GWANDA magistrate in charge, Sheila Nazombe has ordered a 65-year-old Tuli villager to compensate the Gwanda Campfire $1,000 for illegally killing a kudu while hunting with his dogs.Simeon Moyo of Phatane village in Tuli pleaded guilty to an illegal hunting charge.He was also ordered to perform 140 hours of community service.The magistrate said Campfire was also free to file a civil court applicat

VILLAGERS in Tsholotsho North are appealing to the government to immediately intervene following the sighting of about 10 lions in their area.The lions are wreaking havoc in areas near Hwange National Park as they are straying into villages, a development that has been attributed to the drought situation that has seen the animals becoming desperate for food.Five donkeys, five goats and three cattl

A FAMILY from Jambezi on Sunday postponed the burial of a man who had died mysteriously after complaining of stomach pains as allegations spread that he was poisoned while drinking beer at a neighbour’s homestead.Police were called in to investigate after Vincent Kanyani Nyoni, 56, of Tamuka Village 3, died minutes after drinking opaque beer.Nyoni’s body was ferried to Victoria Falls District

SCHOOLS in Mangwe District have defied a government directive not to engage debt collectors to force parents to pay school fees for their children.Schools that include Bhulu Primary School and Kweneng Primary School in Mphoengs Ward have unleashed debt collectors who are attaching property belonging to villagers.Mangwe MP Cde Obedingwa Mguni, said some villagers have lost their livestock to the de

POLICE in the Midlands province have recovered property worth more than $42,000 from two notorious Bulawayo armed robbers. Shadreck Chiduza, 49, of O-50 Njube suburb and his accomplice Killias Maphosa, 45, of 122 Nkenyani Road, Mambo in Gweru were arrested two weeks ago and appeared before Gweru Magistrate Chibanda who remanded them in custody to June 20 for trial.Police yesterday said Chiduza and

A BULAWAYO woman yesterday withdrew rape charges against a kombi driver who raped her daughter saying the man had apologised to the family.Brian Gumede, 26, allegedly raped the 17-year-old schoolgirl six times during trips into the city centre after he was hired to ferry the pupil from Cement Siding suburb to school.Gumede appeared before regional magistrate Chrispen Mberewere yesterday and was di

A BULAWAYO woman yesterday withdrew rape charges against a kombi driver who raped her daughter saying the man had apologised to the family.Brian Gumede, 26, allegedly raped the 17-year-old schoolgirl six times during trips into the city centre after he was hired to ferry the pupil from Cement Siding suburb to school.Gumede appeared before regional magistrate Chrispen Mberewere yesterday and was di

Widows, people living with disabilities, the elderly and orphans claim that they are being forced by state officials in Mutasa Central in Manicaland province, to work for food set aside for them by the Ministry of Social Welfare.They also claim that at times state officials demand $5 payments for the food aid donated by non-governmental organizations or other countries to alleviate hunger in most

ADDIS ABABA. — The African Union (AU) is prepared to launch the electronic passport (e-passport) at the next AU Summit tabled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, in July.This flagship project, first agreed upon in 2014, falls squarely within the framework of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and has the specific aim of facilitating free movement of persons, goods and services around the continent to foster in

Some irregularities have been unearthed on the disbursement of a large chunk of the $107 million that was given to several health institutions under the Target Approach Programme.These include the violation of tender procedures and procuring of obsolete equipment, among others.A parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care said there was no proper supervision on the programme that wa

Zimbabwe has clinched major business deals with Japanese firms that are expected to bring Foreign Direct Investment here in the next few months.A trade delegation that went to Japan last week signed the deals which should open a new chapter in trade and business relations between the two countries.The Japanese firms which the delegation clinched the deals with cannot be named yet owing to non-disc

Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday said the appointment of a water audit firm by Gweru City Council was aboveboard adding that one of the city’s caretaker commissioners was not related to the directors of the firm despite sharing the same surname.Minister Kasukuwere told Parliament yesterday that Gweru City Council appointed Zimbabwe Innovat

MUTARE businessman Tendai Blessing Mangwiro has approached the High Court seeking to have Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo, convicted and sent to prison on contempt of court charges after defying a 14-day High Court ultimatum compelling him to re-imburse his seized $78 900 cash.Mangwiro’s money was seized by police sometime in 2012 as an exhibit, but last month, Chombo was personally given

THE Joice Mujuru-led opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party yesterday said it would not lose sleep over the recent defection of former Mbare terror group Chipangano leader, Jim Kunaka to Zanu PF.Kunaka last week ditched Mujuru’s party and rejoined Zanu PF, accusing the opposition of being “directionless”.But ZimPF Harare spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire said Kunaka was undergoing reha

VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week reportedly challenged his adversaries in the ongoing Zanu PF succession fight to publicly proffer evidence of his plot to topple President Robert Mugabe.In an impassioned defence of his political life, Mnangagwa sources claimed, told the Zanu PF central committee meeting last Thursday that he had spent the better part of his life defending Mugabe and wou