Tapiwa Chirume A 25-YEAR-OLD Mberengwa man has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for raping his nine-year-old cousin, shocking the community. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA), the offence occurred on October 17 2025, at the victim’s grandmother’s homestead in Chief Bvute area. “On the evening of 17 October 2025, the…
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has openly challenged Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Tatenda Mavetera to abandon her plan for a small national tech park and instead create a centralised, regional technological hub to serve the entire Sadc region. Mudenda issued the challenge during last week’s 2026 pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo, immediately after Mavetera had…
TWO hundred vulnerable Harare residents have already joined the Community Health Equity Fund, a critical new initiative by the Harare City Council (HCC) in partnership with ZB Financial Holdings and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to improve access to quality healthcare for the capital’s poor. The initiative was launched a month ago in Harare…
THE landscape of cannabis cultivation has evolved significantly, with a growing emphasis on the medicinal and therapeutic potential of the plant. Therapeutic…
IN A landmark move to address a growing health crisis, health professionals have inaugurated their first national association dedicated to combating obesity and its related chronic diseases, with a call for a unified, multi-sectoral approach to safeguard the nation’s future. Speaking during the inaugural Regional Summit on Obesity and Chronic Diseases in Harare yesterday, Vice…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Municipality of Chitungwiza has announced a new policy that will bar unregistered individuals from preparing or submitting building plans for approval. The move is aimed at tightening professional standards and enhancing public safety within the built environment. In a notice yesterday, acting town clerk Japson Nemuseso said the new enforcement measure would…
POLICE say they are now embracing the use of technology in the fight against crime across the country. In a speech read on his behalf by deputy commissioner general Elliot Ngirande during the 2025 police graduation ceremony in Harare yesterday, commissioner-general of police Stephen Mutamba said the use of technology was going to tame corruption….
Takudzwa Dhambu THE Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPA) has implored the public to desist from seeking medical services at unregistered health facilities. This follows the proliferation of unregistered health institutions in Zimbabwe, driven by the collapse of the public healthcare system, high costs of registered private care, and a lack of effective regulation and…
Tapiwa Chirume THE City of Masvingo has proposed allocating land in the Morningside medium-density suburb to the Public Service Pension Fund (PSPF) for the construction of student accommodation, residential flats, and related facilities. In a notice yesterday, the council’s town clerk, Edward Mukaratirwa, said the land earmarked for development comprises four stands measuring 24 125…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A TANZANIAN national has been jailed for 15 years after being convicted of possessing crystal methamphetamine valued at nearly US$1 million. Sleiman Amour, 44, was sentenced at the Bulawayo High Court after he was found guilty of unlawful possession of the dangerous drug, in violation of the Medicines and Allied Substances…
