POLITICAL EDITOR ZIMBABWE is on the verge of making a massive footprint on the global health spectrum, with Zanu PF recently revealing that it is working with a local scientist on a potential drug to combat HIV and Covid-19. This comes after HIV/Aids-related deaths in the country have risen by more than 200 cases in…
Ashley Moyo SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER HUNDREDS of Johane Masowe Chishanu congregants under the leadership of Madzibaba Terbnage are expected to take part in the first-ever clean-up exercise at the Trabablas Interchange in Harare this Friday. The busy interchange, officially commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in May this year, was constructed to ease the chronic traffic…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Silobela has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old to death following an argument over a borrowed torch. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the incident, identifying the suspect as Lifa Matare, 22, and the deceased as Joseph Dube, 19. “Police in Silobela have arrested…
Takudzwa Dhambu AUTHORITIES have warned criminals, particularly violent thugs, that their days of wantonly abusing the law and the country’s bail system while awaiting trial are numbered. At the same time, police will go after all people and businesses who did not regularise or surrender their illegal firearms during the just-ended weapons amnesty period. Speaking…
THE Mine Ventilation Society of Zimbabwe (MVSZ) president, Tonderai Chikande, has appealed to the authorities to urgently come up with new ventilation and occupational hygiene regulations relevant to the current mining environment. Chikande made the call at the MVSZ’s annual general meeting held in Bulawayo last week. “Many of our current ventilation and occupational hygiene…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER SCOTTLAND crushed Kwekwe United 5-1 at Ascot Stadium yesterday to clinch the 2025 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title with two games to spare. An early goal by Khama Billiat and a brace by Tymon Machope as well as late strikes by defender Ronald Pfumbidzai and teenage striker Tadiwanashe Chakuchichi…
The insidious creep of graft has hollowed out the state, creating a grotesque reality where a few “fat cats” grow richer than the nation itself through shady deals, while the vast majority of citizens are left wallowing in poverty. To finally break this cycle, every available resource must be mobilised, and the first step must…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER WEEK 14 of the Northern Region Handball League (NRHL) was affected by the no-show of Manyame Eagles at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) courts, resulting in the air force team suffering walk overs against men’s sides UZ Wildcats and Harare Poly Titans. As a result of the walk over, UZ Wildcats…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER SELF-STYLED prophet and leader of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) church, Walter Magaya, is expected in court in Harare today to face charges of rape and fraud. Magaya was arrested in an early morning police raid on Saturday at his offices in the capital. He has been in police custody…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A CHINESE mine, Chengxi, in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, allegedly lost US$150 000 to armed robbers last month. One of the suspected armed robbers, Given Mandizadza, appeared in court on Friday, where he was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. It is alleged that on October 2 2025,…
