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Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:12:45 +0000
Woman up for attempted murder
Crime Reporter A 32-year-old Mvurwi woman has been arrested for striking and injuring her boyfriend with a brick on the head following an undisclosed misunderstanding while police are also investigating a case in which a body of a suspected gold pann...

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:06:01 +0000
Zim hosts environmental workshop for African scribes
Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor   Zimbabwe is this week hosting an environmental workshop for African journalists to sharpen their skills on the coverage of environmental and conservation matters.   The African Wi...

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:55:59 +0000
Serial car thief arrested
Crime Reporter A 29-year-old Harare serial car thief who was in the habit of purporting to be assisting stranded motorists and also hiring vehicles before stealing them has been arrested in Guruve. Ronald Zhuwao of Amalinda Road, Glen View, Harare wa...

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:48:12 +0000
ZRP launches crackdown
Crime Reporter Police have relaunched and intensified an operation code-named, ‘Nyama Yabvepi’ aimed at curbing stock theft activities which have during the past few weeks resulted in most farmers losing cattle and goats countrywide. Last Friday ...

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:18:27 +0000
New AUSC Region 5 Karate Federation to focus on development issues
Ellina Mhlanga Senior Sports Reporter   FOLLOWING his election as the African Union Sports Council Region Five Karate Federation president, Zimbabwe’s Joe Rugwete says the new executive committee is going to look at developmental issues in the...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:15:33 +0000
10 000 people lose US$32m in pyramid scams
Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations Editor AT LEAST 10 000 people who fell prey to fly-by-night pyramid schemes within the last year have filed police reports across the country after being swindled of over US$30 million by scammers, who snatched the cash...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:14:36 +0000
Multimillion-dollar agric loan gets Parly nod
Herald Reporter Parliament has now approved a US$35,7 million loan facility with the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) that will benefit smallholder farmers in five of Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces. The loan is repayable over 40 years...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:13:39 +0000
NGOs to be barred from political lobbying
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Leaders of non-governmental organisations that fund political parties or candidates will face up to a year in prison if the Private Voluntary Organisation Amendment Bill gazetted last Friday is passed into law. Th...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:12:23 +0000
Top diplomat Manyika dies
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Zimbabwe’s former envoy to Yugoslavia and Namibia, Ambassador Kennedy Grant Dick Chivanda Manyika has died. He died on November 5 at the age of 99. Ambassador Manyika was an author, reverend and teacher. Born on...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:11:20 +0000
Chiyangwa loses US$300 000 building materials to robbers
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter MORE than 20 armed robbers raided the construction site of businessman Dr Philip Chiyangwa’s multi-million dollar property development of Kirkman Mall in Westlea, Harare, early yesterday morning and got away with buil...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:10:15 +0000
Sanctions impact civil registration process
Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, have crippled the civil registration process and created a backlog of over 400 000 passports, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Mini...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:09:11 +0000
More benefits for NSSA pensioners
Herald Reporter The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has announced various additional benefits expected to add a cheer to its pensioners and beneficiaries during the festive season. On the monetary front, NSSA beneficiaries will receive a bo...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:05:34 +0000
Editorial Comment: Zinara getting it right on roads expenditure
Zinara, the collector of most fees paid by motorists and vehicle owners and the funder of most road upgrades and maintenance in Zimbabwe, has been making significant strides over the past couple of years as it transforms to a properly-run agency, but...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:05:30 +0000
RoilBAA bigger than Bulawayo
Langalakhe Mabena/Nkosilathi Sibanda A brand to reckon with is the status that the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAA) have earned and in the five years of their existence, the ball has not been dropped. November 6 was the night that the Zimbabwean a...

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:05:08 +0000
Avian flu: Zim on high alert
Sifelani Tsiko Agric Editor Zimbabwe is on high alert following an outbreak of bird flu in South Africa’s Overberg area of the Western Cape that has led to the mass death of wild seabirds, Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) chief director Dr J...



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