March 2026

SOUTHERN Africa is currently grappling with a widening spectrum of threats, ranging from recurring droughts to emerging risks like bioterrorism, straining national well-being and environmental stability.Addressing delegates at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Sadc Emergency Telecommunications and Early Warning for All (EW4All) regional meeting yesterday, the chief director in the Civil Protection Department, Nathan Nkomo,…

A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has died in a horrific mauling after four Boerboel dogs leaped over a secure fence to attack her as her stepfather fed them. The tragedy unfolded on February 28 at a property in Douglasdale, Bulawayo.The victim, Tanaka Dube, aged two years and six months, was walking with her mother when the incident…

SALLY Mugabe Hospital in Harare is undergoing extensive refurbishment on one of its blocks under the Presidential Hospital Refurbishment Programme.Addressing the media yesterday after touring the progress made so far, Sally Mugabe Hospital operations director Precious Chipangura said the block was once used as a rehabilitation centre and later as an eye clinic, but it…

MORE than 4 000 inmates were freed yesterday, as the government implemented a nationwide presidential amnesty to ease prison congestion across the country.This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently granted the amnesty in line with his constitutional powers.Speaking to the media during the release of the first batch of inmates at Harare Central Prison yesterday,…