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By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Organisation for Public Health Interventions and Development (OPHID) says they are committed to continue partnering with the government as the country moves to achieve HIV/Aids epidemic control levels. This comes after Zimbabwe has achieved the UNAids 95-95-95 target which denotes that 95 percent of people on treatment have their…

Masimba Makwembere makwembere@dailynews.co.zw THE chairperson of the Harare City Council human resources committee, George Mujajati, yesterday admitted before a commission of inquiry investigating the affairs of the municipality that councillors and senior officials were involved in rampant corruption. Retired Justice Maphios Cheda’s five-member commission was established early this year by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to look…

By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.comVENDORS in Harare have called for a stakeholders meeting to come up with solutions on how to solve the impasse between them and authorities. This comes as the vendors have, since the run up to the Sadc summit the country hosted in Harare last month, been playing cat and mouse games with…

BULAWAYO authorities have raised concern over the increase in road accidents in the central business district and around the city resulting from lack of road signs and markings. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting yesterday, Councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu said efforts should be made to curb road accidents. “I am concerned about the lack of road signs…

THE 66 incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, who were arrested in June for allegedly participating in an unlawful gathering, have filed for a new bail application at the Harare Magistrates Court. This comes as 12 of their fellow colleagues were acquitted last week by magistrate Collet Ncube for disorderly conduct and unlawful gathering,…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO Harare men, who are part of a gang of five suspected of extorting a Bulawayo miner and prominent lawyer Dumisani Dube, of over US$57 000, have been granted US$300 bail each. Percy Pemba, 50, and Paul Chakaingesu, 51, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ernest Muzembe facing one count of impersonating public…

THREE City of Harare bosses who allegedly took part in the illegal awarding of a US$9 million street light rehabilitation tender to Juluka Enndo Joint Venture, a company owned by the incarcerated Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe had their bail appeal dismissed by the High Court. The three are Jabulani Mukomazi, Denford Zhungu and Twanda…