THE government has launched the Triple Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B virus (Triple EMTCT) plan in a bid to give every child the best chance to start a healthy life, free from preventable communicable diseases. Speaking during the launch of the EMTCT plan on World Aids Day on…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT AUTHORITIES are stepping up their re-engagement efforts and image building, with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube allocating $976 billion and $122.4 billion to the Foreign Affairs and Information ministries respectively for the purpose of ending Zimbabwe’s long history of isolation. Presenting the 2024 National Budget at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden…
THE government has appointed a new National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) board, which Prosecutor General Loice Matanda Moyo will chair. In a statement yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the NPA board would have eight members. “The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe would like to notify the general public that the minister of Justice … Ziyambi…
GWANDA Provincial Hospital, which in the past did not have resident medical specialists now has a gynaecologist, a general surgeon and an…
A MAN from Waterfalls, Harare, who repeatedly threatened to take his own life to coerce his 13-year-old biological daughter into having sex with him has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The 59-year-old father, who was arrested in June, emotionally blackmailed his daughter by threatening to kill himself if she didn’t sleep with him….
THE Supreme Court has upheld a High Court judgement which found the contract between businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s company Intratrek and the Zimbabwe Power Company for the construction of a Gwanda solar project still valid. The matter, which was heard in June before Supreme Court judges Anne-Mary Gowora, Joseph Musakwa and George Chiweshe, had been reserved…
A MAN from Hatfield, Harare, who allegedly raped his 13-year-old sister-in-law is said to have threatened to kill her and his wife if the teenager refused to sleep with him. The 31-year-old man is being charged with repeatedly sexually abusing his sister-in-law in the presence of his wife. The accused, whose name cannot be published,…
A TRUST reportedly lost US$3 568 after it was duped by three suspected fraudsters. The Honourable Muswere Trust Entity is said to have hired Hamandishe Chihuri, 49, to facilitate a car servicing deal at Faramatsi Motors. Chihuri, who has since been arrested and charged with fraud, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday where…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has signed a US$5 million, 20-year deal with the Peace Parks Foundation (PPF) of South Africa for the conservation of Mana Pools National Park. The PPF, founded in 1997 by Anton Rupert, the late former South African President Nelson Mandela and Prince Bernhard of…
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives allegedly extorted money from a businessman who had knowingly purchased 75 bags of stolen fertiliser. Nelson Chinembiri, 36, and Maxwell Mukono, 34, both stationed at CID Marondera are said to have demanded US$730 from Maxwell Takawira after finding him in possession of fertiliser that was stolen from the Presidential…
