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HARARE – United States president Donald Trump has dealt a huge blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts with Washington and other Western powers — after he extended America’s sanctions against Zimbabwe by another year. [GoogleAd] This comes after Mnangagwa and his senior government colleagues were recently given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU),…

Global biotechnology giants Abbott Laboratories have set their eyes on introducing a rapid diagnostics test in Zimbabwe that can be used in remote areas for testing an HIV patient’s viral load. [GoogleAd] In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Abbott vice president Willem Pretorius said the devices could be very useful in remote areas which…

MEDICINES Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) director-general Gugu Mahlangu yesterday said government needs to invest more in local pharmaceutical manufacturing and in research and innovation to improve medicinal manufacturing and supply in the country. [GoogleAd] Speaking before Parliament’s Health and Child Care Committee yesterday  Mahlangu revealed that MCAZ continues to license few locally-manufactured medicines even…

LUPANE – SIX Lupane State University (LSU) Students Representative Committee (SRC) members were recently arrested after staging a demonstration against the tertiary institution’s decision to bar those failing to pay registration fees. [GoogleAd] LSU banned students who have not paid registration fees from attending lectures and accessing the university’s facilities. The university is demanding $350 upfront…

BULAWAYO – Resident in Bulawayo have called for urgent intervention measures to address the exorbitant pricing in pharmacies, as the sector has shunned the official rate of 1:2,5 to the United States dollar. [GoogleAd] Members of the public who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said government should come to their rescue as the prices in most…

BULAWAYO – School authorities should ensure a safe environment for pupils, as they may be answerable for negligence, former Education minister David Coltart has said. This follows an unfortunate incident last Friday where 59 Grade 4 pupils at Sigombe Primary School in Bulawayo’s Nkulumane suburb were hospitalised after eating poisonous Jatropha fruits. [GoogleAd] Coltart said depending on…

FORMER Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira wants the Constitutional Court to hear his graft case arguing he was being persecuted over an administrative decision that saved NetOne. Mandiwanzira appeared before Harare regional magistrate Elijah Makomo yesterday represented by Thembinkosi Magwaliba. He said he had the blessings of former president Robert Mugabe’s office in the transaction. [GoogleAd]…

HARARE – MDC Harare West MP Joana Mamombe will have to languish in remand prison after the court dismissed her application challenging placement on remand in a subversion case. She will be back in court on March 19. [GoogleAd] Mamombe was being represented by Obey Shava who had made the application on the basis that his…

HARARE – A War veteran from Mashonaland Central Province who went berserk late last year and savagely assaulted 116 pupils at a local primary school for alleged indiscipline has been jailed. [GoogleAd] Solomon Samu was handed a three-year sentence by magistrate Tendai Muchena who suspended one-year and left him to serve an effective two years behind bars….

MDC MP for Harare West Joana Mamombe who was arrested on Saturday after attending to Parliament business in Nyanga, yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where she was formally charged with treason. Mamombe yesterday challenged her placement on remand arguing that the police had breached the 48-hour provision, which is the time between a…