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THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has warned drivers of public service vehicles that any reckless driving during the Heroes and Defence forces holidays will see their permits being cancelled.   The holiday will be on 14 and 15 August.   In a Press statement, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Dr Joram Gumbo said the Government is worried about the increased number of road accidents in the country.   The minister said…

  WAR Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has scoffed at calls by Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko for him to dump the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association led by his predecessor and Zanu-PF outcast Christopher Mutsvangwa.   Mphoko reportedly told a Zanu-PF inter-district meeting in Bulawayo at the weekend that Dube would “fall” because of his association with Mutsvangwa and ZNLWVA secretary-general Victor Matemadanda.   “Cde Tshinga you are right, but do not include Matemadanda and Mutsvangwa…

THERE was mayhem yesterday at the MDC-T’s Bulawayo provincial headquarters when a group of Shona speaking youths allegedly linked to the opposition party’s president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai attacked some top party members they accused of convening an unsanctioned meeting.   The officials who were attacked shortly after 11AM include one of the party’s three deputy presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, the national organising secretary Mr Abednico Bhebhe and the national chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo.   Party…

The MDC is a social democratic party whose values include equality, solidarity and the respect of human rights. As such, I unreservedly condemn the violence that happened yesterday, the 6th of August 2017, in Bulawayo where a group of thugs violently disrupted a meeting at our Bulawayo Offices.   As the President of the party, I condemn in the strongest terms this callous act of violence committed by these people.   Our Vice President, Hon….

A United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean teenager has been arrested after a series of shootings with a rival group in Huddersfield   Ryan Ncube (18) of Scott Vale in Deighton and his co-accused, a 17-year-old teenager from Dalton, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in court on Friday charged with attempted murder.   District Judge Michael Fanning remanded them in custody to September 1 pending appearance at Leeds Crown Court. The shootings were described by…

MDC-T deputy treasurer-general Mr Charlton Hwende yesterday justified the bashing of the opposition party’s deputy president Ms Thokozani Khupe, national chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo and organising secretary Mr Abednigo Bhebhe saying they deserved it for organising an illegal meeting.   A senior MDC-T official immediately branded Mr Hwende a buffoon.   “He is a buffoon that deserves some thorough beating,” the official told our Harare Bureau.   Following the attack on Ms Khupe, Messrs Moyo…

FOUNDATION College, the prestigious Girls’ College and Dominican Convent High School in Bulawayo are among 251 private and independent training institutions which have been closed with immediate effect countrywide for non-compliance with official registration and operation procedures.   According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development’s TVET Quality Assurance Standards Compliance Inspectorate yesterday, in Bulawayo nine colleges were deregistered and 32 are said to be operating…

A HOMELESS Bulawayo man has been skinning carcasses of dogs that would have been put down by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and selling the meat to some residents.   The SPCA puts down severely diseased dogs or those that would have been ill-treated to an extent that it would be cruel to let them live.   Bargain hunters in the city have been unwittingly enjoying dog cuisine that is…

Two kombis from the same company, Madam Boss, were involved in a head-on collision in Mushumbi Mashonaland Central this morning.   The two drivers were identified as Misheck and Mazararura, they are both work for Madam Boss.   Mazararuza is reported to have broken his leg in the accident while a few were treated and discharged at Chitsungo clinic. by Simbarashe Sithole byo24

Two Zimbabwe Republic Police officers from Murehwa were arrested after letting loose police dogs on mine employees, demanding promised allowances after duty on Friday.   Sources close to investigations allege constable Stanford Chinzela (29) and Obey Naruvhaya (26) were arrested for disorderly conduct at Cynthiam Mine in Chinhamhora.   “The duo were part of 25 officers from Murehwa who were deployed together with 25 from Marondera to maintain peace since they was mayhem.   “The…