Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO JAPAN has donated eye equipment worth US$73 000 to St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, to improve the health of the local community. Speaking at the handover at the hospital yesterday, the Japan Embassy’s deputy head of mission, Hiroyuti Kumagai, said his country was committed to assisting Zimbabwe to…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THREE people died on the spot while two were injured in a road traffic accident that happened along the Harare-Mutare highway near Die Guns turn-off in Nyazura, Manicaland Province, on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the accident and said the victims have been identified by their next of…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has donated US$15 000 towards hernia surgical operations for 50 underprivileged children. The leading financial services institution’s Head, Brand and Marketing, Palmer Mugavha said the hernia operations were being done in conjunction with Celebration Health, the philanthropic medical arm of Celebration Ministries International in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child…
HARARE magistrate Apolonia Marutya has removed Neville Mutsvangwa and his two accomplices from remand following their application for refusal for further remand. Mutsvangwa, Ellis Majachani, and Simbarashe Tichingana were facing money laundering and illegal dealing in foreign currency charges. However, in their application, the three argued that the continuous postponement of their matter was unjustified…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw APOSTOLIC faith leader Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa has distanced himself from the rape charge against him arguing that the DNA results produced in court were “tainted”. This emerged yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where he is being tried for allegedly raping and impregnating three minor girls at his shrine in…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE government, in collaboration with Cambridge University, has begun training healthcare workers in infertility treatment to provide them with advanced medication skills which are in line with global trends. This comes as the country is heading towards a negative population growth rate owing to a declining fertility and birth rates, according…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) owes service providers ZiG200 million for past elections, a situation which is jeopardising its operations and integrity. This came out in a report tabled on Tuesday in the National Assembly by parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice chairperson Energy Mutodi on the 2025 National Budget proposal. Mutodi said there was a…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has started rolling out fire tenders to all local authorities and yesterday four rural councils took delivery of their vehicles at the Kuwadzana Fire Station in Harare. The 35 fire tenders were sourced by the government from Belarus to boost the country’s quick response to fire emergencies. Some of the…
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has allayed growing public fears that the current heatwave will result in the country experiencing another severe drought. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the MSD’s head of forecasting, James Ngoma, said the extreme hot weather was set to end by the end of this week. This comes as the…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have been challenged to ensure that citizens have access to basic service delivery needs, including a functioning public health, access to education, clean water, housing and electricity. This was said by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission yesterday as the world commemorated the International Human Rights Day (IHRD) under the…
