THE Meteorological Services Department has described the “snow” that fell in Lower Gweru last Friday as a rare sleet that occurred in the country for the first time in history.In an interview following a visit to Matshabeleni and Sikombingo Villages in Lower Gweru yesterday, the head of public weather services in the Meteorological Services Department, Tich Zinyemba, said sleet was precipitati

POLICE yesterday released the names of four people, including a cop, who died when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck along the Harare-Hwedza Highway last Thursday.In a statement, chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said a male adult believed to be aged 26 was yet to be identified.The four that have been identified are the

A 42 year old man who broke into two shops through the roof and stole goods worth about $4 000 was yesterday jailed for 10 years.Aleck Kaitano of Section 3 Kambuzuma, Harare, pleaded guilty to theft charges.Two years of the 10 years were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour.Another two years were suspended on condition that Kaitano restitutes the complainants of $2 494 and $1 31

A MAN who was battling for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital’s intensive care unit following an attack by an elephant in Bubi, has died. Lipson Mhlanga, 69, died yesterday, days after his employee Lucky Magasa, 31, died on the spot when an elephant attacked them while they were working in the fields. Bubi Rural District Council Chief Executive Officer Patson Mlilo said council was assisting the

VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko will this week visit various capital projects being undertaken in Matabeleland North Province to assess progress and find ways of possibly expediting them. The province has a number of developmental projects most of which are stuck at various stages of implementation due to resource constraints.Some of the projects are the Gwayi-Shangani Dam, which is a key compon

A MAN from Njube suburb in Bulawayo has been fined $200 for burying the body of his day-old niece in a bush in Old Pumula suburb without a burial order or the baby’s mother’s consent. Jacob Gatsi, 26, buried the infant’s body with an unidentified accomplice who is still at large. Gatsi yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of disposing a body without a burial order before Western Commonage ma

THE High Court has quashed a decision by the Health Service Board (HSB) refusing to determine former Mpilo Central Hospital operations director Duduza Regina Moyo’s appeal to the disciplinary committee against her dismissal. Moyo together with the hospital’s finance director Charles Govo were in February fired over misconduct and abuse of office charges following hearings.She was found guilty

AN apparently drunk police officer who caused a stir on Sunday while manning a road block in Matetsi is under investigation for threatening to shoot Zanu-PF youths along the Hwange-Victoria Falls road. The cop who was only identified as Sergeant Chari and is based at Jambezi Police station allegedly threatened to shoot the youths who were coming from Hwange.The Police Officer Commanding Victoria F

THE High Court has ordered Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) to pay the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) more than $600,000 in unpaid levies. Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi’s ruling follows a court application by the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo, citing HCCL as the defendant. HCCL faile

STRIKING National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees have rejected an offer by management to pay them $330 to return to work and demanded to be paid at least six months’ outstanding salaries before they can report for duty. The workers delivered a petition to the parastatal’s general manager Lewis Mukwada and the board chairperson Larry Mavima last week, who then agreed to meet them.The work

TWO gold mine workers died in Kwekwe yesterday after a mineshaft they were working in collapsed. Midlands province police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said a third miner survived the mishap and is admitted to Kwekwe District Hospital where his condition is said to be critical. “I can confirm that two miners died after the shaft they were in collapsed at Homesteak Mine in Kwekwe. A third

Wicknell Chivayo's unprocedural down payment of $5 million for pre-commencement works on the 100 Megawatt Gwanda solar power project has brought fire on the Zimbabwe Power Company management as an investigating has been launched into the dealings of the parastatal.  The payment was made in the absence of a performance guarantee to give ZPC security to recover its money in the event that Chiva

POPE Francis has appointed Reverend Father Paul Horan of the Carmelite Order as the new bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mutare.This followed the resignation of Reverend Bishop Alexio Muchabaiwa on turning 75 years.The Catholic Church confirmed the appointment of Bishop Horan in a statement released by the Nuncio in Harare yesterday.“Today, 28 May 2016, (Saturday) His Holiness Pope Franc

DAKAR. — Former Chad president Hissene Habre, a Cold War ally of the West, was convicted yesterday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his eight-year rule.The verdict capped a 16-year battle by victims and rights campaigners to bring the former strongman to justice in Senegal, where he fled after being toppled

AN ex-convict sprayed police with pepper in their eyes and took to his heels when the cops temporarily lost their sight, the court heard yesterday.Rodrick Manguwa (60) was on the police wanted list for allegedly masquerading as a Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) employee.He reportedly swindled people who sought to register their vehicles.Manguwa, who has three previous convictions and three pending