Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT is closely monitoring a seasonal surge in influenza cases across Zimbabwe and has urged symptomatic individuals to wear face masks in public.This comes as Zimbabwe records a sharp rise in severe flu-like illnesses.The circulating influenza-like illness typically presents with sudden high fever, chills, severe body aches, frontal headaches, extreme fatigue, dry…

 Hazel Marimbiza in Bulawayo NEARLY three-quarters of children in Zimbabwe continue to experience food poverty, with 25 percent facing severe food poverty, the United Nations Chil­dren’s Fund (Unicef) has revealed. According to the Unicef Zimbabwe Annual Report 2025, greater efforts are urgently required to curb wide­spread child malnutrition across the country. “Children’s nutrition remained a…

Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A CORRECTIONAL officer accused of helping a convicted rapist, Mike Cabangani Mathe, escape from Plumtree Prison has been acquitted due to insufficient evidence.Yusufu Yusufu, 47, was found not guilty by Bulawayo regional magistrate Taurai Manuwere after the court concluded that the evidence presented by the State was insufficient to secure a conviction.In…

Blessings Mashaya and Hazel Marimbiza POLICE have scaled up their anti-drunk driving operations nationwide, mounting stricter roadblocks and increased night patrols amid the rising alcohol-linked motor vehicle accidents in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the stepped up crackdown yesterday, saying…