IN YESTERDAY’S edition, we published a story saying 3,7 million people are exposed to communicable diseases such as typhoid and diarrhoea due to critical water shortages across the country. According to the United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, cases of typhoid and diarrhoea were on the rise in Harare and Bulawayo as a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans are set to improve further on the back of a stabilising economy and steadying prices of goods, the Daily News reports. Mnangagwa said this yesterday while launching the country’s new economic blueprint — the National Development Strategy (NDS1) — which succeeds the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP)….
THE State is seeking to separate the alleged fake abduction trial of MDC Alliance youth leaders Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa. Mamombe is receiving treatment at a mental health institution after regional magistrate Bianca Makwande ruled that she is not fit to stand trial. As a result, the State wants to proceed with…
TEACHERS’ unions have threatened to take legal action against the government if it goes ahead with its plan to take disciplinary measures against educators who are currently on strike, the Daily News reports. Last week, the Public Service Commission directed the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to invoke the “no work, no pay” principle…
RESIDENTS in some parts of Norton, one of Harare’s dormitory towns, have gone for more than three months with dry taps. The town, which gets its water from the Harare City Council, has seen areas like Katanga going for more than three months without the precious liquid. Harare is also failing to adequately provide residents…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is hunting for three drivers who were involved in hit-and-run accidents in Harare and Bulawayo. In the first case, a police officer was killed when he was run over by a Mitsubishi Canter truck which was allegedly picking up passengers along Simon Muzenda Street, formerly Fourth Street, in the capital yesterday….
“IF you want God to bless you then you must sacrifice.” These are the words notorious preacher Jay Israel says he would use to get his congregants to fund his lavish lifestyle, which included luxury cars, alcohol and women. Israel, a Zimbabwean national, has since revealed he was just a fake prophet, driven by the…
CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava) has extended its ‘My Ecocash Rewards’ promotion to the diaspora community as a way of bringing smiles to local customers during this festive season. The promotion, launched at the beginning of last month, rewards EcoCash customers who transact on the platform by awarding them points which are redeemable for actual monetary…
A FORMER officer-in-charge at Chitungwiza Police Station and his junior who are accused of demanding a US$110 bribe to stop an investigation against fellow cops will stand trial on December 8. Charles Mutabvuka and Smackmail Chikowore are facing charges of criminal abuse of duty and will stand trial before regional magistrate Bianca Makwande. The two…
HALLMARK Chicks (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of CFI Holdings, has approached the High Court challenging the compulsory acquisition of its farm by the government. In seeking to have the acquisition of Athena of Langford Farm reversed, the company cited as respondents Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, beneficiaries Charles Saungweme, Rashid Magubhu, Major Tarwirei, Lovemore Mahonye and…
