© ZIMBABWE will take part in a British-funded study to improve awareness on asthma in southern Africa. [GoogleAd] The new project, dubbed “Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (Acacia)”, will see children between the ages of 12 and 16 being screened for the disease around the country for a period of five years….
© GOVERNMENT has eventually succumbed to pressure from Members of Parliament and awarded them diplomatic passports that entitle them to red carpet treatment and access to VIP or diplomatic lounges in airports abroad. [GoogleAd] This has been a long-standing demand from the MP since the era of former president Robert Mugabe, and argued the special…
© OPPOSITION MPs yesterday blocked attempts to railroad the second reading of the Maintenance of Peace Bill (Mopa) demanding to see first amendment made to a law that seeks to repeal the draconian Public Order and Security Act (Posa). [GoogleAd] This comes after the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC), chaired by Zanu PF MP for Mudzi…
© GOVERNMENT yesterday said it will unleash the whole security apparatus — including the dreaded soldiers — if the MDC-planned demonstrations degenerate into chaos. [GoogleAd] Reacting to the MDC’s planned demonstrations, deputy minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi told the Daily News that the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC is craving for undue attention….
© A 40-YEAR-OLD Norton man appeared in court yesterday charged with attempting to smuggle processed 200kg ivory to Malaysia. [GoogleAd] Rainstone Masukuta and his wife Respina, who has since appeared in court, allegedly disguised the ivory as kitchen tiles to be exported to Kuala Lumpur. When police arrested his wife at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International…
© Mutare City Council (MCC) is due to set up a “Gemology Centre” which will house a local diamond polishing industry, with the “beneficiation” plan being touted as an economic stimulus for the southern African nation. [GoogleAd] Mutare, the country’s top producer of diamonds by value, wants to cut unemployment by reversing a trend that…
© FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said the donor community will now be exempt from paying the two percent tax in their contributions towards humanitarian assistance. [GoogleAd] This comes as statistics show that 5,5 million people in rural areas are food insecure, while 2,2 million people in urban areas also require food aid due to…
© ZANU PF is continuing with partisan food distribution, withholding social welfare support across the country from opposition supporters amid a biting drought, rights group Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has said. [GoogleAd] The report revealed that Zanu PF councillors in areas such as Mt Darwin North, Nzvimbo District, Zvimba West and Mbire are excluding perceived…
© MUTARE residents are up in arms with the city fathers who they accuse of letting apostolic churches mushroom everywhere including near water reservoirs. [GoogleAd] This, they say, is posing serious health risk to residents as most of these churches do not have toilets with thousands of their congregants resorting to open air defecation. The…
© AFTER losing their cattle to January disease coupled with ravages of drought and Cyclone Idai, Makoni residents can’t stand the prospect of Makoni Rural District council hiking fees by 300 percent. [GoogleAd] International aid organisation World Vision has reported that Makoni residents live in abject poverty while surviving off hand-outs. Makoni Residents and Rate…
