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4 deaths, 6 800 diarrhoea cases in one week

Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country has recorded four deaths and at least 6 894 diarrhoea cases in the past week, bringing the cumulative figures to 20 299 cases since the start of the rainy season in November last year. In a statement yesterday, the Health ministry said two of the deaths were reported at Sally…

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Israeli envoy to Zimbabwe, Zambia mugged in Lusaka

ISRAEL’S ambassador to Zambia and Zimbabwe was mugged on a street in Lusaka last week, with the robbers making off with her diplomatic passport and her cellphone. Ambassador Ofra Farhi was crossing a street in Lusaka on Friday, when a car pulled up alongside her and the occupants grabbed her bag, dragging her off her…

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Government mulls SI for local embassy employees

By Nyasha Kunyiswa GOVERNMENT yesterday said it is considering setting up an inter-ministerial taskforce charged with crafting a Statutory Instrument (SI) to resolve labour disputes pitting local recruited employees at foreign embassies and international organisations accredited to Zimbabwe. Speaking after a meeting with the parliamentary portfolio committee on foreign affairs from Namibia, deputy foreign minister…

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Zimche calls for more varsities to train doctors

THE Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) says there is a need for the opening of new medical training universities in the country to meet the demands of students interested in studying medicine. Zimche’s mandate is to promote and coordinate education provided by institutions of higher education and to act as a regulator in the…

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Uruguay halt Zimbabwe’s Davis Cup dream

ZIMBABWE’S hopes of ascending to the Davis Cup World Group I went up in smoke at Harare Sports Club yesterday when the country’s number two player, Courtney Lock slipped to a 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 defeat at the hands of his Uruguayan counterpart Ignacio Carou. Victory for Carou in the fifth and decisive rubber of the…

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Mavuta shines with five-wicket haul

Emmanuel Marambe YOUNG bowler Brandon Mavuta, playing in only his second-ever Test match, was the star of the show for Zimbabwe yesterday with a five-wicket haul, as the Chevrons finally made a breakthrough against the West Indies, who were forced to declare on 447/6 in order to try and force a result in the rain-affected…

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Follett-Smith wins Cape Town Open

Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw ONE of Zimbabwe’s leading professional golfers Benjamin Follett-Smith made a winning start to his 2023 Sunshine Tour campaign, outperforming a stellar cast to win the Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open title by one shot, at Royal Cape Golf Club on Sunday. After going into the final round tied for the lead with…

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Veteran traditional singer Busi retraces her footsteps

AFTER a brief flirtation with the Amapiano beat, United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean songstress, Busi Mhlanga has retraced her footsteps to the traditional music which has earned her a fairly big following in Zimbabwe and beyond. Two years after dropping the Gqi Gqi Gqi and Graceland (Amapiano Remix) using the trending amapiano beat in a bid to make the song palatable…

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Music stars join forces for Nama theme song

Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw THREE rising stars of Zimbabwean music — Mwenje Mathole, Nyasha David and Ulethu — teamed up to create the theme song for the 21st edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) to be held on February 25 at the Harare International Conference Centre. Titled Unlocking Dreams, the Nama theme song is now…

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