Losing candidates accept defeat

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent LOSING candidates in the Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe by-election graciously accepted defeat, conceding that the elections were free and fair. Mr Munashe Mutodza of Professor Lovemore Madhuku’s National Constitutional Assembly appreciated…

Cop loses nose to ‘madman’

Mncedisi Buhali Sunday News Reporter IT will be long before a Bulawayo police officer can continue sniffing out crime after he lost his nose during an arrest. Welcome Dube, a policeman based…

Zanu-PF in landslide win

Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE ruling Zanu-PF party retained the Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe and Mt Darwin West constituencies after Cde Auxilia Mnangagwa and Cde Banwell Seremwe registered landslide victories in the weekend…

Treasury underfunding hits central hospitals

Robin Muchetu Senior Reporter CENTRAL hospitals in the country are operating on shoestring budgets as Government failed to meet their proposals for the 2015 budget, a situation that has crippled some…

Police ‘trapping’ unconstitutional, says legal expert

Thulani Ndlovu Court Correspondent THE practice of “trapping” would-be offenders by the police in the administration of criminal law is inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore unconstitutional, a senior advocate has…

Would-be President’s assassin exposed

Harare Bureau FORTY years after the murder of Zanu chair Cde Herbert Chitepo, a functionary in Ian Smith’s colonial establishment has revealed that the same assassin eliminated Zapu’s deputy chief…

VP Mnangagwa dismisses claims

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed as a pipedream claims by some sections of the media and some members of the opposition that the country was on the…

Prof Moyo clarifies position on by-elections

Robin Muchetu Senior Reporter INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has said he will not resign in order to participate in the much-awaited Tsholotsho North by-election, as the…

President gets rousing welcome in Namibia

Munyaradzi Huni in Windhoek, Namibia IF the wild cheers whenever President Mugabe’s name was mentioned at the inaguration of Namibian President Hage Geingob are anything to go by, then Africa…

Black bird flies away with toddler

Midlands Correspondent THE family of a baby who was picked by a relatively small bird which flew away with him for about 400 metres has hired a witch-hunter (tsikamutanda) to…