By Nyasha Kunyiswa GOVERNMENT is equipping Mpilo Central Hospital, one of major referral medical centres in Bulawayo, to be able to conduct open heart surgeries. This is part of the government plan to decentralise heart surgeries to all the 10 provinces in the country. Currently, open heart surgery is only conducted at Parirenyatwa Group of…
THE National Biotechnology Authority of Zimbabwe (NBA) says it is scaling up the processing capacity at marula/mapfura value addition factory in Mwenezi which was commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in October last year. The factory produces juices, wine, edible oils and stock feeds which are currently being sold locally. NBA chief executive officer Deckster Savadye…
A MAN from Borrowdale, Harare, has appeared before a magistrate’s court after he allegedly sold his girlfriend’s car that she had given to him for safekeeping. Witness Chinemo, 42, and his accomplice, Nesbert Mutengezana, 38, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Tuesday facing a charge of theft of trust property. The duo were granted $350…
A WOMAN in Epworth, Harare, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing attempted murder charges after she allegedly stabbed her husband in the head following a heated argument. Imagine Masiye, 25, appeared before magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday and was remanded in custody. She will return to court on Friday for her bail application….
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE government has advised farmers to start scouting for quelea birds on a regular basis now that their breeding season is over in order to achieve the 2023/24 set target of 400 000 metric tonnes of wheat. This comes as the government has procured nine drones to control quelea birds. Speaking to…
A STATE witness in the trial of former Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala on Tuesday told a Harare magistrate that he did not see Maiko throwing a stone that hit a Zanu PF supporter on the head as alleged. The duo is facing disorderly conduct charges…
THE country’s largest shoe manufacturer Bata Shoe Company, has opened its 67th retail store in Chitungwiza as part of the firm’s growth strategy. The newly-opened outlet at Makoni Shopping Centre became the second Bata store in Chitungwiza which is expected to decongest stores in the central business district including its branch at Chitungwiza Town Centre….
A WOMAN from Kuwadzana in Harare has appeared in court after she received US$1 000 from her cousin to secure her son’s placement to study for a laboratory technician course at Chitungwiza hospital. Rumbidzai Ashley Matondo, 31, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda yesterday, where she was facing a charge of fraud and was remanded out…
THE ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement is set to reach its target of contributing US$8.5 billion to the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025 under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS 1) two years ahead of time. Agriculture contributes between 15 to 20 percent to the national GDP and the ministry…
A HABITUAL armed robber, who was illegally based in neighbouring South Africa (SA), but suspected of sneaking into Zimbabwe and committing a spate of robberies since 2019, appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday charged with 12 separate counts. Roy Mutemagazi, 43, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, where he was charged with 12 counts of…
