Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say poverty is contributing to the high cases of congenital heart defects (CHD) in the country. CHD is a general term for a range of birth defects that affect the normal way the heart works.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at Parirenyatwa Hospital, Simukai Machawira, said many of…
Ketty Nyoninyonik@dailynews.co.zw Relatives of patients admitted at Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare have expressed anxiety about their inability to visit their loved ones because the hospital is turning away visitors not vaccinated. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, unvaccinated people at the facility’s visitors’ entrance trying to negotiate their way to see their relatives said…
THREE teenagers from Harare have been jailed for an effective 10 years for stealing electricity cables worth US$450 in the central business district. The trio, Richard Musunda, 18, Tatenda Nyakura, 18, and Honest Warambwa, 19, appeared before the Harare magistrate’s court recently. They were facing allegations of cutting, damaging, destroying and interfering with apparatus for…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for four pirate taxi suspects who allegedly kidnapped two passengers before robbing them of their possessions. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that the police are working hard to bring the suspects to justice. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bulawayo are investigating a…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya A FOURTY-EIGHTYEAR-OLD woman from Kambuzuma, Harare died in her home after she was badly assaulted by unknown assailants at a local bar. The assault happened last week Wednesday and the police have identified the deceased as Fungai Mbengeranwa, who died a few days after the incident at her home after failing to…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya A TEN-YEAR- OLD girl from Kuwadzana in Harare died after she strangled herself with a rope in her room last Sunday night. The police have confirmed the tragic incident, saying that the little one could have accidentally throttled herself. “On Sunday at around 2000 hours, the little girl and her younger brother…
A 49-YEAR-old man will serve an effective 24 years in prison after a magistrate’s court found him guilty of raping his nine-year-old niece. The man, from Honde Valley, Manicaland province, whose name is withheld to protect the identity of the child, appeared before the Mutare magistrate’s court facing rape charges. He was sentenced to 30…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO man believed to be part of a five-member gang that pounced on a local bank last year and robbed it of US$90 123 and 80 240 Rands has been remanded in custody. Bhekimpilo Ncube, 38, of Gwabalanda suburb, was not asked to plead to an armed robbery charge when he…
ELEVEN murder cases recorded in one week by the police across the country is a major cause for concern. The statistics are made much more shocking when we take into account the fact that the majority of the incidents involved suspected members of a close family. Nobody should ever be held accountable for the death…
IN TODAY’S edition, we report that there are new farm invasions across the country. Over 60 000 people had illegally settled themselves on farms, some of them designated for construction of universities. What is worrying is that despite authorities knowing about these invasions, little is being done to chuck out the illegal settlers, encouraging more…
