FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa has applied for discharge at the close of the State case on his criminal abuse of office charge. Parirenyatwa is accused of corruptly directing Natpharm board chairperson George Washaya to end Flora Nancy Sifeku’s contract with the organisation as managing director in June last year replacing her with Newman Madzikwa….
TIMOTHY Moyo has been living with diabetes for 16 years and has always religiously taken his insulin injections. As a teacher with three schoolgoing children, over the years Moyo could afford on his meagre salary to take care of his family and buy his insulin that he injects four times a day to manage his…
OVER 98 000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the country experiences a devastating drought that has left eight million people hunger stricken. Acute malnutrition is a form of under-nutrition caused by a decrease in food consumption, causing sudden weight loss. Unicef nutrition manager Mathieu Joyeux said the organisation will be distributing food…
THE government is facing a tall order to placate its restive employees after nurses became the latest group to threaten a strike due to the worsening economic environment in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as teachers have also threatened to completely stop going to work until their employer reviewed their measly salaries….
© SIX suspected armed robbers pounced on a gold miner’s house in Famona suburb and allegedly got away with US$30 000 cash, a kilogramme of gold ore and other valuables. Mehluli Ncube, Fungai Mpofu, Nqobizitha Nyathi, Prince Mpumelelo Dube, Mgcini Ndlovu, and Rabson Chatikobo allegedly ambushed Peter Jonathan Pretorius as he arrived home from his…
THE visit by Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi to Zimbabwe has cemented the two countries’ relationship, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking after meeting Wang Yi, Mnangagwa said the minister was satisfied with the two countries’ relationship. “He is very happy with the visit and happy that we had an occasion to go over…
© ZIMBABWEAN lawyer and writer, Petina Gappah has been nominated in the acclaimed American 51st National Association for an Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards. Gappah is nominated in the Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction Category) for her book Out of Darkness, Shining Light. The acclaimed awards celebrate the artistic and creative achievements of people…
© A LOCAL company has successfully integrated LP gas into petrol engines, giving motorists an option to switch between the two fuel sources amid the crippling petroleum shortages in the country. Intergas, a local company formed in 2017, is converting petrol-run cars to enable them to also run on LP gas. “We are converting petrol-run cars…
© THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) director Nathan Nkomo yesterday said the department does not have adequate resources to cope with destructive floods which have been forecasted by the Meteorological Services Department (MSD). Nkomo bemoaned his organisation’s financial limitations in the wake of floods that pummelled Nembudziya in Gokwe North District last Monday, leaving 30…
© WOMEN are still struggling to penetrate the construction industry and to stand toe-to-toe with their male counterparts due to social stereotypes, C and R Home Designs and Construction founder Shamiso Machaya has said. According to a United Nations study, infrastructure projects are male-dominated with women being the least represented in the construction sector with…
