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SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI THOUSANDS of citizens will access free medical screenings next week during Zimbabwe’s inaugural Public Health Sector Wellness Festival.The five-day festival, organised by the Health Service Commission (HSC) in partnership with the ministry of Health, will run from July 6 to 10 at Midlands State University under the theme “Stronger Together, Healthier Together.”In a…

SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI INFORMAL traders are demanding an equal voice and dedicated funding in the rollout of Zimbabwe’s new National Formalisation Strategy (ZNFS).The (ZNFS, adopted alongside the National Employment Policy (2026–2030), is a government framework designed to integrate the country’s vast informal economy — including vendors, cross-border traders, transport operators, home-based workers and waste pickers —…

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) is retraining its educators to deliver the nation’s new Heritage-Based Curriculum (HBC).The initiative comes as the ZPCS operates 32 non-formal schools across its 46 correctional institutions and recorded more than 3 800 inmates sitting Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council examinations last year.Introduced in 2024, the HBC seeks to align…

YVONNE NCUBE A 34-YEAR-OLD man allegedly died after being brutally assaulted by a group of people who accused him of theft at Killarney Squatter Camp in Bulawayo.The deceased, Shaidu Mbandulila, is reported to have died after he and another man were attacked by several suspects at Musimboti Stands in Killarney on June 29 at about…

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo THE government is intensifying efforts to boost cereal production as part of a broader strategy to achieve national food self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on imports.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri, said the country’s focus was to ensure cereal output meets national consumption…

Brighton Muronzereyi CHIEF WRITER ZIMBABWE has reaffirmed its commit­ment to international counter-terrorism partnerships as security threats evolve rapidly across Africa. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly’s ninth review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in New York earlier in the week, the director-general of Zimbabwe’s National Counter- Terrorism Centre, Major General Funnie Mutizhe, said the…

Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Nyamandlovu in Umguza District has been sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison after he repeatedly assaulted his wife with a machete, leaving her with injuries.Bornwell Tshuma appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Shingai Mutiro facing a charge of attempted murder.The court sentenced Tshuma to 36 months imprisonment,…

YVONNE NCUBE A BULAWAYO man has been fined US$200 after he damaged a taxi by smashing its windscreen during a confrontation sparked by suspicions that his friend was involved in a relationship with his girlfriend.Nelson Moyo, from Barham Green suburb, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Golden Muyambo facing a charge of malicious damage to property. He…