MANY desperate Bulawayo residents are resorting to relieving themselves outdoors as a result of the city’s water crisis. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting at the weekend, the chairperson of the Residents Charter Africa Initiative, Thamsanqa Ndlovu, said they had encountered many cases of residents defecating in the open because there was no water to flush…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH authorities have warned individuals and organisations offering services of full body scans using dubious magnetic resonance machines saying they are violating the law and exposing the public to possible health dangers. This comes amid a proliferation of unqualified individuals and organisations which are offering free full body scans across the…
LOCAL cleric and football enthusiast Walter Magaya believes local women’s football can scale dizzy heights if it gets the requisite support and is run professionally. Magaya, through his Heart Group, last month unveiled a US$320 000 sponsorship package for the local women’s top flight, the Zimbabwe Women’s Soccer League which is now known as The…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora has called on students in the health sector to come up with innovative ideas in drug discovery. This comes after Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) in partnership with University of Witwatersrand has discovered the Rutava drug that can cure cancer and Alzheimer. Speaking during the graduation…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO couples who adopted two minor children approached the High Court seeking the superior court to compel the registrar general and the ministry of Home Affairs to have their details included on the minors’ birth certificates had their application dismissed. The applicants are Taonga Edson Masendeke and his wife Fortune as…
AN UNBROKEN sixth-wicket partnership of 76 between Matthew Welch and Ryan Burl proved to be the vital factor for Rangers, as they broke Takashinga Patriots’ monopoly of club trophies with a fine 35-run victory in the NPL T20 Blast final at Harare Sports Club on Saturday night. Put in to bat by Takashinga Patriots 1,…
HARARE giants Dynamos returned to old habits yesterday as they were held to a goalless draw by a plucky TelOne at Gweru’s Bata Stadium in a rescheduled Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match. Just days after outclassing ZPC Kariba 3-1 at Rufaro Stadium to reach the Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals, DeMbare were kept at bay…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE chief director of Agriculture and Rural Development Advisory Services (ARDAS) Leonard Munamati has urged villagers to team up to procure fuel so that the government can drill boreholes for them. This comes as the government has promised to drill 35 000 solar powered boreholes between 2021 and 2025 across the…
PARLIAMENT is considering coming up with legislation that protects the country’s medicinal flora amid increasing international and local demand for them. This comes as ordinary Zimbabweans are flooding traditional herbal markets, as prices of prescription drugs spike and the public health delivery system deteriorates at an alarming rate under pressures from a relentless economic crisis….
HARARE-BORN Hollywood make-up artist, hair stylist and cosmetologist Jacque Mgido is as big as they come. For the past two-and-a-half decades, Mgido has transitioned from a poor girl with big dreams to a key figure in the beauty industry. From humble beginnings, she worked her way to the top, in the process earning opportunities to…
