GOVERNMENT requires US$900 000 to purchase anthrax vaccines from Botswana following an outbreak of the disease last month. The outbreak has since been recorded in three districts: Chipinge in Manicaland Province, Gokwe North and Gokwe South in Midlands Province.“Annually, we require 1.2 million doses. We currently have 426 000 doses in stock. Zambia reported anthrax…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE government says it has so far trained and capacitated a total of 1 008 personnel with knowledge and skills in dealing with victims of Gukurahundi as it prepares for the commencement of the much-awaited peace and reconciliation hearings early next year. More than 20 000 civilians were allegedly killed in…
AT LEAST 31 congregants from the St James Anglican Church in Warren Park, Harare, reportedly lost over US$29 000 after a savings club deal that they had invested in went wrong. The former secretary of Rebecca Savings Club, Barbra Matora, 39, her husband, Maxwell Chanaiwa, 51, and his second wife, Estery Thomu, 30, were brought…
NINE people were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident yesterday at the 43 kilometre peg along the Harare-Mukumbura road. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi last night said a Honda Fit vehicle with four passengers on board travelling towards Bindura was involved in a head on collision with another Honda Fit car with seven…
FORMER Zapu spokesperson Mso Ndlovu says leadership failures have been the former liberation movement’s biggest undoing in its fight for political relevance since its revival in 2008. In a speech on Sunday as part of celebrating Zapu’s 62nd anniversary, Ndlovu, who last month resigned from his position, but remained in the party’s national executive, said…
A SUSPECTED drug dealer appeared before a Harare magistrates court facing charges of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs worth $50 million. Collen Nyakadenga, 36, was brought before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who remanded him in custody pending the determination of his bail application. The State, represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti, is alleging that Nyakadenga was selling…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynew.co.zw POLICE have ordered all its officers to stop operating kombis and other public service vehicles as it is a conflict of interest. This comes amid reports that some police officers were allegedly aiding the operations of unregistered kombis and further jeopardising public safety and undermining the rule of law. Speaking to the…
A HUSBAND and wife, who were recently arrested on charges of fraud after allegedly illegally changing the ownership of a company, have been re-arrested facing the same charges. Clark and Beverly Makoni were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi before being remanded in custody pending the determination of their bail applications. The couple, who are…
TWO suspected armed robbers who are believed to be part of a crew that was robbing fuel stations across Harare have appeared in court. Job Njowa and Shepherd Magorimbo, both from Highfields, Harare, were brought before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje where they were charged with six counts of armed robbery. Njowa and Magorimbo were remanded…
TWO suspects have been arrested for smuggling wild animals at Beitbridge Border Post. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspects were also nabbed for smuggling of drugs. “On December 15, 2023, police in Beitbridge intercepted a Toyota Quantum vehicle belonging to a funeral parlour and arrested Last-born Makonye,…
