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NEARLY 50 percent of people living with HIV (PLHIV) suffer from hypertension, according to the Organisation for Public Health Interventions and Develop­ment (Ophid), underscoring the urgent need for increased awareness and screenings for non-com­municable diseases (NCDs). Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a significant global public health concern due to its role as…

Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi  ZANU PF should consider pardoning its former central committee member, Blessed Geza, who was expelled from the party for undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s authority and promoting factionalism. So urges the ruling party’s Mashonaland East provincial chairperson, Daniel Garwe, who says it is time to move on and to forgive Geza…

THE government has implored media houses to safeguard and advance national interests for the country’s economic development. Presenting a public lecture on the role of media in national security at the Defence University in Harare yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana, said media houses must advance Zimbabwe’s…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Walter Magaya will spend more time in remand custody after advis­ing a Harare regional court he will apply for bail at the High Court following his arrest on five counts of rape and 13 fraud charges. Magaya, his wife, Tendai, and their company Planet…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER LAWMAKERS plan to push for a pro-poor 2026 National Budget and policy measures that will further stabilise the ZiG and prices of basic goods in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Budget, Lincoln Dhliwayo, confirmed…

Takudzwa Dhamu THE Meteorological Ser­vices Department (MSD) has warned that most parts of the country are likely to experience heavy rainfall, accompanied by lightning and strong winds, beginning today and lasting until Friday. In a weather advisory yesterday, the MSD said Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Bulawayo Metropolitan, Midlands, Masvingo, Manicaland, Harare Metropolitan, and all the…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER HARARE regional magistrate, Marewanazvo Gofa is, expected to make a ruling today in an application for the release from custody of prominent Harare preacher Walter Magaya. This comes after the self-styled prophet’s legal repre­sentatives argued yesterday that Magaya had been “over-de­tained” following his arrest on Saturday morning on charges of…