FORMER Zanu PF youth league national political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, accused of inciting public violence ahead of the July 31 2020 demonstration, will now stand trial on June 7. This came after he had put the State under pressure, demanding to be removed from remand if they were not ready to prosecute him. At…
Melisa Chatikobo THE National Aids Council (Nac) is investigating a surge in Aids-related deaths which amounted to 20 000 in 2020 alone when there have been strides to manage the condition. Speaking at the Zimbabwe National HIV/Aids strategic plan launch 2021-2025 in Harare on Friday, Nac spokesperson Medeline Dube said there has been an increase…
Andile Tshuma HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the increasing number of overweight children and the growing trend of childhood obesity in Bulawayo. Child obesity is a growing concern in the continent, with the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children under five standing at 6.7 percent in 2018, according to the World Health Organisation…
ZIMBABWEANS from a wide cross-section of society have welcomed the launch of history-making, independent television station 3Ktv, which goes live at 6am…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA & BLESSINGS MASAKADZA TENSION overshadowed major rallies by Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Kwekwe and Gokwe respectively yesterday, as campaigning for the March 26 parliamentary and municipal by-elections reached fever pitch. While President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed thousands of his supporters in Kwekwe, CCC leader Nelson Chamisa was not…
ANDILE TSHUMA BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is set to decommission two of its major water supply dams, one of them this week, if no significant rains are received as the dry spell persists. This would lead to council introducing water shedding. The city’s supply dams have not received significant inflows due to an erratic rain…
RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA THE government has urged school authorities to seriously monitor learners to ensure that Covid-19 safety measures were followed in schools…
MELISA CHATIKOBO FARMERS have called for public private partnerships (PPPs) investment in irrigation schemes and micro-irrigation kits for small holder farmers to supplement rain-fed agriculture. This comes as the country is experiencing a long dry spell that has seen rain-dependent crops wilting, especially in the Southern region, amid fears of a drop in yields this…
HISTORY was made last night when independent television channel,3Ktv, became the first private station to be launched since the era of Southern Rhodesia….
Rumbidzai Ngwenya PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to scale up its defence and security mechanisms to fight terrorism in the region. This comes as the Sadc region is currently grappling with Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Addressing delegates at the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission in…
