THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says the outbreak of bedbugs in the city is not severe, with traces found in only two houses in Mpopoma. In a statement yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube, said they were monitoring the situation and were ready to respond to any infestations. “On June 9, 2025, the city…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU A BEITBRIDGE man, Arnold Ncube, has been handed a four-month jail term after he was convicted of stealing three donkeys. The Beitbridge Magistrates Court convicted Ncube of Tshatsilikiti Village, Lutumba, Chief Staudze, and sentenced him to four months in prison for stealing three donkeys belonging to Dowelani Mulaudzi in Masumpa Village, Chief Masioka,…
Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw TWO illegal gold miners, Evelyn Nkomo and Rasper Nkomo, from Gwanda in Matabeleland South Province, were this week sentenced to two years’ imprisonment each at the Gwanda Magistrates Court for engaging in illegal gold prospecting along Njeni River in Lupane. “The pair was found prospecting for gold on 4 June 2025, at…
TSHIAMISO Trust, established to facilitate compensation for former Zimbabwean mine workers in South Africa, says it is targeting to assist close to 4 000 ex-Wenela employees. The ex-workers are suspected to have been exposed to permanent lung impairment from silicosis or workrelated TB. “The Trust successfully accredited Baines occupational health services to facilitate both the…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU POLICE have confirmed the arrest of Linas Tshuma regarding the suspected theft of US$46 000 which was in a parked vehicle in the Kwekwe central business district. Seven other suspects are still on the run. The police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said after the theft, detectives made a follow-up and arrested the suspect…
THE ministry of Health, in partnership with Cordaid and the World Bank, has boosted maternal healthcare in rural hospitals through capacitating maternity waiting shelters and availing essential medical equipment. The move, a part of the Zimbabwe Covid-19 Response and Essentials Health Services (ZCRPEHSP) project worth US$21,5 million, covers 25 theatres and maternity waiting homes across…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw A TOTAL of 18 million condoms were distributed in the first five months of this year after their samples were tested and approved by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz). This comes as the authority is conducting rigorous testing to verify quality, durability, and ability of condoms to prevent sexually transmitted infections and…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FOUR Zimbabweans were recently killed in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region following an altercation between a group of Zimbabweans and local people. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the country’s Charge D ‘Affaires to South Africa, Shephard Gwenzi, confirmed the death, adding that authorities were now seized with the matter. “The information that we…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw INTERNATIONAL rights group Amnesty Zimbabwe says there is a need for increased awareness to combat early child marriages and unattended home births, which can lead to health complications in women such as obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening or hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum that occurs when…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been convicted of fraud after posing as an immigration consultant and duped jobseekers by offering fake certificates of sponsorship (CoS) for employment opportunities in the United Kingdom (UK). Brighton Mhlanga appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Eva Matura facing three counts of fraud and misrepresentation. He pleaded not guilty…
