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Zimbabwean and South African authorities have intensified efforts to fight an increase in the smuggling of children between the two countries’ boundary line. It is reported that 120 children have been intercepted along the boundary line since the beginning of December, prompting security agents to redouble their efforts in fighting the crime. A further 20 children were this year alone repatriated from the neighbouring country after being intercepted between Musina and Polokwane, en-route to Johannesburg. It is…

BULAWAYO has the largest number of women who beat up their spouses, with congregants from Pentecostal churches leading the number of perpetrators countrywide, a just-released Government study shows. Given the findings, the city seems to be living up to its moniker — komfazi otshayindoda (where women beat men). According to the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (2015) about four percent of women countrywide admitted to instigating physical spousal violence. The survey shows that women in…

Next Tuesday, December 27, will be a public holiday following the celebration of Boxing Day on Monday, according to the law governing such public holidays.   In terms of Section 2(1) (ii) of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act, when Boxing Day falls on a Monday, the following day becomes a public holiday. “When the 26th of December falls on a Monday, the Tuesday following shall be public holiday,” reads the Act. The Herald…

  A BULAWAYO magistrate tendered his resignation recently in protest over his poor salary and challenged other civil servants to tell President Robert Mugabe they were not happy with the measly salaries they were getting. Batanai Tuwe, who has joined private practice, took to social media, where he attacked his former employers, the Judicial Service Commission and the Finance ministry, for underpaying magistrates, while judges were living large, pampered with a lot of perks. “Why…

At various spots, where the road has become terribly bad, there were queues of hazard flashing light motor vehicles, which were forced off the road after losing tyres to the ever-widening potholes, that are now a common sight.   With potholes on the narrow road, driving along the Harare-Masvingo Highway has became a nightmare.Last Thursday night the traffic increased exponentially on the ever-busy highway, as Zanu PF members headed to the country’s oldest city, Masvingo,…

THE National University of Science and Technology’s first Vice-Chancellor Professor Phineas Makhurane has said there has been “no infrastructural development’’ at the university since 2004 when he left the institution. He said the lack of development was stifling the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Prof Makhurane was speaking yesterday on the sidelines of the first memorial of the late former Nust Vice-Chancellor Prof Lindela Rowland Ndlovu at the university. He said since his…

  Zanu PF’s debt has risen to $16 million amid a skewed funding structure that relies on donations and funding from the government under the Political Parties Finance Act. The report also shows that in 2016, Zanu PF got $4,5 million from Treasury under the government political parties grant. It also states that revenue from the sale of membership cards and subscriptions fell by 73% this year. This year’s conference is being held at a…