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© CASSAVA Smartech’s Maisha Health has unveiled a new partnership with Cancerserve Trust, which seeks to assist Zimbabweans living with cancer. Through the partnership, Maisha has committed a portion of its monthly revenue to supporting cancer treat- ment of patients in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals through the Cancerserve Trust. Announcing the ground-breaking partnership, Cassava Smartech chief…

© ALBINO associations have challenged government to distribute free sunscreen lotions for people living with albinism at all health facili- ties to reduce the skin cancer mortality that has become prevalent among the group. The Zimbabwe Albino Association (Zimas) and Global Aid Missions reiterated that sunscreen lotions are a necessity for people living with albinism…

© THE Zimbabwe Republic police has turned down a Com- munity Water Alliance (CWA) application to demonstrate to- day against the water crisis in the country, saying the security situation in the capital is not favourable. Replying to CWA leader Timothy Chitambure, the chief superintendent officer com- manding police for Harare cen- tral district acknowledged…

© ZIMPARKS is planing to move elephants from drought-hit Hwange National Park to other areas in the country as 55 of the animals have starved to death in Zimbabwe’s biggest game park in the past two months. ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said his organisation is doing everything it can to save the animals. [GoogleAd] “We…

C © CONSUMER Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) executive director Rosemary Siyachitema has called for the immedi- ate assent of the Consumer Protection Bill into law to safeguard the interests of Zimbabweans on the market place. She told the Daily News that apart from pricing, there were a lot of important clauses in the Bill that…

© TWO suspected copper cables thieves were electrocuted while trying to cut copper cables from overhead power lines in Bulawayo’s Woodville suburb. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the badly burnt bodies, which are yet to be identified, were discovered on Monday. [GoogleAd] “Two people tried to steal Zesa Holdings (Zesa) copper cables and they…

© ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has filed a $10 million defamation suit against the ruling party’s youth league deputy secretary, Lewis Matutu. In the court papers filed last Friday, Mpofu told the court that the litigation arose from an incident on June 24 this year, when Matutu addressed a press conference at…

© A ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Right’s attempt to have an independent pathologist examine the body of Hilton Tamangani, who passed away in remand prison on Saturday, was dismissed yesterday. Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa said the magistrates’ court had no jurisdiction to hear the matter and ordered the State to commence investigations into the circumstances…

© OPPOSITION parties yesterday came out guns blazing, accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of seeking to con- solidate power through a raft of constitutional amendments, among them, repealing the clause on presidential polls running mates. This comes after Cabinet on Monday approved various constitu- tional amendments “perceived to be contradictory or conflicting, thereby rendering implementation of…

© OVER 20 000 mine workers will lose their jobs due to mechanisation currently being invested in by most mines, the Daily News can report. Robotics and driverless technology have taken over at some of Zimbabwe’s mines to enhance efficiency in the mining sector, which contributes around 16 percent of the country’s GDP. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe…