THE Embassy of Italy in Zimbabwe, in partnership with the ministry of Health and Child Care officially handed over some advanced obstetric simulators and a state-of-the-art solid waste steriliser to Luisa Guidotti Hospital in Mutoko, on Thursday, March 28. [GoogleAd] In an interview ahead of the handover ceremony, Italy’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Carlo Perrotta said:…
BULAWAYO is set to experience some intermittent water problems as council carries out repair works in the Umzingwane/Mtshabezi pipeline today. [GoogleAd] In a notice by the City of Bulawayo, the repairs on the pipeline bypass will be conducted between 07:00 hours to 22:00 hours. The repairs come as the city has instituted a 72-hour water…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has invited members of the public to nominate qualified personnel to fill in the positions of two Supreme Court and eight High Court judges. [GoogleAd] The JSC also said the appointment of judges is done in terms of provisions of section 179 of the Constitution which provides that a person…
A 63-YEAR-OLD Chipinge teacher on Wednesday collapsed and died in the deputy headmaster’s office under unclear circumstances. Eddie Taonezvi, who was a teacher at Chipinge Junior Primary School, was pronounced dead on arrival at Chipinge District Hospital on March 27. [GoogleAd] Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident, which he said was under…
IT IS all systems go for the Cowdray Park local government election today. The election has for the past few weeks thrown the second largest city into political overdrive as contesting parties sought to outwit each other. [GoogleAd] Intensive campaigns have been the order of the day with parties throwing various resources in the field…
A LECTURER who works for a city college has been sentenced to an effective eight years in jail for raping his 19-year-old student. Felistas Kwenda, who is employed by Debmar College, raped the girl in February when she enrolled for a five-day till-operating course with the institution. Initially, Kwenda was sentenced to 12 years in…
FORMER MDC official Eddie Cross has triggered a storm following reports that he supported President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s penchant for flying in luxurious jets. Opinion is sharply divided over Mnangagwa’s costly foreign trips at a time the country is mourning the death of over 300 Cyclone Idai victims. [GoogleAd] In the midst of efforts to locate…
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, says he has the capacity to lead the country’s biggest opposition political party if the structures nominate him to contest for that position at the MDC congress to run from May 24 to 26. It will be the first congress since the death of the MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai who…
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been chosen as the official carrier for the 2019 World Press Freedom Day Global Conference to be held in Addis Ababa from May 1-3, 2019. The conference is jointly organised by Unesco, the African Union and the government of…
The Gweru Labour Court has found a Chinese-owned cement company, Livetouch Investments (PVT) LTD guilty of unfair labour practices and ordered the Redcliff-based company to pay an aggrieved worker his dues by May 31. The matter was heard before High Court judge Justice Emilia Muchawa on Wednesday. [GoogleAd] The case pits Lazarus Maposa who…
