STI cases on the increase in Midlands

MIDLANDS has recorded an increase in recorded cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the third quarter of 2014 as compared to the second quarter.

Rape suspect faints in court

Fairness Moyana THERE was drama at the Hwange magistrate’s courts on Thursday when a Lupane man who was being accused of raping his ex-girlfriend’s six-year-old daughter fainted in the dock…

Rapist targets grannies

Sukulwenkosi Dube AN unidentified knife-wielding rapist who recently raped two grannies from Matobo struck again after he reportedly tried to rape two other elderly women.

Self-proclaimed prophet faces rape charges

Fairness Moyana A BINGA man decided to take the motivational line: “If at first you don’t succeed; try, try, try again” to another level by claiming that he was a…

Council sticks to private developers

BULAWAYO City Council has reaffirmed its position to stick to private developers despite having previously moved a motion not to work with them after some housing projects were left hanging…

Police prosecutors safe: Tomana

PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Mr Johannes Tomana has rubbished suggestions that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) should disengage all members of the security services from serving as

Lancashire Steel set to open in January

LANCASHIRE Steel, a subsidiary of New Zim Steel, is set to reopen in January next year after Essar Holdings, which recently acquired a majority stake in the giant steel company…

Byo in road rehabilitation drive

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a major road rehabilitation drive that will see the local authority reconstructing, overlaying and resealing 29 roads around the city next year.

Gwanda collects 35pc of revenue

THE Gwanda Rural District Council (RDC) has this year only managed to collect 35 percent of its budgeted $1,9 million in revenue as most ratepayers are failing to make payments…

ZESA official implicated in copper cable theft

FOUR men who were recently arrested for allegedly stealing 450 metres of copper wire from the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) in Zvishavane, have implicated