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Chiwenga's estranged wife fit to stand trial, claims State
A HARARE court is on Friday expected to rule on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring an ungraded m...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry could be amputated, court hears
Marry Mubaiwa is at a serious risk of having at least one of her arms amputated after failing to get the medical care she needs to treat her lymphoedema, a court heard on Tuesday.The Harare Ma...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge to testify in Mubaiwa case
SUPREME Court judge Justice George Chiweshe is expected to testify in a court hearing where Marry Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented to him when he was Judge President that Vice President Constantino Ch...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Health minister Moyo acquitted
FORMER Health minister Obadiah Moyo, who was being accused of criminal abuse of office, has been acquitted by the High Court.Moyo appeared before Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday who upheld h...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe's own msuzwane cough syrup
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was Wednesday the guest-of-honour at the launch in Harare of Zimbabwe's own cough syrup COFSOL – manufactured using the country's natural resources, including the Msuzwa...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 21:02hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
BCC projects $24,7bn budget for 2022
BULAWAYO City Council has proposed a $24,7 billion budget for 2022, which will hike tariffs by over 216%.This was revealed by BCC financial director Kempton Ndimande yesterday while presenting...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on govt over whistleblower protection law
STAKEHOLDERS in the fight against corruption have pressured government to expedite crafting and enactment of a law that protects whistleblowers who play a critical role in exposing graft within instit...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:41hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Female pilot feted at State House
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa on Monday hosted a dinner at State House in honour of history making female officer graduate Air Lieutenant Gamuchirai Maria Mbigi who for the first time in the history o...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Graft rife among bigwigs, says Zacc chair
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday said major perpetrators of corruption in the country were bigwigs, making it difficult for ordinary citizens...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
More than 200 arrested in anti-drugs blitz
THE inter-ministerial task force that was set up last month to find solutions to drug abuse has hit the ground running, with more than 200 suspected drug dealers arrested so far.The blitz aims...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya warns pharmacies
RESERVE Bank governor Dr John Mangudya has warned pharmacies that are receiving support from the foreign exchange auction trading system against pegging their prices using the parallel market exchange...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:35hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
ILO, SAMM condusts virtual media training for SADC journalists
The International Labour Organization (ILO) with the support of the Southern Africa Migration Management Project (SAMM) has organised the virtual media training programme for the journalists in Southe...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 09:54hrs | 43 | by Stephen Jakes
Why your song does not get any airplay!
ONE of the worst nightmares that artistes endure in the music business is among the following; being booed and choking on stage, producing a poor track or even worse, submitting your song and then not...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
The youngest billionaire on the planet is from Germany
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - Proverbs 13:22: "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children." (NKJV) This verse keeps our life goals, our vision and our legacy front and centre when we're choosi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 17:21hrs | 1526 | by Enos Denhere Freelance Journalist
Suicide cases trigger alarm in Zimbabwe
"It is so hard to take it in because I could not hear him scream or anything, it is too painful," those are the heart-breaking words from Farai Munemo's mother Felistas Mundere.Munemo would ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Distant parenting a disaster in Diaspora
Many Zimbabweans have left the country for purported greener pastures. But the greener pastures turn tinder dry on family relationships, volatile and ready to burn. Most parents have been ...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 669 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Dead woman 'haunts family'
A Cowdray Park family in Bulawayo says it is being haunted by its 22-year-old daughter, who died in a car crash nearly three months ago as they constantly "see" her in the house. The family wa...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
SA drug mule faints in Zimbabwean court
A drug smuggler fainted on Tuesday after she was jailed for 12 years by a Harare court.South African Shila Khumalo swallowed 60 balls of cocaine wrapped in plastic as she travelled from Brazil...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2745 | by Staff reporter
SA drug mule jailed 12 years in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African drug dealer, Shila Khumalo, who was convicted in May this year, collapsed at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday shortly after chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi sentenced her to 12 ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:45hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Border Gezi's widow in police custody
The late ZANU PF political commissar Border Gezi's widow Sheilar has been arrested today at her house in Mvurwi where she is suspected to be drug peddling.Gezi who is the ruling party chairwom...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 16:15hrs | 5032 | by Paul Ndou
'Chiwenga threatens Marry's doctors'
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga is reportedly threatening medical doctors against releasing an affidavit for his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, who is seeking postponement of he...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:46hrs | 8494 | by Staff reporter
Govt must have a plan to rescue jobless graduates
Education used to be a ticket to a better life in Zimbabwe. Life was better when one was educated, one could afford a house and a middle income lifestyle.But this has changed over the la...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 195 | by Evans Mathanda
'Police must work with student unions in fighting drug abuse'
POLICE have been urged to work with student unions and the public in flushing out drug peddlers plying their trade in institutions of higher learning.The call came after two female university ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed with cocaine in Beitbridge
A 32-year-old Chitungwiza man has been arrested in Beitbridge after being found in possession of cocaine with a street value of $54 255 on Wednesday afternoon. Philip Nyahodza was not asked to...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:18hrs | 394 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe not on a development trajectory but merely trying to return where it was a few decades ago
