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DDT's toxic legacy haunts Zambezi Valley
Five decades after Zimbabwe defied international regulations by continuing to use the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), alarming signs of ecological and human health damage are emerging...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 11:52hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Lake Chivero water crisis deepens, cancer risk soars
Once a cherished symbol of Zimbabwe's natural heritage and a critical lifeline for the capital's water supply, Lake Chivero is now the epicenter of a deepening public health crisis, with new research ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:35hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Bed Bugs Appear to Have a Genetic Resistance to Pesticides
A mutation that helps insects survive our chemical onslaught has been found in one of the worst places imaginable: the genome of the common bed bug.For better or worse, we had these itchy litt...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 09:16hrs | 2038 | by Erick Matotoba
Harare's drinking water could be turning into a toxic brew
Harare's main water source, Lake Chivero, is under severe threat as the capital city continues to discharge over 250 million litres of raw and partially treated sewage into the lake each day - sparkin...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:47hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spokesman dismissal rumours gain traction
Unconfirmed reports indicate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed his spokesperson, George Charamba, who also serves as Deputy Chief Secretary responsible for Presidential Communications....Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 08:12hrs | 4807 | by Staff reporter
Aflatoxin contaminated maize sparks fear in Zambia after 400 dogs die
An "alarming number" of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could be at risk too, the country's health minister has said....Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 12:34hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
The mirage of mystery break-ins at high places in ZImbabwe
SINCE his rise to power in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been the target of several mysterious attacks by unknown assailants.Despite police investigations, the perpetrators of the...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 251 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Benylin paediatric syrup banned
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has banned the sale of Benylin Paediatric Syrup, which is manufactured by Johnson and Johnson in South Africa, after authorities in Nigeria found tox...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Suspected donkey thief tortured to death
CLOSE to 20 residents of Dumba village near Beitbridge allegedly kidnapped and tortured to death a fellow villager accused of stealing a neighbour's donkey.A police report indicated that Austin Siband...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives 1 million cholera vaccines, none for Matebeleland
ZIMBABWE will this week take delivery of a consignment of close to one million cholera vaccines ahead of the commencement of a vaccination campaign targeted at other regions except Matebeleland which ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CID request access into Takudzwa Ngadziore Facebook to unmask MP's kidnappers
Detectives investigating Takudzwa Ngadziore's abduction rang the CCC MP Friday requesting log-in details of the young lawmaker's private Facebook account ostensibly to draw some raw data in a viral vi...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 10:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
A random 10 political questions that will make 2023 an uncertain year
As the euphoria of the New Year begin to fed away, we have to wait to see whether it's clear that the trends we have been seeing over the last few decades show no signs of slowing down. You might say ...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:08hrs | 2 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biological lab found in Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on the issue of biological activity in Ukrainian biological laboratories.We confirm that, during the special military operat...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife challenges 'malicious' jailing
MARRY Mubaiwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking a review of a judgement by Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube to have...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Contaminated Ceres apple juice recalled from Zimbabwe shop shelves
Pioneer Foods is recalling certain apple juice products sold under its Ceres brand in a number of countries within the COMESA Free Trade Area including Zimbabwe, the DRC, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles,...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Law is tool for development'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday laid down the legislative agenda for the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament which will see a number of Bills which include the consideration of legislation relating t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council sued over air pollution
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to properly manage its sanitary landfill site popularly known as Ngozi Mine in Richmond suburb resu...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand refuse fee removed from their rates
side from the Covid-19-induced lockdown restrictions where many of us had to adjust to working from home among many other things, 2020 was a burdensome year because of the Bulawayo City Council's fail...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Government to arrest those spreading falsehoods about Covid-19 and the vaccine
The CORONA VIRUS pandemic has shaken the world and gripped it with fear. In the last 24 hours I lost people very close to me due to COVID. there is no one who can say he does not know a family which l...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harare pulls out all stops to halt Zimra garnish
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango, who recently dramatically bounced back at Town House despite serving a suspension, is desperately seeking a relief order from Treasury to stop the Zimbabwe Revenue A...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants' brain tissue to US for toxin tests
Zimbabwe plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring Botswana, the parks author...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:57hrs | | by Reuters
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 25 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
Poisoning fears spook Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE fear of poisoning has once again come to the fore within Zanu-PF and government circles following allegations by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's close associates that the ailing former Zimba...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gets rid of car shells
