AT LEAST 18 people, who have fully recovered from leprosy, are stranded at the Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province, as their families are reluctant to take them home from the Catholic Church-run institution. Leprosy is a result of an infection caused by the bacterium myco-bacterium leprae and it mainly affects the skin,…
TWO suspected bogus State intelligence officers, who were arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a local bank, appeared at the Harare Magistrates court on Friday, facing charges of impersonating a public official and extortion. Blessward Rufaro Zvikaramba, 26, and Mathias Mzezewa, 42, were arraigned before magistrate Munashe Chibanda before being released on $200…
MOBILE money customers are happy that the government has reduced the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transactions from…
A SCRAP metal dealer has been dragged to court after he was allegedly found in possession of a firearm that he picked up over nine months ago while collecting scrap. Darlington Rutendo Manyarara, 20, of Overspill, Epworth, appeared before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Friday, where he was charged with the unlawful possession of a…
A GWERU car dealer who allegedly shot and killed three people in the city in 2021, and disappeared, has been arrested in…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) say they are almost always left with a day’s supply in their blood bank at the end of each day owing to high demand. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of World Blood Donor Day commemorations in Harare yesterday, NBSZ chief executive office Lucy…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says the only way to save burial space in the country’s second capital is for residents to cremate their loved ones or bury them at their rural homes. This comes as residents are vehemently opposed to cremation, which they argue is against their traditional beliefs and African culture. Residents have…
THE future belongs to the youth, but its involvement with drugs and illegal substances could see all this coming to nought, so says an aspiring Zanu PF councillor. Addressing an exuberant crowd that included the young and old on Saturday at the police grounds — the Tomlinson Deport — 26-year-old Tarusenga Cleopas Mushininga implored youths…
A STRUGGLING economy, a shrinking civic space, propaganda, an electoral body under fire and disinformation have all come to the fore ahead…
By Brandon Josphat PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare ministry has partnered with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) to roll out an information, communication, and technology (ICT) programme for persons with disabilities in the country. In 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched a national disability policy, which has a section dedicated to…
