CIVIL servants are appealing to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resolve a deepening salary deadlock following the withdrawal of pandemic-era allowances.The impasse follows an announcement by the minister of Public Service, Edgar Moyo, that adjustments can only be made in line with the outcomes of a new job evaluation framework.This structure aims to correct decades of…
EIGHT people died, and several others were seriously injured in two separate road accidents along the Harare-Chirundu and Roy-Buffalo Range roads.Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the fatal incidents, which occurred over the weekend.The first tragedy involved a head-on collision near Chinhoyi, while the second resulted from a failed overtaking manoeuvre in Chiredzi.“The Zimbabwe…
THE government is overhauling the nation’s health financing system by amending decades-old regulations to align with modern healthcare realities, ministry of Health permanent secretary, Aspect Maunganidze.Speaking at a consultative meeting attended by medical aid societies, healthcare funders, labour unions, and consumer bodies in Harare at the weekend, Maunganidze said amendments to Statutory Instrument (SI) 330…
A VETERAN prison guard allegedly smuggled hacksaw blades to a rapist, enabling a daring midnight escape from Plumtree Prison.Yusufu Yusufu, a 47-year-old officer with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS), appeared at the weekend before Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware, facing grave charges of aiding an inmate’s escape.While he pleaded not guilty and secured US$100…
A 32-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man appeared in court yesterday facing rape charges after allegedly cohabiting with a 12-year-old girl for months.Manage Kamuka, of 8th Street in Makokoba, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira charged with rape.He pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody to March 6 for trial.“I met the complainant at a bar…
FORMER minister of Health Obadiah Moyo has called for kidney disease to be treated as a national priority to protect future generations.Speaking ahead of the upcoming World Kidney Day commemorations, Moyo, who is the head of the National Men’s Forum, said Zimbabwe and the global community face a growing burden of kidney disease, which continues…
THE Gwanda Regional Magistrates Court has sentenced a former fugitive to 19 years in prison for raping a disabled neighbour and assaulting her grandmother.According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the offender first sexually assaulted his 34-year-old neighbour, who has mental and physical disabilities, before assaulting the victim’s 73-year-old grandmother.“On 12 March 2018, at around…
MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE AUTHORITIES say efforts to rehabilitate street children are faltering, with many youth escaping care facilities and returning to life on the streets, prompting a new strategy to round them up and return them to rehabilitation centres. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, the deputy minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare,…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A PROMINENT Harare lawyer, Simon Mupindu, has refiled divorce proceedings against his estranged wife, Sandra, at the High Court, weeks after withdrawing a similar application. Earlier last month, Justice Amy Tsanga allowed Mupindu to withdraw the matter, arguing that the court must exercise its discretion, taking into account fairness, justice…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 28-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo kombi driver who allegedly drove into a crowd at the illegal taxi rank along 6th Avenue has been denied bail. The incident killed two people and injured 15 others. Simbarashe Chokumanyara, of Emakhandeni suburb, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Patience Madondo last week facing two counts of culpable homicide….
