POLICE have appealed to the business community to work with them more closely in the fight against soaring crime in the country.Speaking in Harare yesterday, during an engagement with business leaders, a concerned Commissioner-General of Police, Stephen Mutamba, also said the force urgently required modern equipment to combat increasingly sophisticated criminal syndicates.“As the police, we…
PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals is shifting its focus toward kidney transplants, moving to expand renal care beyond dialysis and positioning transplantation as the definitive long-term solution for chronic kidney failure.The development follows a major renal unit upgrade, featuring 21 new state-of-the-art dialysis machines to resolve previous shortages.Supported by the National Aids Council (NAC), the initiative…
THE country has recorded 120 rainfall-related deaths this season, with the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) describing the drowning toll as “suicidal.”In an interview with the Daily News – the country’s most influential newspaper – yesterday, the CPU director, Nathan Nkomo, described the rising cases of drowning, particularly involving children and people attempting to cross flooded…
THE trial of Munyaradzi, the son of Deputy Judge President Garainesu Mawadze, who allegedly brutally murdered a cellphone dealer in 2020, is set to commence at the High Court in Harare on February 23.Munyaradzi, who was a first-year Law student at the University of Zimbabwe at the time, is jointly charged with his two friends,…
THE Local Government Board has approved the appointment of Warren Chiwawa as the substantive Chamber Secretary for Harare City Council, a role he had been serving in an acting capacity since 2021.In a letter dated February 2 2026, addressed to acting town clerk, Engineer Phakamile Mabhena-Moyo, and read during a full council meeting yesterday, the…
OPERATIONS at Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe remain stable and unaffected despite the seismic shift in the corporate landscape of its parent company, Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL).In a significant development, the joint Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) in South Africa have applied to the High Court for an order to place the South African entity into provisional liquidation.The…
LEGISLATORS on Wednesday put the government under the spotlight, demanding answers on the administration and disbursement of the sugar tax.This comes as Zimbabwe’s public health sector, which serves the majority of the population, remains in the doldrums, weighed down by a severe shortage of funds and skilled professionals, poor infrastructure and a lack of medicines.The…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s opening of the 2026 Cabinet calendar on Monday was not a ribbon-cutting ceremony, it was a demolition job on the culture of entitlement.By “reading the riot act” to his ministers, the president voiced the simmering frustration of a nation tired of bureaucratic sludge and ministerial vanity projects.The message was scathing and overdue:…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zanu PF politburo members to toe the party line, uphold discipline, and lead the fight against corruption as the ruling party positions itself to drive national transformation.Speaking at a strategic seminar for politburo members in Harare, Mnangagwa warned against complacency and divisive tendencies within the party’s top structures.“It is imperative…
Omega Ukama News Editor MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF) is expected to carry out “more enhanced disclosures of its operations by publishing financials…
