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Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyika@dailymews.co.zw NETONE, one of the country’s leading mobile network operators, is expanding its clean-up efforts to reach out to more communities and improve environmental conservation. This comes as the service provider yesterday partnered with the Mutasa Rural District Council (RDC) to clean-up the Hauna Business Centre in the Manicaland district where it also…

HIGH COURT judge, Justice Faith Mushure freed a Marondera man, Knowledge Saizi, who stole a 20 horse power pump at a farm on the basis that it was not connected to the irrigation system and that it was recovered. Saizi had been found guilty of contravening the Water Act by a Marondera magistrate while his…

By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com TWO police officers have been arrested for accepting bribes from pirate kombi taxis at Mabvuku turn-off along Harare – Mutare Highway. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest. “Reference is made to the viral social media post which clearly showed two police officers on a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) motorbike taking…

By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE government has embarked on a programme to train frontline health workers in the identification and handling of the Mpox disease, Harare provincial medical director Innocent Hove has said. Speaking to journalists after the handover of a 450 kW solar unit to Natpharm by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…

TWO young Zimbabweans, Munashe Dube and Lincoln Casette, have come up with a digital tool that monitors epilepsy patients in real time. The mobile application developed by Dube, a bioengineering student at the University of Zimbabwe, and Casette, an electronics engineering graduate from the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT), is the grand prize winner of…

By Rutendo Ngara ONE member of a group of suspected armed robbers who allegedly stole US$30 000 from a company in Chitungwiza appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody. Sign Gwara appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who advised him to apply for bail at the High Court before remanding him to November…

ZESA says it has come up with initiatives of trying to relieve the pressure on farmers caused by the huge amounts they owe the power utility by ensuring they switch over to solar energy. This comes as Zesa is now owed a staggering US$400 million by its customers which is exacerbating the country’s energy crisis….

ONE person died while 25 Chipinge Primary School learners were injured in a bus accident that occurred along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Friday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the accident saying the bus driver was speeding causing him to lose control of the vehicle. “The police report a fatal road traffic accident which…