By Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE will launch a national mass drug administration exercise for bilharzia and other tropical diseases in September this year. The campaign — which follows a recent survey which showed that many areas in the country had low treatment coverage for the diseases — will be conducted in 53 districts. Bilharzia is caused…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw OVER 600 000 people in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia are set to benefit from the Zimbabwe-MozambiqueZambia Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (Zimoza-TFCA) agreement signed by the three nations’ leaders in Harare yesterday. The agreement is aimed at improving sustainable use of natural resources. The agreement was signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mozambique President…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE United States has availed US$62 million as food security support to the government of Zimbabwe’s efforts to feed over three million people who are food insecure. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded for international assistance after declaring the current El Nino-induced drought as a state of national disaster….
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw POLICE commissioner general Godwin Matanga yesterday implored his officers not to lag behind in terms of international policing and peace keeping standards. Speaking in Harare during the briefing and debriefing ceremony for policing officers going for and returning from a peace keeping mission in war ravaged South Sudan, Matanga called on…
By Rutendo Ngara A HARARE car dealer, Mathew Musengezi, 41, who allegedly defrauded the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) of US$40 000 was yesterday granted US$500 bail by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. During his bail application, prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti told the court that Musengezi was not a flight risk since he attended trial early this month where…
By Rutendo Ngara A MAN who was allegedly tasked to transport a consignment of mobile phones worth US$27 000 from Harare to Bulawayo appeared in court yesterday after he allegedly sold some of the cellphones and diverted the cash. Keith Jonasi Mawane, 42, appeared before Harare magistrate Simon Kandiyero facing theft of trust property charges….
By Rutendo Ngara THE ruling for discharge in the trial of 40 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists who were arrested last year for allegedly breaching the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (Mopa) in Highfield, Harare, was yesterday postponed to next week Friday. Magistrate Sharon Rakafa postponed her ruling after one of the accused…
By Yvonne Ncube TWO suspects from Bulawayo have appeared in court facing charges of illegal possession of raw unmarked ivory after police detectives disguised themselves as potential buyers before arresting them. Jonathan Mkhwebu, 33, and Brilliant Mkhosana, 39, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza before pleading not guilty to the charges. However, they…
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday denied bail to 77 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists facing charges of unlawful gathering and disorderly conduct. They were arrested last month at the home of CCC chief administrator Jameson Timba and have been in remand prison for over a month after Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo denied…
By Masimba Makwembere and Brandon Josphat THE country’s relentless power cuts are raising the cost of living in the country and badly affecting both industry and commerce — making life ever harder on many fronts for poor and working classes. So warn consumer groups and business representatives, who told the Daily News yesterday that as…