Two or so days ago, my wife and I were reminiscing about the past, and found ourselves - as we enjoy goofing around when we are alone - reciting popular advertisement jiggles that we still remembered ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:24hrs | 505 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimra seizes 'army chiefs' drugs haul
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials in Beitbridge last week intercepted a dedicated consignment of banned habit-forming Bron Cleer cough syrup whose recipients were given as ranked army offic...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2641 | by Staff reporter
7 more UK deportees jets in
SEVEN more Zimbabwean deportees arrived on a chartered plane from the UK at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Thursday morning.However, two other who were supposed to ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 15:16hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Extension of lockdown has the good benefit to preserve lives: LEAD
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Masarira through her spokesperson Everjoy Chidindi has said the extension of the level 4 Lockdown is a benefit to preserve lives from...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:08hrs | 512 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt urged to allocate more resources to health
Zanu-PF proportional representation legislator Alice Chimbudzi has urged the government to strengthen the health delivery system in order to achieve universal health coverage.Chimbudzi said th...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
My dream is to meet Chamisa not Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is set to hold its harmonized elections in 2023, but the fallout from the last election in 2018 is still being felt with allegations President Emmerson Mnangagwa rigged his way to victory. Wi...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:39hrs | 3392 | by Knowledge Hakata
Married men suffer abuse in silence
Married men are sexually abused by their wives but fear speaking out because society does not take the abuse of men seriously, an organisation against abuse has revealed.Alois Nyamazana, co-fo...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 09:02hrs | 1880 | by Staff reporter
Drug dealer in court for murder
A SUSPECTED Ruwa drug dealer, who is also involved in the transport business, appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of fatally assaulting at his house and in a car a suspected thief whom he w...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Backyard drug peddling exposed
SOME unscrupulous health professionals in Harare are running backyard pharmacies in blatant contravention of regulations that prohibit unlicensed personnel from selling drugs to the public.Inq...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Deregistered nurse in court for operating illegal clinic
A KWEKWE man has been arraigned before the courts for operated an unregistered clinic, pretending to be a medical doctor and prescribing drugs which were deemed dangerous, while treating COVID-19 symp...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
ZACC aiming for 99% convictions
FIRSTLY, I want to say that as ZACC we recognise the importance of meeting shareholder expectations. ZACC is wholly funded by Treasury and is, therefore, expected to account for the monies that it has...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Doctors profiteer from COVID-19 patients
SOME medical practitioners in collusion with private health facilities are reportedly reaping off COVID-19 patients by charging extortionate fees for treatment, NewsDay reported.This followed ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues 55 medicinal mbanje/ cannabis licences
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) has to date licensed 55 local and foreign investors for their medicinal cannabis sector-based strategy, meant to promote investments into the country....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Undressed twins arrested
They have been dubbed "the new Fichani twins", and have already set social media platforms agog after walking the streets undressed. Psychologists are already questioning their sanity, and rightly so,...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
Passengers appeal against police spikes
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgment giving the police powers to use spikes when dealing with errant motorists on the country's roads....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Top doctor comes up with 'must-have' Covid-19 cocktail to reduce severe illness
As the Health Ministry is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients requiring admission in public health and private hospitals, a leading medical practitioner F Mamvura has come up with a proposal termed The...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough vaccines'
DEPUTY Minister of Health and Child Care John Mangwiro says the country has enough Covid-19 vaccines and government will keep sourcing more until the herd immunity is achieved.Mangwiro told ne...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:09hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean with football dreams to be kicked out of UK
Christopher Arundell, who grew up in the UK and once dreamt of playing professional football, is set to be deported to Zimbabwe, despite a cross-party appeal to the home secretary to stop his removal ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 3083 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate Jindu loses appeal
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by Bulawayo "killer" Rodney Tongai Jindu who is on death row for the callous murder of his two friends in 2017. Jindu (27) ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Woman found in possession of ‘stolen' syphilis test kits and drugs
A 21-year-old woman was found with suspected stolen medical drugs and medical equipment that includes syphilis test kits and syringes following a tip off from members of the public.The woman, ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 17:58hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean criminals in UK must stop blaming government over deportations
Mavis Matapo is 17-year-old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents' house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice. Her life crumbled into pieces ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 700 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover through the mobile phone. The service, wh...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 248 | by Agencies
Are these deportations emotional or legal
Mavis Matapo is a seventeen year old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice her life crumbled into ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1484 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Health experts inspect Ekusileni Hospital
EKUSILENI Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, was set to undergo final inspection yesterday by medical and health regulatory bodies to ascertain its preparedness fo...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Crime spree ends for robber couple
After more than an hour of fending off police gunfire and unsuccessfully trying to commit suicide four times, suspected armed robber Godfrey Josi (41) and his wife Juliet Gavaza (36) succumbed to the ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1133 | by Staff Reporter
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