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Tapiwa Chirume THE government needs to improve citizens’ access to key national documents, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says.This comes as many Zimbabweans continue to face serious challenges in getting birth certificates, passports and other crucial papers for a variety of reasons that include bureaucratic inefficiencies.“In 2025, the ZHRC undertook follow-up actions to improve…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council says it has achieved a 95 percent immunisation coverage rate among children against various diseases, a milestone health officials have described as critical in protecting communities from vaccine-preventable illnesses.According to the city’s health services department, the achievement reflects the success of routine immunisation programmes conducted in partnership with…

Rutendo Ngara BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo’s ex-wife, Sonja Madzikanda, and her mother, Tabitha, will know today whether they will be granted bail in a cyberbullying case after Harare magistrate Nyaradzo Manokore failed to deliver a ruling yesterday due to illness.The two are in custody over allegations of publishing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated images linking Chivayo to South…

Shamaine Chirimujiriand Tapiwa Chirume A HARARE man has confessed to the grisly murder of his friend — an inDrive driver — in which he slit his throat, before drinking the blood.Shepherd Severa, 28, of Warren Park D, revealed the horrid act he performed on 30 year-old Nandama — who had been reported missing earlier this…

Rutendo Ngara SADISTIC serial killer Anymore Zvitsva, who terrorised Guruve residents last year, has been sentenced to an effective 89 years in prison — and the 35-year-old’s legal reckoning is far from over.This comes as Zvitsa is still awaiting a separate High Court trial for a string of other horrific murders and rape charges.Harare Magistrate,…

Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the Zanu PF youth league to expose divisive elements and reject grandstanding, urging young party members to focus on productivity, discipline and tangible results that improve communities and strengthen the economy.Addressing the Youth League National Assembly in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the country’s future depended on a generation…

Brandon Josphat and THE Constitutional Court (Concourt) has reserved judgment in a case in which war veterans want the country’s planned law changes voided.The six war veterans — Reuben Zulu, Godfrey Gurira, Shoorai Nyamangodo, Joseph Chinyangare, Digmore Knowledge Ndiya and Joseph Chinguwa — say the Constitutional Amendment Bill 3 (CAB3) is unconstitutional.They add that the…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo men have each been jailed for an effective eight years after they launched a vicious acid attack on a 20-year-old artisanal miner, leaving him with severe burns.Handsome Ngwenya, 25 from Hope Fountain and Bongani Ndlovu, 30 of Iminyela were convicted of attempted murder by Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mkandla.The duo…

Rutendo Ngara HARARE provincial magistrate Nyaradzo Manokore yesterday remanded businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s ex-wife, Sonja Madzikanda, and her mother, Tabitha, in custody over allegations of publishing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated images of her former husband with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.The two are expected back in court today for a ruling on their bail application after the…