Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap 172 women, children in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI (Nigeria) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped 172 women and children and killed 35 other people on Sunday during a raid on the northeast Nigerian village of Gumsuri, residents…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s share the burden of burying fire victims
THE death of four children in a fire incident in Matabeleland South’s Matobo District on Friday morning made sad reading and put into perspective the dangers of keeping flammable liquids…
Drama as family claims ‘untreated’ patient
RELATIVES of a woman who had been languishing at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where she had been awaiting surgery for close to a month after being involved in a bus…
Civil servants to get bonus first week of January
Harare Bureau CIVIL servants are set to beat the “January disease” after Government assured all its employees will get their 13th cheque in the first week of the New Year.
Soldier murdered, body chopped into pieces
A GWERU soldier based at the Zimbabwe National Army’s 5 Brigade base in Kwekwe was last week brutally murdered by a group of unidentified men suspected to be gold panners…
Chiefs hail President for appointing VP Mnangagwa
CHIEFS have hailed President Mugabe for elevating freedom fighter and the revolutionary party’s legal supremo Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa to the position of Zanu-PF second secretary and First Vice-President.
ZNA to upscale farming activities
THE Zimbabwe National Army Headquarters 1 Infantry Brigade in Bulawayo is set to upscale its farming activities in and around the city and is grateful for support received from various…
Mphoko right candidate for VP post
RECENTLY appointed Vice-President Cde Phelekezela Mphoko has been described by his liberation war colleagues as an upright, humble, principled leader and a disciplined liberation fighter who played a critical role…
Hospital visiting times
MPILO Central Hospital Paediatric unit: (Monday to Friday) 6-6.30am and 5-6pm. Adult wards: Monday to Friday) 6-6:30am; 1.15-2pm; 5-6pm.
Unqualified teachers’ future in limbo
THE future of teachers who hold non-teaching qualifications hangs in the balance as Government has begun intensifying efforts to ensure the country’s schools are manned by qualified personnel. Government is…





