Students at Monte Cassino Girls High, an elite boarding school in Macheke, were sexually abused by teachers in incidents that date back months ago, according to a police report lodged by the girls on Friday. When the Catholic-run boarding school — ranked among Zimbabwe’s top 10 schools in terms of pass rate and supported by…
DOZENS of people had either been killed or were missing when the Daily News on Sunday went to print last night — while large swathes of the country were in distress — as Cyclone Idai battered Zimbabwe yesterday. This came after the tropical cyclone reached the country from Mozambique late on Friday night, knocking down…
Retailers have hiked petrol and diesel prices by up to 8 cents per litre, adding to the burden of consumers dealing with record prices and amid rising political pressure on the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government. [GoogleAd] The marginal increase comes just two months after government more than doubled the cost of petrol to $3,31 a litre…
Government has called on millers to help wheat farmers secure seed, fertiliser and farming machinery for the forthcoming cropping season to boost plantings of the cereal to cover a yawning deficit that is forcing government to use up to $100m to import. This comes as the cash-strapped government has failed to pay for 55 000…
MDC deputy president Morgen Komichi was yesterday fined $200 after being convicted of disrupting electoral proceedings during the announcement of presidential election results. Harare magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura convicted Komichi — who was accused of invading the podium at the Harare International Conference Centre where he grabbed the microphone and announced that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
Churches yesterday met British head of Political and Public Affairs John Culley to follow-up on a petition against sanctions which they said were hurting ordinary Zimbabweans. [GoogleAd] The meeting was held at the British Embassy in Harare and was attended by Zimbabwe Amalgamated Council of Churches (ZACC) members, the African Union’s (AU) Economic Social and Cultural…
Black people are four times more likely to develop kidney disease, a top kidney expert has said. Nephrologist Onismas Madzudzo — one of only five in the country — told a World Kidney Day commemoration gathering at Mutare Provincial Hospital yesterday that kidney sufferers were presenting themselves late for treatment. [GoogleAd] Madzudzo said blacks are…
Zimbabwe’s billionaire Strive Masiyiwa and the US’s End Fund are tackling neglected diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of Zimbabwe’s poorest people, but many are shunning treatment due to misinformation. [GoogleAd] More than 7 million people in Zimbabwe need treatment for painful infections, such as sleeping sickness and elephantiasis, with Masiyiwa and his wife…
THE State has seized former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s Nyanga house after he absconded trial on corruption charges. The former Zanu PF national political commissar, who is accused of corruptly awarding tenders and parcelling out vast pieces of land to Grace Mugabe’s sister Shuvai Gumbochuma, was issued with a warrant of arrest on January 17…
A Harare magistrate has postponed the trial of former Zanu PF bigwig Ignatius Chombo accused of criminal nuisance after wearing regalia associated with the ruling party following his expulsion. Senior magistrate Hosea Mujaya postponed the matter to May 10 pending the outcome of his application for permanent stay of proceedings in the Supreme Court Chombo…
