Leonard Ncube, Online Reporter A ZANU-PF returnee Siyani Sibanda who was recently welcomed back to the revolutionary party and died on Saturday after being hit by a vehicle at Cross Dete, has been awarded a State assisted burial. Sibanda had just disembarked from a car on his way from a party event where a programme […] …
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AKA was ‘fun and free-spirited’ — heartbroken barber who gave him his last haircut
The man who gave slain Kiernan “AKA” Forbes his final haircut says the multi-award-winning rapper appeared to be in a happy mood. The barber, who asked not to be named, is also a manager at Bryd & Groom unisex grooming and beauty salon, which is stationed inside Wish on Florida restaurant on Durban’s food and […] …
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Mangisi to represent Zimbabwe at Welding Federation Conference in Egypt
Sikhulekelani Moyo, Business Reporter ZIMBABWE Institute of Foundries chief operations officer, Mr Dosman Mangisi, will represent the country at the Welding Federation (TWF) Annual Assembly and Conference, to be hosted by the Central Metallurgical Research Institute in Egypt next month. In an invitation letter, TWF executive director, Ayo Adeniyi, said the annual assembly and […] …
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DYING BY THE GUN: Smuggled illegal firearms contribute to high murder stats — crime expert
Just two years ago, an average of 20 people were killed in gun violence a day in South Africa. In just six months last year, that number rose to 30 a day, according to police statistics. Police statistics show that KZN has the highest number of gun-related murders in the country. Meanwhile, organised hits and […] …
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Anti-Valentine Week is upon us #ItAlwaysEndsInTears
Maita Zizhou and Lizzy Nekhoma, Online Reporters WHERE there is happiness, “it is bound to end in, tears.” Valentine’s Week with all the pulsating romance ended on 14 February. On 13 February we wrote a piece about how Valentine’s Day is a culmination of six days of loving bliss starting 7 February and ending on […] …
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Zim to host top regional financial markets conferences
Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has been nominated to host two strategic African financial markets meetings – the Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges (CoSSE) Bi-Annual meeting and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) BAFM in Victoria Falls. The capacity-building engagements are set for April. ZSE chief executive officer, Justin Bgoni, said the […] …
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Copper cable thieves plunge neighbourhoods into darkness
Peter Matika, Senior reporter THREE suburbs have been plunged into darkness after suspected copper cable thieves stole cables in the western region of Bulawayo. The affected suburbs are sections of Burnside, and Hillside, while in Belmont the power authority noted it was an underground cable fault. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution […] …
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Ex-Chicken Inn midfielder in sanitary pads drive
Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter FORMER Chicken Inn Football Club midfielder Brian Juru has embarked on an audacious drive to raise at least 1 000 sanitary pads which he will donate to girls in Shagare, Lower Gweru. The 33-year-old central midfielder who now plays for ZPC Kariba said the pads will be distributed through […] …
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Tobacco marketing season to start in March
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Online Reporter THE 2023 tobacco marketing season will commence on March 8 with contract tobacco sales beginning on March 9. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) confirmed the development in a tweet early on Monday. “All stakeholders are advised that the 2023 auction tobacco marketing season opens on Wednesday 8 March 2023. […] …
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Catholic bishop sentenced to decades in prison for treason after refusing exile to US
Bishop Rolando Alvarez said he chose to remain in Nicaragua to protest the country’s treatment of Catholics A court in Nicaragua sentenced a Roman Catholic bishop to more than 26 years in prison for alleged treason after he refused to be exiled to the United States. Rolando Alvarez, who serves as bishop of the country’s Matagalpa diocese, […] …
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