Staff writer in BULAWAYO A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, died after falling into a metal dish containing 40 litres of boiling porridge, the police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the tragic incident happened after the child was left in the care of his grandmother who was brewing traditional…
RUTENDO NGARA HARARE provincial magistrate Winfilda Tiatara has cancelled a warrant of arrest which was issued against former Zanu PF youth leader Lewis Matutu for defaulting court last week. According to Matutu’s lawyer Moffat Makuvatsine, the warrant was issued due to errors in the court record. Matutu is Zanu PF Midlands deputy provincial chairperson. Makuvatsine…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw OVER 300 Kariba residents, who are beneficiaries of a housing scheme, Kasese, are threatening to occupy un-serviced stands owing to the prolonged development timeline. The scheme was planned in 2003, but work on the project did not resume until 2021 leaving some home seekers who had purchased stands in 2010 enraged amid…
IN A REFRESHING display of leadership, Zanu PF youth boss and cabinet minister Tino Machakaire has called for the party members to tell President Emmerson Mnangagwa the truth about the country’s problems. Speaking at a graduation ceremony in Hwedza South on Saturday, Machakaire emphasised the importance of candid communication in helping the president make informed…
THE ministry of Health, in partnership with Cordaid and the World Bank, has boosted maternal healthcare in rural hospitals through capacitating maternity waiting shelters and availing essential medical equipment. The move, a part of the Zimbabwe Covid-19 Response and Essentials Health Services (ZCRPEHSP) project worth US$21,5 million, covers 25 theatres and maternity waiting homes across…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw A TOTAL of 18 million condoms were distributed in the first five months of this year after their samples were tested and approved by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz). This comes as the authority is conducting rigorous testing to verify quality, durability, and ability of condoms to prevent sexually transmitted infections and…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FOUR Zimbabweans were recently killed in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region following an altercation between a group of Zimbabweans and local people. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the country’s Charge D ‘Affaires to South Africa, Shephard Gwenzi, confirmed the death, adding that authorities were now seized with the matter. “The information that we…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw INTERNATIONAL rights group Amnesty Zimbabwe says there is a need for increased awareness to combat early child marriages and unattended home births, which can lead to health complications in women such as obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening or hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum that occurs when…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been convicted of fraud after posing as an immigration consultant and duped jobseekers by offering fake certificates of sponsorship (CoS) for employment opportunities in the United Kingdom (UK). Brighton Mhlanga appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Eva Matura facing three counts of fraud and misrepresentation. He pleaded not guilty…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE State yesterday withdrew charges against Emmanuel Dzamati who had been wrongly arrested in an armed robbery case. The State admitted that there was no evidence linking Dzamati to a spate of armed robbery charges he was facing, but one David Sinaro was liable for the offences. He had…
