O N MARCH 26, Zimbabwe will hold parliamentary and council by-elections. The contest will mainly centre on the ruling Zanu PF party…
THE Midlands State University (MSU) Tugwi-Mukosi Multidisciplinary Research Institute says it will forge ahead with its plans to investigate the displacement of families near the Tugwi-Mukosi Dam. In 2020, MSU signed a memorandum of understanding with Aquaculture Zimbabwe, Chivi Rural District Council and Gweru-based non-governmental organisation Jointed Hands Welfare Organisation, to enhance research at Tugwi-Mukosi Dam….
ON MARCH 26, Zimbabwe will hold parliamentary and council by-elections. The contest will mainly centre on the ruling Zanu PF party and the Citizens Coalition for Change candidates. In Harare, there is Arthur Masvevedze, an independent ward 16 Harare council candidate, who argues that politics is not about parties, but service delivery. He has no…
ANDILE TSHUMA THE battle against Tuberculosis has received a major boost after three provinces in the country received Gene Xpert machines and 3 000 cartridges. A Gene Xpert machine works to detect TB virus in a sample from sputum. The machine can also detect different strains of TB in the sputum. The Gene Xpert machines…
EX-HARARE mayor Hebert Gomba, pictured, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office has been warned against using his lawyer’s absence to delay trial.Gomba who is jointly charged with suspended Harare City Council acting town planner Samuel Nyabezi and town surveyor Munyaradzi Bowa for allegedly converting State land to council land and parcelling it…
PROVINCIAL Affairs and Devolution minister for Bulawayo, Judith Ncube, has challenged young business people to come up with innovations that will make Zimbabwe stay relevant in the competitive global economic environment. Ncube made the call at the two-day Young CEOs Business Forum (YCBF) 2022 held in Bulawayo recently. YCBF, which brings together young professionals and…
Andile Tshuma A 40-year-old Bulawayo man died from severe burns following an electric shock after tampering with Zesa infrastructure. The deceased’s name is yet to be disclosed as police yesterday said they were yet to notify his next of kin. National police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident while speaking to the Daily News yesterday….
Dionne Kanyowa A 24-YEAR-OLD man Costa Masokwa has been slapped with a 12-year jail sentence for murdering his rival, Jabulani Mwanjira, by striking and stabbing him with an empty bottle on his head over a girlfriend. High Court Judge Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa found Masokwa guilty of murdering Mwanjira, saying the accused’s evidence was inconsistent and dishonest….
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda has dissolved a nine-member board of State-owned petroleum products retailer, Petrotrade, pending investigations into alleged bad corporate governance This comes barely a year after it was appointed in June last year after the company had operated for five years without a board. In a statement yesterday, Soda said he would appoint…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A MOUNT Hampden woman Melody Changa is facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife for instructing her to bath their six-year-old child. The 25-year-old woman was advised to apply for bail at the High Court when she appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda on Wednesday. The circumstances…