Beitbridge Municipality has partnered with a private company to rid the transit town and its environs of numerous abandoned vehicles and shells.A public notice posted by the local authority la...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Beitbridge should fit into National Ports Authority scope
The quest to boost productivity in industries and to grow the national economy has seen Zimbabwe, like any other progressive nation in the world, coming up with a raft of measures to remove trade barr...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zanu-PF's Dexter Nduna calls for death sentence for sanctions advocates
ZANU-PF Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna has moved a motion to have any Zimbabwean who calls for sanctions on the country to be sentenced to death. Nduna said the people who call for illeg...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex sweets hit Bulawayo streets
SALONS and flea markets dotted around the Bulawayo have become hot spots for selling a new type of aphrodisiac that comes in the form of sweets and candy.Going by the street names of "sex swee...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 9 lives of a cat
THEY say there are many ways of killing a cat.But for President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), who has survived several attempts on his life in different formats, the old cliche does not ring ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Tatenda Chitagu
'Have more sex to beat cancer'
The Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) is encouraging men to be sexually active and at least have 21 ejaculations in a month to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.CAZ information officer Pri...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 people die from snake bites
HARARE - At least 13 people have died from snake bites since the beginning of the year, statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Care reveal."The total snake bite cases reporte...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 17:36hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Infrastructure sharing to improve telecoms services
Infrastructure sharing is increasingly becoming a necessary requirement and the most viable business model in the telecommunications industry. Its benefits for both consumers and service providers are...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 12:12hrs | | by Charles Motsi
Harare's dirty and smelly water
Harare's piped water is dirty and smells foul when it is available, but scientific research indicates that it could also be killing residents slowly and silently.Health minister David Parireny...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
He milks snake venom to save lives
In the laboratory at his Marlborough home in Harare Ben Vermulen was trying to milk a huge Cape cobra by manoeuvring its razor sharp fangs through a rubber sheath on a plastic vial - the way he had do...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 08:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Poisonous snakes on the prowl in Zimbabwe
Poisonous snakes are on the rampage, particularly in the country's snake belt regions, biting 320 people in the first four weeks of the year.Statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 14:26hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Raw food treatment for cancer - Alternative cancer treatments
The Editor,I thought this information can help improve someone's quality of life.https://www.cancertutor.com/rawfood/This is a very potent cancer treatment; however, it should ...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
A fair reconciliation panel must be made up of individuals independent of the government - NPP
Revolutionary greetings comrade. Gukurahundi is a sensitive issue because it involved the butchering of thousands of innocent people. Since then, the regime has tried to conceal it and silence the his...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 19:40hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu
Mnangagwa poisoning witch-hunt
A senior Zanu-PF official has sensationally claimed that one of the passengers in a helicopter ride to a presidential youth interface rally held in Gwanda last August tried to take the life of then vi...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe had gone mad, says Mnangagwa
HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa believes former first lady Grace Mugabe had become mentally deranged during the last days of her husband's presidency.He made the sensational disclosure i...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe wanted Mnangagwa assassination to look like suicide
In an interview with the Financial Times, President Mnangagwa went into more detail about the poisoning alleged to be at the behest of former First Lady Grace Mugabe. Shortly after a rally Mna...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Baby dies of poisoning
A Chipinge baby has died of poisoning after consuming a highly toxic pesticide.The parents of the one year nine months old girl, Nekutenda Dhlakama are suspecting foul play, claiming that the ...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, Mnangagwa, in nasty fight
ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko, and Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa openly traded barbs, as 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe's succession wars reached a tipping point yesterday.Mphok...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blasts liars over Mnangagwa 'poison'
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday castigated some elements peddling false allegations that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently fell sick after eating ice cream from Gushungo Dairy owned by the First F...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala speaks on taking oath as lawyer
Firebrand MDC secretary for recruitment Job Sikhala - who signed the High Court's roll of attorneys officially becoming a lawyer last week --has said his political life will not affect his newly-acqui...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo challenges Mnangagwa on poisoning
HARARE - Cabinet minister and Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo waded into the saga involving the alleged poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday; suggesting that police shou...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When Mugabe or Mnangagwa go: Are Zimbabweans fixing their eyes on wrong goal posts?
Genesis 21:19 "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink."History has shown that when dictators die order is ...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 21:22hrs | 3 | by Andrew Manyevere
Man drinks termite poison after wife bashes him
A 60 year old former Mvurwi Hospital worker committed suicide on Thusrday after a long and heated misunderstanding with his wife.The man, identified as Zariro, drank termite poison after being...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 23:45hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
President Mugabe's village face health crisis
Residents from Zvimba communal area have been pushed to bear the brunt of an ineffective waste management system from the neighboring Harare culminating into garbage being illegally dumped into their ...Published: 11 May 2017 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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