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Caroline Chiimba STAFF WRITER chiimbac@dailynews.co.zw THE government, through the Health ministry, has offered all local and foreign investors venturing into cannabis production a 100 percent ownership of their farms and licences to improve competitiveness. This comes as the government is changing the policy that governs the investment and production of medicinal cannabis in the country…

Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw RETURNEES quarantined at Belvedere Teachers’ College were on Sunday allegedly beaten by police following a demonstration over test kit shortages which they wanted the government to address them on. This comes after the government recently gave returnees in coronavirus (Covid-19) quarantine centres the option to have their Polymerase Chain Reaction…

MUTARE City Council requires more than $3 million every month for water treatment chemicals, a figure it cannot afford given reduced revenue collection, Mutare spokesperson Spren Mutiwi has said. Mutiwi said the situation has been worsened by the 2020 budget approved by government which has already been eroded by the inflation. “We now require more…

THE Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) in partnership with GIZ, an arm of the German government, has donated 43 water tanks with a capacity of 5000 litres each to 24 isolation centres in 17 local authorities. This comes after the GIZ and Ucaz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2017 under which GIZ…

A LOCAL non-governmental organisation, National Environment Awareness Trust (Neat), has called for more education on Covid-19 in mining towns. This followed a report of a positive Covid-19 case in the mining town of Chegutu which has sparked fears of the spread of the deadly pandemic in other ill-prepared Zimbabwean mining towns. Environmentalist Timothy Chizuzu, the…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A 38-year-old Harare man who allegedly raped his landlord’s five-year-old daughter has appeared in court. Shakil Muchemeni, 38, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with rape and was advised to apply to the High Court for bail. He was remanded to June 5. The court heard that Muchemeni was…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO HEALTH experts have warned of a spike in new HIV infections in Zimbabwe and other sub-Saharan countries due to disruptions of other health services as most resources are now being channelled towards fighting the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. According to a recent research titled: “Estimation of the Potential Impact of Covid-19 Responses…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE Ward 23 councillor Stanley Manyenga, who is also the opposition MDC Alliance Harare provincial chairperson, was freed on $1 000 bail on Friday after he appeared in court on public violence charges and breaching lockdown regulations last week. Manyenga was represented by Gift Mtisi of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEANS are being denied full enjoyment of basic human rights because of the unwillingness of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to urgently implement outstanding legislative reforms and harmonise laws to the Constitution, human rights lawyers have said. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which has been at the…