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Technology brings hope to diabetics

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HARARE – From smart contact lenses to remote medication monitoring, patients across the world are benefiting from advances in wireless technology. According to the International Diabetics Federation, over 1,4 million Zimbabweans are suffering from diabetes. Measuring their glucose levels with special equipment can be invasive, painful and inconvenient. Fortunately, advances in wireless technology are bringing…

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Prosecutor-General Tomana caged

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HARARE – In a stunning development, police arrested and detained Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana on Monday on charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly illegally released suspects accused of attempting to topple President Robert Mugabe from power. Although Tomana, 48, was not in hand-cuffs when he arrived at a packed Harare Magistrates’ Court in…

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Teachers want meeting with Mugabe

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HARARE – State teachers have requested a meeting with President Robert Mugabe to discuss their delayed remuneration and the attempt to cancel their annual vacation. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has forwarded the request to the presidency, amid teacher complaints that the president — a teacher by profession — is being misled about…

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MDC slams Mugabe over NGOs threat

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HARARE – Welshman Ncube’s opposition MDC has criticised President Robert Mugabe for attempting to ban what he deems to be undesirable non-governmental organisations. Mugabe raised the spectre of banning the operations of charities in Zimbabwe in his address at the African Union on Saturday, and just after his arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the…

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Zika scare for Brazil-bound Zim team

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HARARE – Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (Zoc) has raised fears for women travelling for the Rio Olympics in Brazil where the deadly Zika virus has left more than 4 000 newborns with shrunken heads and infected at least 1,5 million people. Zoc is set to send at least 25 athletes to Brazil. Female athletes in the…

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Doctors in vote to strike

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HARARE – Doctors in Zimbabwe are voting to stage their first “all-out” strike in a fierce pay row with the government. Doctors started casting their vote yesterday, with the majority said to be in favour of a strike. They had threatened to conduct a 24-hour strike starting February 1, providing only emergency care, but have…

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Zuma to repay home upgrade funds

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JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has agreed to repay some of the $23m (£15m) the government controversially spent on upgrading his private rural home. In 2014, a report by the public protector said Mr Zuma had “benefited unduly” from the upgrades. Mr Zuma said the auditor-general and finance minister should determine how much…

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Footballer Neymar investigated in Brazil over fraud allegations

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Prosecutors in Brazil are recommending that football star Neymar be charged over four counts of fraud in relation to a tax case prior to his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. It is alleged that companies were set up as fronts in order for the striker to pay a lower rate of…

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Zika virus infection ‘through sex’ reported

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TEXAS – A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is likely to have been infected by sexual contact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) told the BBC. The person had not travelled to infected areas…

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Mubaiwa, Dube eye PSL presidency

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HARARE – Dynamos president Kenny Mubaiwa and Highlanders chairman Peter Dube yesterday confirmed they had filed their nomination papers to contest for the Premier Soccer League chairmanship. A number of names have been said to be interested in the top post after the new Zifa board declared that current PSL board of governors’ chairman Twine…

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