BEITBRIDGE – ELEPHANTS left a trail of destruction after they invaded an irrigation scheme in Beitbridge West last week. A herd of stray elephants was spotted at Kwalu Irrigation Scheme in Beitbridge West area where they devastated crops. The country’s elephant population continues to rise leading to a surge in human wildlife conflicts as elephants […]
Gweru (New Ziana) –Cases of gender-based violence (GBV) accounted for 25 percent of the trials for murder which the Gweru High Court circuit handled last year, an official has said. High Court Judge Justice Evangelista Kabasa said this during the official opening of the 2024 Legal Year at the Gweru magistrates court on Monday. She […]
Civil servants representatives have written to government demanding an upward review of their salaries, arguing taxation of the US$ component of their monthly income introduced this month had eroded their pay. The government, with effect from this month, converted civil servants’ US$300 Covid-19 monthly allowance into regular pay, thereby making it subject to taxation. That, […]
There are suspicions that artisanal mines near where 23 cattle died in Mhangula last week after drinking water could have been the source of the cyanide which is thought to have killed the animals. Cyanide is widely used by artisanal miners in their operations, and so many times in the past the authorities have expressed […]