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CHIEF WRITER A HEATED debate is raging in the country following the com­ments at the weekend by Youth minister Tino Machakaire, who declared that the country has no place for same-sex relationships or marriages. This comes after the outspoken minister also recently condemned the grow­ing fashion trend of men wearing dresses — adding at the…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A MIDLANDS State Uni­versity (MSU) student accused of hacking Cabs bank and siphoning off more than US$1 million has been remanded in custody. Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday dis­missed the bail application by Sabelo Malunga, a final-year Computer Science student at MSU. Malunga will return to court on…

MPILO Central Hospital’s new cancer machines will become fully operational by the end of next month, the min­ister of Health, Douglas Mombeshora, has confirmed. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influ­ential newspaper — Mombeshora revealed at the weekend that the installation of the hospital’s equipment was almost complete. “The radiotherapy centre is…

Tapiwa Chirume ZIMBABWE must shift from import dependency to domestic pharmaceu­tical manufacturing, value addition, and local innovation to secure long-term health resilience. Speaking at the Pharmaceutical Industry Con­ference in Harare at the weekend, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Industry, Tadeous Chifamba, said the country must leverage its manufacturing capacity to create an ecosystem…

CHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT is procuring new passenger ferries for inland waterways following a capsizing tragedy on Lake Kariba that claimed dozens of lives. The move comes after a major transport dis­aster on Lake Kariba in which at least 97 people died when the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency’s Mbuya Nehanda ferry capsized while carrying passengers travelling…

THE country will likely miss its 2030 upper-middle-income target and only reach this by 2036 under current growth trends, the World Bank has said.While commending the country for its recent economic turnaround and relative stability, the World Bank has also urged authorities to do more to ensure that the current macroeconomic gains translate into tangible…

YVONNE NCUBE A FORT RIXON man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for ambushing, sexually assaulting, and robbing an 84-year-old woman in the bush.Ndumiso Nyathi, 20, was convicted of rape and robbery when he appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mkandla last week.He was sentenced to 20 years for rape and five years…