© THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has called on the government to subsidise blood in the private sector as most patients have been accessing services there following the doctors’ strike. This comes after the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) on Tuesday announced that blood prices would now be charged accord- ing to the…
© PARLIAMENT has demanded an explanation from Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on how he allegedly understated the amounts of money the United States of America and China donated to Zim- babwe. Presenting his national budget state- ment last month, Ncube stated that the USA provided US$50 million up to September but the American embassy in…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must demonstrate leadership and decisively address the health services dilemma which has seen many women giving birth in makeshift maternity wards, Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (Wcoz) has said. Wcoz said the deadlock between the government and doctors had resulted in preg- nant women resorting to community- based deliver- ies, which exposed…
© FOOD insecurity is one of the major underly- ing causes fuelling the rise in gender-based violence (GBV) across the country, the Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has revealed. This comes as United Nations Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, recently indicated that 60 percent of the country’s population was…
© THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe(Gmaz) and the government have reached an agreement that will see the retail price of maize-meal drop to $50 per 10kg. Gmaz national chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara told journalists in Harare yesterday that the grain industry and government have been in negotiations over the price of the staple product. [GoogleAd]…
© AN EX-POLICE officer who named commissioner-general Godwin Matanga and several other senior officials for allegedly abusing State funds to service their personal cars now faces fraud charges. Vusimuzi Ncube was arrested immediately after testifying during the trial of ex-police boss, Robert Tendero Masukusa, who is facing similar fraud charges before Harare magistrate Rum- bidzayi…
© A SUSPECTED Gwabalanda serial copper cable thief, Bakhani Ndlovu,23, who allegedly stole 850 metres of electricity overhead conductors worth an estimated US$5 000, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu facing five counts. [GoogleAd] Ndlovu, who was arrested after almost a year of evading the long arm of the law, was remanded in custody to…
© A KOMBI driver who ran over and killed a 12-year-old girl on Enterprise Road in July was yesterday slapped with a two-year prison term. [GoogleAd] Isaac Mutambariko, 33, was convicted of culpable homicide by Harare magistrate Yeukai Chigodora. Chigodora also cancelled Mutambariko’s driver’s licence. The magistrate suspended one year of the sentence on condition…
© POLICE have dismissed claims that a 13-year-old drowned in a slime dam in the Chiadzwa diamond mining concession on Sunday, expressing concern over a propensity to link all unfortunate incidents in Chief Marange’s jurisdiction to mining operations. [GoogleAd] Social media had been awash with reports of the teen having drowned in a slime dam,…
© A CHIPANGAYI mental patient is being sought by police over the robbery of a Grain Marketing Board (GMB) employee. [GoogleAd] Martha Mavanda, 33, of GMB Chipangayi lost her purse, cellphone and clothes after she was ambushed by the mentally-challenged vagrant on Tuesday. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident. The mental patient…
