Botswana bans poultry imports from SA. This follows an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, in commercial farms and compartments, in several Provinces in addition to the initial outbreak report at Gauteng province. The Botswana government has banned, with immediate effect, the importation of live poultry and their fresh products from South Africa until further notice. In a statement on Monday, Director-General of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Agriculture Development and Food Security Dr Letlhogile Oarabile said the ban is aimed at mitigating the risk of possible spread of the disease to Botswana. Said Oarabile: all import permits issued for the importation of live poultry and their fresh products from the Republic of South Africa are cancelled with immediat
Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapses during celebrations of the Defence Forces Day. In a statement, Secretary to Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary Simon Miti said President Lungu experienced sudden dizzinessbut recovered immediately. Miti said that the Head of State then walked to his car and returned to State House. Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapsed Sunday afternoon during the commemoration of Defence Forces Day in Lusaka, the country’s capital. The statement read: His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, this afternoon experienced sudden dizziness whilst officiating at the 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture Ceremony. His Excellency recovered immediately and walked to the official car and returned to his res
Gold dealer shot 8 times in front of his wife and children. On Tuesday last week around 8 PM, eight men allegedly approached Bernard Dube, under the pretext that they wanted to process their gold ore. Dube owned gold milling machines. A gold dealer in Lower Gweru, Midlands Province, was shot dead in a suspected hit at his home while his wife and children watched helplessly. The moment Dube came out of the house, one of the robbers allegedly opened fire and hit the businessman with eight bullets. After the shooting, the suspects did not take anything from the businessman’s house but just disappeared into the night. Narrating what transpired on a fateful night to The Sunday News, the uncle to the deceased, Rain Mathulisa said: On the fateful day, the killers approached my nephew&
Eight passengers travelling in a Toyota Wish are feared dead after their vehicle collided head-on with an Inter-Africa Bus near Matizha Business Centre in Gutu this morning. A motorist who arrived soon after the accident said one person appear to have survived the accident and he (the motorist) took the survivor to Matizha Clinic. Eyewitnesses said an Inter-Africa bus was trying to overtake another bus(Mandaza) when it encroached into the lane of the oncoming Toyota Wish. The Toyota Wish swerved off the road but the bus did the same and they collided. Bodies were trapped inside the vehicle with some crashed to pulp. The Government has banned kombis resulting in little non-commercial vehicles (4 passenger) overloading passengers and taking over the sector. The transport sector is now dom
H0RNY woman jailed for 5 months after bashing ex-boyfriend over s.e.x. A 28-year-old woman who had turned down her ex-lover’s s.e.xual advances flexed her muscles and pummelled him for allegedly suggesting that he could pay her US$10 for s.e.x. Chida Mamvura (28) invited her ex-lover Sifelani Jama (38) who is a nurse stationed at Mpilo Central Hospital to her birthday party at her family home in Entumbane suburb. They took wise waters until they got drunk, the court heard. While drunk, Jama asked for d0ggie-style s.e.x, but she turned him down. It is said Jama persisted saying he would pay her US$10 and that seemed to have rubbed Chida the wrong way, causing her to boil with anger. In a fit of rage, Chida grabbed Jama and hit him with fists all over the body, a court heard Jama
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Man not eating after wife gives birth to a Chinese baby. “I ate too much Chinese food during pregnancy”, the wife gives as excuse. A Ruwa man Thomas Tungamirai (24) is on the verge of starving to death after his wife Shamilla(22) gave birth to a Chinese-looking baby. Shamilla works at a plasticware manufacturing plant under Chinese ownership and management. Thomas hasn’t eaten for two weeks now and the situation has reached another level. “I don’t understand why it is hard for him to accept I ate too much Chinese food during pregnancy. Iye aitozviona and I got the food from my bosses. Plus vana vekwana Sinyoro (her husband’s totem) vagara vangori vatsvuku nekuti they have Portuguese blood. Ndakangoti bamwana mwana tomutii zita ndikanzwa zvaak
Handbags full of money found in dead gogo’s house, no one knows her relatives. While still employed, she’d buy fancy handbags and stash cash inside. She then stored the handbags in the wall unit in her house. After retiring, she saved her pension grant inside the bags. The gogoknew that one day she’d die and so had to save enough money for her funeral. Gogo Martha Msiza (62) from Msholozi Village near KwaMhlanga died on 12 April, and has left behind a fortune stashed inside her 22 fancy handbags. Ward 4 committee member Nonhlanhla Nthala (50) said they stumbled on the handbags while looking for her documents. “I was busy looking for her documents when I came across a new handbag. I opened it, only to find R500 inside,” she said. “I told the other w
3 killed, 6 injured as overloaded mshika-shika taxi collides with a truck. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at the 94 kilometre-peg along the Harare-Chirundu highway. Mashonaland West police spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove confirmed the fatal crash to NewZimbabwe. Three people died on the spot while six others were seriously injured when an overloaded pirate taxi, commonly known as mushikashika, was involved in an accident with a haulage truck in Banket. “Police can confirm a fatal road traffic accident that occurred on 8 June 2021 around 12:45pm at the 94 km peg along the Harare-Chirundu highway which claimed three lives and leaving six others injured. “The injured were rushed to Banket Hospital where their condition is said to be stable,”
Man bashes a police officer and nearly kills him in a bloody fight. This advice was at play when a Bulawayo-based car dealer was slapped with a 42-month jail package by a Bulawayo magistrate for brutally striking a police officer with an empty beer bottle on the forehead resulting in him sustaining a deep cut. Touch not the law enforcer! Brandon Hingi (25) from Nketa 8 suburb carried out the savage and supposedly alcohol-fuelled attack on Christopher Chindiya (27) on 16 May 2021 at the Bulawayo Athletics Club popularly known as BAC which was allegedly operating in violation of Covid-19 lockdown rules. In Zimbabwe, lockdown laws prohibit nightclubs and bars from operating. Hingi is, however, going to spend 30 months in jail after 12 months of his sentence were suspended for five years on th
