By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PARIRENYATWA hospital yesterday said it will offer free eye cataract surgery to 500 patients this week. A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, head of department at Parirenyatwa’s Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Hospital and chief government ophthalmologist Boniface Macheka said…
MATABELELAND North traditional leader Chief Mtshane Khumalo was yesterday elected new president of the Chiefs Council, with the outgoing leader of the body, Chief Fortune Charumbira voted in as deputy. Charumbira, who is also president of the Pan African parliament, had been president of the Chiefs Council for several years. On the other hand, until…
THE money laundering trial of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, failed to commence yesterday after the State asked for a postponement, telling the court that investigations were not yet complete. Mubaiwa is on trial after she was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in 2019 for allegedly laundering nearly US$1 million to…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) says it has tightened its system to curb leakage of public examination papers. This comes as Zimsec was rocked by scandals last year after school authorities and candidates were found in possession of leaked 2022 “O” Level final examination papers, with over 5 000 students…
By Rutendo Ngara THE founder of the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa Forward in Faith (ZAOGA FIF), Archbishop Ezekiel Guti, was buried at a private ceremony in Bindura yesterday. The national hero, who died on July 5 in South Africa having turned 100 recently, was interred in a mausoleum and also received a 21-gun salute….
A MAN suspected of forging documents ranging from driver’s licences, marriage certificates, ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels Zimsec certificates, as well as university transcripts, has appeared before a Harare court. Philip Chaposha, 39, of Mufakose, Harare, was arraigned before regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded him in custody to August 16 to file his bail application….
WOMEN’S Month could be seen as a tick-boxed commemorative month, when all the pleasantries are done to celebrate women. “Accelerating socio-economic opportunities…
HISTORY has a tendency of repeating itself. And indeed it repeated itself on Tuesday when the president of the MDC Douglas Mwonzora announced to the world that he was withdrawing from the August 23 presidential election citing a litany of reasons, among them that the poll is a “farce” and he cannot sanitise it by…
INDEPENDENT presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere has filed an urgent application at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking to remain on the ballot paper ahead of the August 23 general elections. This comes as the ConCourt on Monday dismissed an application he had made in which he sought leave to approach the apex court to challenge a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued another impassioned plea for peaceful polls, while also vowing to deal ruthlessly with chaos mongers ahead of the crunch polls. Addressing a huge star rally in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa emphasised repeatedly that Zimbabweans should not be divided by elections. This comes as political tensions have been on the rise in…
