BY Our STAFF

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and the late Retired General Solomon did not see eye-to-eye in the period leading to the March 2008 harmonised elections with Zanu PF insiders saying the two’s “estrangement was permanent”.

BY PATRICE MAKOVA

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is targeting more bigwigs in its fight to root out corruption.

BY TATENDA CHITAGU

MASVINGO — MDC-T has accused the police of embarking on a crusade to disrupt its rallies ahead of an election to be held later this year or in 2013.

BY NUNURAI JENA
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, has won his case against 115 workers at Gwebi Junction Estate near Norton, who last week forced him to flee his farm using the back exit following a labour dispute.

BY NDUDUZO TSHUMA
BULAWAYO — The Zanu PF politburo has ordered the party’s squabbling Matabeleland North provincial chapter to elect a substantive chairperson, as factionalism continues to rock the former ruling party.

BY NQOBANI NDLOVU
BULAWAYO — A parliamentary select committee leading the constitution-making process, has failed to find common ground on the issue of dual citizenship and has referred the matter to Parliament.

BY JENNIFER DUBE

WOMEN rights activists have said Vice- President Joice Mujuru’s advice to women to be docile to promiscuous husbands must be taken with caution, as aggrieved people tend to speak with a broken heart and not necessarily mean what they say.

BY OUR STAFF
DENSE tufts of overgrown foliage envelopes a once-promising business venture landscape. A variety of religious groups, popularly known as Vapositori, donning white robes, regularly gather at the premises to conduct their prayers.

BY our staff
THE Mbare-based Zanu PF shadowy group, Chipa-ngano, has taken a keen interest in the case involving a human rights activist who has business interests in the suburb.

BY PATRICE MAKOVA
DESPITE his known weaknesses which included alleged drunkenness and philandering, the late retired General Solomon Mujuru was a unifier who managed to bring together friends and foes even after his death in a mysterious inferno at his farm in August last year, analysts have said.

By Thokozani Khupe
“Getting to Zero” stands for the hope that we have for eliminating HIV. We can get to zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero Aids-related deaths, but the challenge is how to get there and how to hold on to the gains made so as not to roll backwards.

BY JENNIFER DUBE
THE Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) has started buying land to build new churches as the property wrangle with ex-communicated Bishop Nolbert Kunonga continues.

BY JENNIFER DUBE
INTERMITTENT supply of water is forcing residents of Harare’s Kuwadzana high-density suburb to fetch drinking water from unprotected sources exposing them to waterborne diseases which are increasingly becoming prevalent in Harare.

BY NUNURAI JENA
KAROI — Parents with children at Nyamakate Secondary School in Karoi last week forcibly closed the school demanding the removal of some teachers they accused of supporting the MDC-T.

BY LESLEY WURAYAYI
LOWER GWERU — Most villagers who do not have a source of income in Midlands province have resorted to barter trade; exchanging grain and other household provisions for groceries to survive hardships currently bedevilling most rural communities in the country.

BY TONDERAI MATONHO
MUTARE — THE Pungwe River Water Pipeline, which draws water from the river to Mutare, has failed to benefit the local communities living along the pipeline as originally promised, a local legislator has said.

BY JENNIFER DUBE
ONLY 7% of the 8 000 rural primary schools in Zimbabwe have established libraries, the Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust (ZRSLT) has said.

By Ronia Gwaze
HATCLIFFE Extension is a settlement that was formed when people were moved into the area from Porta Farm and other squatter areas in Harare. Several cooperatives came in and subdivided the area, allocating stands to the residents.

BINGA — A 61-year-old businessman from Secondary area here, has been slapped with a three months jail-term for selling pirated music discs at his hardware shop.
Gandawa Greatman, a prominent businessman in Binga, pleaded guilty to dealing with pirated discs when he appeared before Binga resident magistrate, Stephen Ndlovu.

BY SILAS NKALA
BINGA — A 35-year-old man from Sikalenge area, got himself into trouble after he assaulted a fellow villager, Confidence Mudenda, following a brawl during beer drinking. Bernard Musaka pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeared before Binga resident magistrate, Stephen Ndlovu, last week.