HARARE – The big five game – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and buffalo – are being blamed for the rising conflict between humans and animals for land in Chipinge as wildlife habitats come under mounting pressure. In an interview with the Daily News at a recent trip to Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC), Chipinge Ward 5…
HARARE – There are calls to repeal a law that imposes criminal penalties on people who know they have HIV and engage in behaviours that might transmit the virus to others, without disclosing their status. Deputy director HIV/Aids and STIs in the Health and Child Care ministry, Tsitsi Apollo, told delegates this week at a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 2019 health budget remains grossly inadequate to fund the critical needs in the sector, the Community Working Group on Health has said. CWG executive director Itai Rusike told the Daily News that government continues its over reliance on development partners, which raises the spectre of a health emergency should donor funding be…
HARARE – Urban grooves musician Plaxedes Machuma Joka (popularly known as Plaxedes Wenyika) and businessman Mike Joka have won a divorce settlement in the High Court. After a convoluted divorce battle, the couple’s 13-year marriage officially came to an end yesterday, after High Court judge Loice Matanda-Moyo granted a decree of divorce. Wenyika filed for…
BULAWAYO – State security agents allegedly blocked a peace building and reconciliation meeting meant to take place in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province. Organised by the United States based Compassionate Justice International (CJI), the event was supposed to be held last Sunday in conjunction with the Ntabemnyama community to mark the 31st anniversary of the killing…
HARARE – Gospel musician Sabastian Magacha and his wife of six years Nomsah Ndikunwe have officially parted ways after High Court judge Loice Matanda-Moyo granted a decree of divorce yesterday. The split comes after Nomsah last month filed an application for divorce, claiming to have lost love and affection for the artiste. Magacha did not…
HARARE – Paddington Japajapa yesterday said he is fearing for his life after some armed men reportedly visited his parents’ home looking for him following his damning testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 shootings. “My family was harassed by unknown people who visited during the night looking for me. “The 10…
HARARE – Zimbabwe must consider buying President Emmerson Mnangagwa a jet since the cost of his foreign trips on chartered planes was too high as compared to his predecessor Robert Mugabe, former Finance minister Tendai Biti said. “Why do we have to hire a jet for $2 million to $3 million from Switzerland whenever anyone…
HARARE – The ill-fated marriage of popular sungura musician Alick Macheso’s daughter Sharon and her estranged husband of four years Kudakwashe Munetsi came to a formal end during a hearing at Harare’s High Court yesterday. Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo said the petition for divorce by Macheso was granted on the grounds that the couple had lived…
HARARE – Former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi is critically ill and is undergoing chemotherapy in neighbouring South Africa, a Harare court heard yesterday. Mzembi is standing trial for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly. He is jointly charged with Tourism and Hospitality ministry consultant Aaron Dzingira…
