© OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday came face to face with empty hospitals as members of the public now opt for private health centres following the countrywide doctors’ industrial action over poor salaries. [GoogleAd] Chamisa, who toured Harare and Parirenyatwa hospitals, warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government that the situation could lead to…
© THE European Union (EU) is ramping up pres- sure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold much-needed talks with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. This comes as Mnangagwa is battling to put back on track his re-engagement efforts with western powers, following growing concerns about human rights violations in the country, which are blamed on the…
© IN A surprise development, a close confidante of President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the long-awaited prosecution of soldiers who killed innocent civilians in August last year will begin next year, the Daily News reports. The revelation by Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, that the post-2019 election killings will soon be dealt with, comes as Zimbabwe is…
© MARONDERA is set to have a state-of-the-art greenhouse for cannabis farming after a London-based company, Eco Equity, secured a licence to cultivate the plant for health purposes on a 2 000-hectare long-term leased piece of land. [GoogleAd] Eco Equity last week announced that it had employed agricultural experts and a professional grounds team to…
© NO meaningful learning is taking place in schools around the country as teachers cannot concentrate on their jobs due to deteriorating working conditions, teachers unions have said. [GoogleAd] Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said while teachers are not officially on strike, they have not been able to attend to their…
© AN ARMED soldier who allegedly embarked on a robbing spree had his luck run out after one of his victims outsmarted and shot him first, a court heard on Wednesday. [GoogleAd] Golden Stancilus Magunje, 30, who is based at the Zimbabwe National Army headquarters, Harare allegedly had assembled a team of four accomplices before…
© A MATOBO man allegedly turned his 13-year-old niece into a sex slave, a court heard on Wednesday. [GoogleAd] The 36-year-old man — who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim — allegedly raped his niece from January until the matter came to light this month. The two were staying in the…
© A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED man fatally assaulted his elderly uncle on Sunday after accusing him of stealing his 20 kilogrammes of maize. Both were apparently drunk. Sure Nyamvudu, 65, of Zindi Village under Chief Mutasa was beaten up before he was struck with a farm brick on the head. [GoogleAd] Manicaland provincial police spokesperson inspector Tavhiringwa…
© Governement is stepping up community preparedness after costly lessons from violent Cyclone Idai, which exposed the country’s lack of readiness to handle freak natural events. The death of 341 people, injury of 258 and loss of 344 while more are still missing over six months after the storm has awoken government to the need…
© HOME deliveries among ap- ostolic sects that are dominant in Manicaland Province are the major reason most children in the region do not have national identity documents, the Zimba- bwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has revealed. Without birth records from health care centres, many apostolic sect members’ children are not documented and remain…
