TWO people suspected to be part of a syndicate fleecing desperate passport seekers at the Registrar-General’s office by soliciting bribes for quick release of the travel document have been denied bail. Prisca Moyo and Nicholas Chogugudza appeared before regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje charged with bribery. Moyo, who is an employee at the Registrar-General’s office, has…
PAINTED dogs, also known as wild dogs, face extinction as a result of increased illegal hunting by poachers, a conservation centre has revealed. The Painted Dogs Conservation Centre in Dete, which is located at the foot of the Hwange National Park, said snares set up by poachers, mostly villagers, have become a huge threat to…
A HARARE man has been arrested for the murder of a woman he accused of influencing his wife into drinking beer. Godfrey Mukomachirandu, 31, allegedly accused the woman Enita Musere of being a bad influence to his wife and allegedly slapped the woman twice. She allegedly developed a fatal headache after her head had hit…
ZIMBABWE will not individually deploy troops in northern Mozambique to fend off Islamic insurgents who have killed more than 2 500 people and displaced 700 000 others in the country, the government says. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday as Harare has come under growing pressure to dispatch soldiers to Cabo Delgado to help manage the situation…
THE coronavirus pandemic has hit schools again, following 46 confirmed new cases involving learners, educators and non-teaching staff in Harare and Mberengwa. The cases at Prince Edward High School and Dove Secondary School in Mberengwa have prompted authorities to deploy teams from the ministries of Health and Education to carry out investigations. The national chief…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO ONLY five out of thousands of children living with disabilities in Matabeleland came to seek sexual health services during the lockdown period, a figure that shows a low uptake of the service, an official has revealed. Speaking during a stakeholder meeting where participants deliberated on sexual health rights among children living with…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will descend heavily on traffic offenders and violators of Covid-19 regulations during the Easter Holiday. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this week pronounced a number of new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 during the Easter Holiday, including stopping boarding school students from…
ZIFA has begun the consultative process on players’ contracts for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) after the senior men’s team booked a place for the finals scheduled for Cameroon next year. Captain Knowledge Musona has been given a heads up on the matter and he is set to share the news with his legion…
ARTISTS from different genres trooped to Wilkins Hospital in the capital to get their first jab yesterday. This comes as they have been lobbying the authorities to relax Covid-19 national lockdown measures which outlaw shows. Currently only artists in the low risk sectors, such as theatre, film, sculpture and painting, are allowed to operate in…
ZIMBABWE’S healthcare providers have been urged to embrace technology which would help them provide telehealth services following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as face-to-face meetings and gatherings are now generally discouraged by the World Health Organisation protocols on combating the spread of the virus. It also comes as the lockdowns imposed by…
