HARARE – Government will this year roll out a cancer vaccination pilot project for girls over nine years of age. Benard Madzima, director of reproductive and family health in the ministry of Health and Child Care, told a news conference in Harare yesterday that the project, which commences in April this year, will be rolled…
HARARE – High Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday granted bail to three MDC activists, who spent nearly two years in custody, on allegations of murdering police inspector Petros Mutedza in Harare’s Glen View suburb in 2011. Last Maengahama, Tungamirai Madzokere and Yvonne Musarurwa were freed yesterday after they remained in prison when Bhunu freed 21…
HARARE – Ziscosteel workers have appealed to Nicholas Goche, minister of Labour and Social Welfare, to intervene and expedite payment of their outstanding salaries. The workers, through their lawyers Matsikidze, Mucheche legal practitioners, wrote to Goche highlighting problems they were facing. “Our clients have instructed us to inform you the prevailing labour socio-economic crisis that…
HARARE – A man allegedly stole copper cables worth over $200 000, before attempting to smuggle them to South Africa, a court has heard. Tawanda Mapfumo, from Harare is accused of contravening Section 60 (A) (3) of the Electricity Act, which deals with cutting, damaging and interfering with apparatus used for generation and distribution of…
HARARE – Two Harare City traffic officers reportedly assaulted and strangled a taxi driver to death during an argument over illegal parking. Fanuel Toringepi, 32, and Hilda Chinya, 43, appeared before Harare magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe facing murder charges. Toringepi of Sikavakadzi Street, Mufakose in Harare and Chinya of Ngezi Road, Zimre Park in Harare were…
BULAWAYO – The levels of one of the major supply dams for Bulawayo, Umzingwane dam, remain critical despite heavy rains experienced in most parts of Matabeleland region, council officials say. Speaking to councillors and journalists during a tour of the dam, Bulawayo City Council deputy director for engineering services Ian Mthunzi said Umzingwane dam is…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe crashed out of the 2014 African Nations Championship at the semi-final stage after losing 5-4 to Libya on penalties at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa on Wednesday. The match had finished goalless after regulation time. In the penalty shoot-out, the Warriors, however, were found wanting as Peter Moyo,…
HARARE – Retired Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) chief executive Cuthbert Dube could walk away with nearly $20 million following his forced exit from the cash-strapped organisation. Normal human resources practice dictates that terminal benefits should be calculated at between three to four months’ salary for every year served in the organisation. Dube, who…
HARARE – Sungura ace Alick Macheso, who will be presented with $1 200 prize-money on Friday for topping the 2013 Radio Zimbabwe Coca Cola Top 50, will celebrate the achievement by launching an album and a recording studio next month. Macheso, along with other winning musicians, will get their prizes on Friday at the Coca…
HARARE – Local strippers will square off against their counterparts based in South Africa in a striptease competition set for the Private Lounge in Harare on Friday. DJ Nash, a resident DJ at the recently-opened club, told the Daily News that the competition would be a perfect platform for local strippers to gauge their skills…
