HARARE – The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is prepared to provide assistance to the general population in the event of impending heavy rains as forecast by the Meteorological Services Department. In an interview the CPU director, Nathan Nkomo, yesterday said the department — which is housed under the Local Government ministry — had ready food…
HARARE – A South Africa-based Harare woman yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts on charges of smuggling drugs with a street value of $27 018 and is to be sentenced today. Appearing before magistrate Learnmore Mapiya, Judith Munemo, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge of contravening section 3(1) of the Medicines and Allied Substances…
HARARE – Harare residents have warned that the water-rationing regime mulled by the city will further plunge the capital city into a disease outbreak era. Community Water Alliance national coordinator Hildaberta Rwambiwa told the Daily News that they had warned council on the need to protect the city’s catchment areas but to no avail. Rwambiwa’s…
CHITUNGWIZA – Chitungwiza councillor Kiven Mutimbanyoka yesterday came to the rescue of the local authority after he donated diesel for service delivery. Chitungwiza Town Clerk George Makunde said the Zanu PF councillor supplied 630 litres of diesel that will fuel refuse collection vehicles. The donation comes as the local authority has been struggling with refuse…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to cut short his vacation to deal with the crisis in the health sector where junior doctors have been on a month-long industrial action, which is costing lives. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – A member of the Presidential Guard accused of stealing 119 laptops, three desktop computers and accessories belonging to former president Robert Mugabe has been acquitted. Pepukai Zvakavapano, 32, who was said to have broken into Zimbabwe House in early April last year, was freed by Harare magistrate Josephine Sande who ruled that the…
HARARE – The national rate of road deaths rose during the holiday period, recently-released data shows. In the past two weeks, 111 people have died, and there have been 1 590 major crashes. Several crashes in different provinces over the Christmas period involved multiple fatalities. But statistics for the year immediately preceding the holiday period…
HARARE – At least 60 babies were delivered on January 1, at major hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo, while some of us were busy staring at the fireworks going off in the sky on New Year’s Eve. The first babies of the New Year arrived to much fanfare for their families, with 2019 decorations to…
HARARE – The Meteorological Department (Met Department) is forecasting torrential rains to cause havoc throughout the country in the coming few days. According to the Met Department, rains and windstorm will strike tomorrow morning with meteorologist James Ngoma saying the weather would be in a turbulent mood for the next few days. Ngoma said precipitation…
MUTARE – Hlanganiso Matangaidze, a leading businessman from Manicaland Province, who died on Saturday, was laid to rest at the provincial shrine in the eastern border city of Mutare yesterday. The businessman had been declared a provincial hero for his immense philanthropic work and contribution to society through his vast business interests. The who’s who…
