© CHURCHES and traditional leaders have joined forces with the government to find ways of ending machete wars among small-scale min- ers, which have claimed over 100 lives in the past four months. Since August this year, 105 people have been killed in the machete wars that are spreading throughout the country like wildfire. [GoogleAd]…
TUBERCULOSIS (TB) deaths are on the decline in the country following a number of inter- ventions that have been implemented to contain the deadly disease, a World Health Organisation (WHO) says. © WHO said the 2019 TB report shows that Zimbabwe has made significant strides in fighting the disease through the Global End TB strategy…
© MORE than 60 beasts, five tonnes of chicken and 80 goats will be consumed at the Zanu PF annual conference set for Goromonzi next month, which will be attended by at least 7 000 delegates. In addition to the live animals, Zanu PF Mashonaland East secretary for finance Munyaradzi Kashambe, who is part of…
© THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned Zimbabweans to expect heavy rains and violent storms this week. This comes as at least 19 people are reported to have been killed by lightning and hailstorms since the beginning of the rain season. In addition to the loss of life, powerful storms have also left a…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has warned that the country risks being plunged into civil war if citizens are pushed to retaliate against the escalating brutality by security forces, the Daily News reports. This comes as the military has warned ominously that it is becoming concerned by unspecified threats to the peace currently being…
MEN and boys should par- ticipate in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in a bid to stem the scourge. Speaking at the launch of the 16 Days of Activism in Harare yesterday, Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni said: “May I highlight that the fight against gender-based violence in all its forms…
© POLITICAL activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat “Mzaca” Ngulube was last week sentenced to an effective six years in jail after he was convicted of torching three cars belonging to Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial women’s league chairperson Eva Bitu. [GoogleAd] Ngulube committed the offence during the violent protests that rocked the country…
© HUNDREDS of residents in desperate need of medical attention have been thronging a mobile clinic set up at Cowdray Park terminus to seek free basic medical treatment. The first pilot mobile initiative, known as Citizweans Clinic, was set up at a time when doctors in the country have been on strike for nearly three…
© FORMER deputy Health minister Edwin Muguti is in trouble after he lost his bid to challenge a High Court order demanding him to pay R252 546 and $28 000 to a couple that successfully sued him for negligently conducting a medical operation. Patricia Singizi and her husband Samuel Singizi sued Muguti in 2016 in…
ACTIONALISM reared its ugly head again dur- ing last weekend’s Zanu PF district coordinating committee (DCC) elections in Bulawayo Province where ruling party bigwigs from other prov- inces allegedly interfered with the outcome. The revelations, which come amid fears of infiltration by remnants of the vanquished G40 in Zanu PF, were made by party national…
