HARARE – Malaria is spreading rapidly in Zimbabwe, with more than an estimated 518 deaths in 2017, up from 231 a year before, the largest increase, the Health and Child Care ministry said. Government officials reported a total of 5 997 malaria cases and five deaths for the week ending March 25. The deaths were…
HARARE – A prostitute residing in the Avenues area of Harare reportedly threw an elderly man through her third floor window following a dispute over payment for sexual services rendered, a court heard yesterday. Abigail Chingwaru, 28, who resides at Hamilton Heights corner Mazowe Street and Hebert Chitepo, was advised to apply for bail at…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa will soon name his choice to serve as vice presidential running mate to better compete with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He is said to be looking at the short list of MDC acting spokesperson Thabitha Khumalo, the party’s Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Felix Sibanda and academic Bekithemba Mpofu. He…
HARARE – Woes continue mounting for former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s brother Stanley, after he was dragged before the High Court for failing to pay back a $24 000 loan advanced to him in 2016 by Met Bank. According to court papers, the two parties entered into a written loan agreement in January 2016,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has approved funding for a plan to capitalise heritage tourism, in a bid by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to add to a tourism boom witnessed following the ushering in of a new dispensation in Zimbabwe. With scores of destinations introducing more airline routes amid a surge in air travel since November,…
HARARE – Only two seating Members of Parliament in Manicaland Province are guaranteed of progressing to the do-or-die general elections to be held in July this year after their respective constituencies could not attract challengers in the Zanu PF primary polls, the Eastern News can report. Manicaland has a total of 27 constituencies. Two candidates,…
HARARE – An accountant at former president Robert Mugabe’s Gushungo Holdings (Pvt) Ltd who reportedly fleeced the nonagenarian of $11 000 in a botched potato sacks deal appeared in court yesterday. Peter Bhibhi, 34, of Dzivaresekwa in Harare appeared before magistrate Tilda Mazhande charged with fraud. He was represented by Lucky Dube and was released…
HARARE – The State has lined up over 10 witnesses to testify in a case in which former president Robert Mugabe was duped of $50 000 worth of property by a soldier. Pepukai Zvakavapano, who is attached to the Presidential Guard, was due to answer to theft charges before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande yesterday before…
HARARE – Chatham House apologised yesterday for a tweet that suggested Zimbabwe will hold election on July 18, quoting remarks by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Sibusiso Moyo in a presentation at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in the United Kingdom. The tweet, published on the official Chatham House account on Monday night, stirred…
HARARE – Government has threatened to repossess land from resettled farmers who continue to use vast quantities of wood to cure their tobacco, contributing to deforestation and defying calls to use coal. “The country will turn into a desert in no time, should this practice be allowed to continue,” Lands minister Perrance Shiri said, calling…
