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By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw OPERATIONS at the St Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre in Harare are being hampered by a shortage of trained personnel and adequate equipment. The rehabilitation centre provides physiotherapy and occupational therapy mostly to victims of road and work-related accidents. Speaking after receiving treadmills from the National Social Security Authority (Nssa)…

FORMER Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke and suspended Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS) chief executive Everisto Rukasha, who have been in remand prison since their arrest last week, were yesterday granted US$200 bail each. The two were arrested by officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last Thursday on fraud allegations after allegedly defrauding…

THREE Harare men are facing fraud charges after allegedly using fake papers to receive morning after tablets and medical examination gloves worth over US$9 600 from the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm). Karamayi Mondoka, 43, Kupakwashe Mupa, 18, and Gift Mondoka, 35, are said to have lied that they wanted to purchase the tablets…

By Yvonne Ncube In Bulawayo OVER 1, 5 million people are estimated to be cereal insecure, mostly in urban areas, with Harare the most affected, the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) report shows. The report also shows that Mashonaland Central Province is the least affected region. “About 1,533,661 people are estimated to be cereal…

A SUSPECTED fraudulent employment agent has been charged with six counts of fraud after allegedly duping unsuspecting individuals who were seeking greener pastures outside the country. Dowells Mabhugu, 26, of Tynwald South, Harare, is being accused of running a fake employment business where he would lure individuals with a promise of jobs in Singapore, Canada,…

A WITNESS, in the trial of Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko and former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala, yesterday exonerated the councillor of being one of the ringleaders in the skirmish between the opposition and Zanu PF supporters in Chitungwiza last year. Maiko and Sikhala are currently on trial facing disorderly conduct charges…

A VAGRANT is facing charges of obstruction of justice, inciting violence and resisting a peace officer after he allegedly assaulted police officers in Harare’s central business district (CBD). Knowledge Mamombe, 22, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi who remanded him in custody until November 13. State prosecutor, Zebediah Bofu told the court that Mamombe…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A NEW political party, Congress for Transformation (CFT), has been launched in Bulawayo as the country prepares for the December by-elections. Speaking to the media at a press conference yesterday, CFT interim president Godknows Sibanda said the party was home grown and out to deliver freedom to the populace and bridge…

A HARARE woman is facing charges of sexually abusing her 12- year –old nephew sometime in September. The woman, 33, from Highfield, Harare, was brought before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last Friday and was granted free bail. The State, represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti, is alleging that the woman called the complainant into her bedroom and…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with Rotary Club International, a global humanitarian organisation, yesterday embarked on a three -kilometre polio awareness walk. This comes as the country’s health authorities have confirmed that Harare recently recorded three cases of wild polio. It also comes as the authorities envisage that the campaign around the central…