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OVER 5 000 girls are set to receive free sanitary pads after Shamwari Yemwanasikana launched a “donate a pad” campaign targeting vulnerable girls during the Covid-19 lockdown. This comes as women’s organisations recently complained that women and girls are struggling to access sanitary pads and contraceptives following the Covid-19 lockdown that has restricted movement. At…

VAYA Express, through VAYA Express Medical Deliveries, is now offering free delivery of medical supplies to assist Zimbabweans in need of critical medicines and drugs during the restrictions imposed due the COVID -19 pandemic and beyond. VAYA has collaborated with Maisha Health fund (formerly Steward Health) to help people in need to reach pharmacies by…

A SAKUBVA man who stole two packets of bacon from a supermarket for resale to feed his wife and five children has been jailed for 30 days. Kilmore Bangwayo, 37, from Mazhambe was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Notebulgar Muchineripi and could not immediately pay the alternative $500 fine. He said…

MASVINGO City Council has slashed water rates by 21 percent from their recent hike of 700 percent following an outcry from residents who claim that the amount was beyond their reach. Speaking to the Daily News, Masvingo United Ratepayers and Residents Alliance (Murra) spokesperson Godfrey Mtimba said council had hiked rates by 700 percent where…

A ZUPCO employee has appeared in court after allegedly misappropriating US$2 000 worth of church music equipment he had been entrusted with. Nyashadzashe Makaze, 26, was released on bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa charged with theft of trust property. He was ordered to continue residing at his current address and not…

THE government should, through a statutory instrument (SI), put in place occupational safety, health and environment (OSHE) legislation to address long-standing health issues affecting farm workers, especially in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, local farmers unions have said. This comes as Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 cases shot up by 25 percent this week, with medical…

TWO gun-totting suspected robbers who allegedly committed a spate of heists during the national lockdown have appeared in court. George Gift Dandemutande, 28, and Robson Manezho, 30, were advised to approach the High Court for bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa charged with four counts of armed robbery and unlawful entry. They…

NURSES have demanded that the government allows them to work for one week and rest the following two weeks in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) in health facilities, the Daily News reports. This comes amid reports that two nurses and a doctor recently tested positive for Covid-19 at Sally Mugabe Hospital…

A SELF-STYLED traditional healer and two Harare women who allegedly caused the death of their friend after she was blistered by hot steam while inhaling a concoction under a blanket appeared in court yesterday. Lovemore Notice, 52, Purity Ephraim, 32, and Kerina Gwaka, 46, were charged with culpable homicide when they appeared before Harare magistrate…