THE continuing pillaging of the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has reached disproportionate pro[1]portions and cannot be allowed to go unchecked. Several executives and board members of PSMAS have appeared in court facing several cases of fraud and corruption that they allegedly siphoned millions of dollars from the society. While it is sub-judice to…
WITH less than two months before the South African government terminates the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP), gloom and despair have set in…
FORMER Warriors and Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha has won custody of their two children in his divorce from the daughter of the late music icon Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, Samantha. Mtukudzi filed for separation for a second time in 2021, claiming that there was no hope of a successful reconciliation between her and Nengomasha. C…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested six suspects for a series of robbery cases committed within Bulawayo central business district and western suburbs. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said the suspects have been engaging in robberies since March 2023. “Police arrested six robbers, namely Lookout Dube, 42, of…
WAR veterans have reignited their push to have former first lady Grace Mugabe surrender the two dozen or so farms that her family allegedly owns in Mashonaland Central Province alone. In this light, the former freedom fighters plan to toyi-toyi at government offices this week, in a bid to force authorities to agree to their…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) says Christopher Mutsvangwa is still their chairperson, despite claims by an interim committee that he has been removed. This comes after some association members last week announced that they had removed Mutsvangwa from his position as the chairperson of the organisation, accusing their leader…
BY RUTENDO NGARA CONSTITUTIONAL law expert and opposition party leader Lovemore Madhuku says the reforms that will come out of the ongoing deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before Parliament might not help in this year’s general elections owing to a long gestation period of almost six months to implement. This comes as various…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA IN AN effort to increase access to healthcare services, the government says it is striving to ensure that the nation produces its own medications with the assistance of countries like Cuba. Speaking during the 13th Cuban Medical Brigade Awards in Harare last week, the deputy minister of Health, John Mangwiro paid tribute…
BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI THE Zimbabwe Research and Education Network (ZIMREN) says its consortium with 16 member countries is an initiative to support quality research in higher education and research sectors by providing affordable broadband connectivity. The high cost of bandwidth in Zimbabwe prompted local universities to form the ZIMREN that is under the UbuntuNet Alliance…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA SINCE the beginning of the year, the government of Japan has supplied Zimbabwe with medical equipment worth US$6 million for its public health facilities as part of the Asian nation’s commitment to assisting the local health sector. This was revealed on Friday at the launch of a quality-improvement project for health services…
