Vehicle rent-to-buy gone wrong

Thirteen people allegedly lost about US$18 000 in a vehicle rent-to-buy scheme that went wrong.

The case has since left Luke Mashopeko (35) in remand after appearing before Harare magistrate Mrs Victoria Mashamba on a fraud charge.

China embassy launches media awards

The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday launched the Sino-Zimbabwe media awards which will reward journalists for reporting on matters between the two countries.

Agric show kicks off

THE 109th edition of the six-day Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) opens in Harare tomorrow with the major highlights being a conference seeking to promote local products, another one for agri-businesses as well as a discussion on power and energy.

Govt sees 100 days of sweet progress

Government met and in some instances exceeded set milestones for 64 percent (58 projects) of the 91 embarked on and targeted for implementation under the Second Republic’s 100-day cycle programme, a progress report from the Office of  the President and Cabinet says.

Three serious accidents, no scratch

MURAMBINDA Growth Point, which is located in Buhera, Manicaland, is one of the country’s fastest growing urban centres.

The sprawling settlement, which is working towards attaining town status, is one of the two designated urban areas in Buhera district, the other one being Birchenough Bridge.

Glo Diamond’s boxing dream

A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman with a vast boxing network that includes links with former world heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield wants to use her influence to boost the sport in the country.

Lobola as a life issue

SOME readers believe lobola will never lose its significance in Africa.

They consider it a sacrosanct practice that is highly regarded as a must whenever a man intends to take a wife for himself.

Battle of the Cities

This past week, it was business as usual for Caps United as coach Lloyd Chitembwe presided over what could be his last training session with the Harare Giants.

Chitembwe chose to be diplomatic in his responses and could neither confirm nor deny his reported departure.

Academics in new crop production method

LOCAL academics have modified an agricultural technique to grow crops with little or no soil, a method that has the capability of saving up to 20 times more water compared to the conventional planting that uses soil.

The technique – hydroponics – which is popular in China and Europe, has since been modified by students at the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) to meet local climatic conditions.

SRC outlines demands on football

THE Sport and Recreation Commission believe they have sufficient reasons to convince Fifa to come on board and disband the beleaguered Zifa board.

In their correspondence to Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura last week, the sports regulatory body detailed Zifa’s alleged transgressions, which they feel warrants Fifa’s intervention.

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