLAGERS living in Beitbridge West (Ward 8) along Shashe River, separating Zimbabwe and Botswana, claim their livestock that stray into Botswana are being fed to lions and hyenas by game rangers at Charter Game Reserve.
Copac suspends meetings following weekend skirmishes
Herald Reporters
CONSTITUTIONAL outreach meetings in Harare have been suspended with immediate effect following disturbances that marred the activities at the weekend as the political leadership called for peace and tolerance among Zimbabweans.
SA-based Zimbabweans urged to formalise residence or face deportation
SOUTH Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma yesterday appealed to Zimbabweans living in South Africa to take up government’s offer to get their residence in order beginning today.
Devolution of power takes centre stage in Bulawayo
Chronicle Reporter
Scores of Bulawayo residents thronged various venues in the city yesterday to air their views on the writing of the new constitution, with devolution of power taking centre stage.
President Mugabe arrives in New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here on Saturday for a key United Nations Summit that will focus on progress and challenges in addressing the eight Millennium Development Goals.
Violence breaks Harare outreach
Herald Reporters
VIOLENCE rocked the Constitutional Select Committee outreach programmes in Harare yesterday with meetings failing to take off while others were abandoned midway as some participants engaged in fistfights.
Top cop gunned down at city night club
A By Itai Mazire
SENIOR policeman was shot dead while a detective was seriously injured along with four patrons after five armed robbers stormed a Bulawayo nightclub early yesterday morning and opened fire randomly.
Jumbo deaths spell need for fast action
By Isdore Guvamombe recently in SHANGANI
BEING a windy August afternoon, the harsh fire raged across the vast swathe of bristle and tinder-dry savanna grasslands of Insiza district, skipping the Harare-Bulawayo Highway, the Shangani River and a multifarious array of fireguards at Debshan Ranch, a spitting distance from Shangani Shops.
‘I’m okay with second wife’
By Tatenda Chipungudzanye and Chipo Sabeta
NYADZISAI Macheso, the wife to Sungura musician Alick Macheso, has finally revealed that she has always known Tafadzwa is Alick’s consort and his soon-to-be bona fide second wife. Macheso is due to pay lobola soon. Nyadzisai says she has accepted Macheso’s second wife into their family home. She described it as “natural”. Mai Sharon (Nyadzisai) on Wednesday cleared the air. She said all the necessary procedures had been completed for Tafadzwa Mapako to be accepted into the family as the second wife. She had no qualms about that, said the First Mrs Macheso. In fact, news of the ‘affair’ was stale to her and her ‘mainini’.
Biti: Cutting the bough of one’s perch
A BIG apology to my readers for not being with them last week.