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A FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza man died while being intimate with his girlfriend Petronella Musanda (27) at the weekend. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Harare metropolitan province spokesperson Luckmore Chikanza said Denis Chikabura was pronounced dead when he arrived at Citimed Hospital in the same suburb. “At around 2130hrs whilst having intercourse Chikabura had difficulties in…

SIX people died while five others were injured along the Harare –Mukumbura Road when a haulage truck veered off the road and ran over six pedestrians last Friday night. In a statement, police confirmed the accident saying the names of the victims would be announced in due course. “The ZRP confirms a fatal road traffic…

ZIPRA war veterans have called for a united approach in their fight to recover Zapu properties which were seized by the government in the 1980s. The properties were confiscated by the government under the Unlawful Organisation Act in 1982 (Caveat No. 15 of 82) and transferred to the President of Zimbabwe in January 1987 (under…

THE government has blamed a surge in stream bank cultivation and illegal mining for its failure to complete construction of Vungu Dam in Kwekwe. Last year, the government, through the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) partnered with private player Grindale Engineering Company, to construct the 2.6 kilometres long and 30 metres high Vungu Dam. The…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has committed to supporting the government in implementing the safe use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA), an injectable form of PrEP, in a move meant to further prevent the spread of HIV. This came after the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) recently approved the use of CAB-LA as pre-exposure…

KWEKWE city council has resumed upgrading its sewer reticulation system in Amaveni following a temporary stall early this year. The project was temporarily stopped this year when council realised it had run through four graves in Amaveni old cemetery during the excavation of a sewer trunk line. In his update during the recently held district…

By BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI PARLIAMENT has been petitioned to come up with a legislation that allows the electorate to recall non-performing Members of Parliament and councillors. The petition comes as various stakeholders, including the electorate, have expressed concern over the conduct of some legislators once elected into offices. In his petition, Harare resident Claud Kaharo said…