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BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA OVER 1,3 million children were this month treated for tropical diseases under the World Health Organisation (WHO) supported mass drug administration (MDA) campaign. The programme is aimed at combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), specifically schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and soil-transmitted helminths (intestinal worms). “This initiative successfully reached 1 306 043 individuals with treatment for…

DOMBOSHAVA residents have called on authorities to provide access to clean water as access to the precious liquid in the area worsens due to the El Nino-induced drought. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared this year a state of disaster. The Daily News On Sunday spoke to a number of residents located near Mverechena…

THE Master of the High Court has opened the late minister of Higher Education Isack Stanslus Gorerazvo Mudenge estate for inspection for a period of 21 days. Mudenge collapsed and died in his hotel room at Great Zimbabwe in Masvingo on October 4 2012. In an estate notice by the Master of the High Court…

ONE of the country’s leading dairy producers, Dendairy, has relaunched its beverage drink Citro in a move to consolidate its market share. Addressing the media in Harare at the weekend, Dendairy managing director Daryl Archibald said the launch marked a significant milestone for the Kwekwebased dairy company. “We are confident that the new formula will…

By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw POLICE say they have arrested 184 land barons who were illegally allocating land across the country.In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest and said cases of illegal land allocation have been on the increase in the country.“The police have made 184 arrests on Illegal land allocations….

By Masimba Makwembere TWO people have succumbed to diarrhoea this week, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 152 deaths as the country continues to grapple with the disease.This comes as last week diarrhoea claimed five people.According to the statistics from the ministry of Health disease surveillance report shows that from the beginning of the…

By Rutendo Ngara THE father of a grade seven pupil in Epworth suburb wrote a complaint to the High Court alleging that the trial magistrate who handed down a wholly suspended sentence to a man — Peter Pasiwo — who indecently assaulted his child was bribed. Pasiwo saw the girl at a bus stop where…

RUTENDO NGARA TWO suspected armed robbers appeared in court yesterday for allegedly manhandling a taxi driver and robbed him of US$50 and his vehicle and later dumped him at Lake Chivero. Paul Kurenje and Ronia Mhizha appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded them in custody to November 8. They were advised to apply for…