Gay shemale causes stir in court
Leonard Ncube Court Reporter A PROMINENT gay activist turned heads at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court by appearing before magistrates in a female dress. Ricky Nathanson, 48, who runs a modelling agency...
View ArticleLatest: Former Chitungwiza mayor arrested
Innocent Ruwende Municipal Reporter Former Chitungwiza mayor Alderman Philimon Chipiyo was on Monday arrested for allegedly selling a residential stand which belonged to another home seeker. The former...
View ArticleLatest: SA car dealers dupe Zim buyers
Beitbridge Bureau South African dealers of pre-owned cars are duping Zimbabweans by selling them vehicles which they claim are on special offer and would attract low excise duty during their...
View ArticleSalary cut for PSMAS bigwigs
PSMAS chief executive officer Mr Cuthbert DubePaidamoyo Chipunza and Zvamaida Murwira THE Premier Service Medical Aid Society board has slashed the salaries of chief executive officer Mr Cuthbert Dube...
View ArticleBank your fees, schools urged
Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity CharambaHerald Reporter Police have warned schools against keeping large sums of money in offices as they risk being attacked by robbers. In a statement yesterday,...
View ArticleHeavy rains expected countrywide: Met Office
Peter Tanyanyiwa and Fungisayi Ndangariro Heavy rains characterised by downpours and widespread flash floods are expected to hit most parts of the country until next Wednesday, the Meteorological...
View ArticleBurial ‘fines’ scam at municipal cemeteries
Mr Leslie GwindiMunicipal Reporter Rogue City of Harare employees are allegedly charging families a US$20 “fine” if they are late in bringing bodies for burial at municipal cemeteries.City council has...
View ArticleCity TB cases down 50pc
Dr Prosper ChonziNyemudzai Kakore Herald Reporter The number of tuberculosis cases in Harare has almost halved, a development largely attributed to the growing intake of life-prolonging drugs and...
View ArticleUS-Africa Summit a non-event
Prof MoyoTendai Mugabe Senior Reporter Government has dismissed the US-Africa Summit slated for Washington in August as a non-event to Zimbabwe as the country prides in ownership of its resources more...
View ArticleFormer MDC-T MP up for theft of trust property
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Former MDC-T Buhera South legislator Tangwara Matimba has appeared in court charged with theft of trust property after he sold a house on behalf of a couple living...
View ArticleBlair in court for sodomising tenant’s son
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter An inquisitive mother gave away her 32-year-old son after she intercepted pornographic material in his cellphone and handed it over to the police for...
View ArticleTwo-year-old ’star witness’ nails rapist
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A two-year-old boy left the court stunned after he gave a detailed account of how he watched his seven-year-old sister being raped by a 40-year-old man.The toddler,...
View ArticleBe examplary, police told
Police Commissioner-General Augustine ChihuriCrime Reporter POLICE Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri said he will not hesitate to invoke the Police Act and discharge from duty officers involved in...
View ArticleParastatals must be viable: Charamba
Mr CharambaTendai Mugabe The Interview The public applauded Government for moving in to scrap the Listener’s Licence Fees and its uncompromised stance on corruption which has become endemic in most...
View ArticleBiti: The burden of the sun on your back
Mr BitiTHE OTHER SIDE Nathaniel Manheru— A small aside. Yesterday’s issue of the Zimbabwe Independent carried an opinion under its Editor’s Memo. The opinion was written by Itai Masuku, and was titled...
View ArticlePSMAS saga: Civil servants cry foul
Raymond MajongwePaidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter Civil servants, who form the bulk of subscribers to the Premier Service Medical Aid Society, have urged authorities to include their representatives...
View ArticleCall for all to embrace Zim-Asset
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter ZIMBABWE Newspapers Group (1980) (Pvt) Ltd board chairman Dr Charles Utete yesterday urged the diversified media group to embrace Government’s economic blueprint,...
View ArticleA-Level results out
Herald Reporter November 2013 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Advanced Level results are out and have since been dispatched to regional offices. Zimsec acting director Mr John Maramba, in a...
View ArticleHuman wall blocks Chitungwiza demolitions
Herald Reporters Chitungwiza residents yesterday blocked their town council from demolishing illegal structures after a hired bulldozer destroyed a house in the area.Scores of residents stood in front...
View ArticleBogus firm takes job-seekers for a ride
Dr Andrew MatibiriAgriculture Reporter A suspected bogus company is recruiting people to work as data capturers during the tobacco selling season. The company, Pavlov Tobacco, is not registered with...
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