By Ashley Moyo GOSPEL power couple Ellard and Sharon Cherayi have joined the long list of artists who will hold concerts next…
HARARE Metropolitan Province is recording crime incidences that are double the national crime rate, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) said yesterday. Zimstat made the revelation in its latest report titled ‘The 2024 Second Quarter Crime Statistics.’ “The crime rate in Harare Province nearly doubled the national crime rate, at 2 443, 9 per 100…
THE Health ministry is carrying out a national mass treatment campaign against elephantiasis, a disfiguring disease spread by mosquitoes infected with the parasitic worm called filariae. The ministry said the mass treatment campaign was meant to prevent disability, pain and social stigma. “It is a public health problem in Zimbabwe and a cause of disability,…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE healthcare centre, Medical Imaging Centre (MIC), has installed a US$1, 5 million state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) unit to assist patients in accessing effective diagnosis for various medical conditions. The MRI unit will assist patients in getting advanced medical imaging for conditions such as spinal cord disorders, joint injuries,…
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is providing Zimbabwe with technical assistance to help install data management systems meant to protect both legal and illegal immigrants. This comes as the government has introduced computerised and online border management systems at all entry points to improve efficiency, eliminate errors, reduce human interface and curb corruption. Addressing…
Rutendo Ngara THREE suspected fraudsters, who allegedly attempted to defraud Real Star, a security company, of US$190 000 have been granted US$100 bail each by Harare magistrate Patricia Kamwanda. Gladstone Mthulisi Tshabalala, Dalumuzi Moyo and Manase Manjovha were in court on Monday for allegedly attempting to hack an EcoCash account. Kamwanda ordered the trio to…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) ward 21 councillor, who is also the chairperson of the Harare City Council audit committee, Blessing Duma appeared in court yesterday facing extortion charges. Magistrate Stanford Mambanje remanded him in custody to today for his bail application. According to State prosecutor Mercy Masamvi, in June this…
By Rutendo Ngara EDMORE Muzisa, the owner of a night club in Budiriro, Harare, yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of murdering a client. He appeared in court with his accomplice Solomoni Maura and were remanded in custody to October 4 by magistrate Patricia Kamwanda. He advised them to apply for bail…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw CHIZARIRA National Park, Zimbabwe’s third largest in the north western part of the country, has undergone a US$3 million revamp to boost conservation and improve visitor’s wildlife experience. The funding came from Defend, a conservation organisation formerly known as National Park Rescue, in partnership with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management…
AUTHORITIES in Matabeleland South Province have called on the government to do more in capacitating village healthcare workers with essential tools to improve their responses to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Speaking at a stakeholders meeting yesterday, Matabeleland South provincial medical director Andrew Muza said many communities, particularly in remote areas, faced geographical barriers that hindered easy…
