By Nyasha Dube A HARARE woman is claiming $700 000 in damages from the government after losing her unborn child at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in June.6 Valerie Chibaya is suing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in his capacity as Health minister after accusing health officials at the hospital of neglecting to treat her as a…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will expand its road network as the current system has been overwhelmed by the increase in both vehicular and human population. The city’s master plan consultant, Tiisetso Dube of Job Jika and Associates, this week outlined that the local authority needed to make a provision for an efficient transportation…
JAILED former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has lost his bid for his appeal against a rape conviction and a 10-year sentence heard by the Supreme Court. Kereke was convicted of raping his wife’s 11-year-old niece in 2016. His last attempt to have the rape sentence and conviction quashed was in May last year and…
HARARE City Council finance director Tendai Kwenda has been arraigned before the court on allegations of siphoning US$75 000 from council coffers and purchasing a top of the range SUV. Kwenda is being charged with criminal abuse of duty or alternatively theft of trust property. Last week, he appeared in court on similar allegations together…
By Kudzai Chikiwa in Bulawayo have arrested three armed robbers who terrorised residents by breaking into homes and attacking occupants, getting away with US$70 000, $386 000 and an assortment of valuables. Police provincial spokesperson Abedneco Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that Sonto Sibanda, 34, from Nkulumane, Thubelihle Ncube, 25, who lives in Magwegwe…
THROUGH a generous investment from ELMA Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation yesterday commenced the handover of maternal health medical equipment to seven hospitals in Zimbabwe. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the provision of essential maternal and neonatal health services and severely eroded the steady gains that Zimbabwe had made in improving mortality rates. Over the next year,…
By Perpetua Rojasi WOMEN need to be empowered and taught how to be self-sufficient in order to walk away from abusive relationships, according to Zimbabwe Widows and Orphans Trust (ZWOT) mentor, Elizabeth Parirenyatwa. Speaking during a march against gender-based violence (GBV) in Harare yesterday, Parirenyatwa said some women are enduring abuse just for the sake…
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya, locked up for reportedly attempting to smuggle 6kgs of gold out of Zimbabwe, said the magistrate adopted a wrong procedure in denying her bail. Rushwaya, who has been in custody since October 26 after she was busted at the Robert Mugabe International Airport with the gold in her…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the conferment of city status on Victoria Falls is another clear testimony of his administration’s commitment to development, the Daily News reports. This comes as Victoria Falls, one of the country’s major tourist destinations, became the first city in Matabeleland North, and only the second after Bulawayo in the…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is not to blame for the recurrent flash floods that continue to hit the second largest city, insisting rain water drains were serviced. This was in response to a residents’ outcry that the local authority had not done enough to address the drainage system, seen by many…
