By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE is set to host the 2023 African Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) week-long awareness campaign starting from Saturday to Friday next week. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness…
A SUSPECTED robber was arrested while drinking at a bar a few metres away from another joint where he and his friends had allegedly attacked a man and stole his money. John Chimbende, 28, of Njedza Village, was arrested after he and his accomplices, who are still at large, allegedly attacked Edwin Chitsungo, 24, who…
By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw OPERATIONS at the St Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre in Harare are being hampered by a shortage of trained personnel and adequate equipment. The rehabilitation centre provides physiotherapy and occupational therapy mostly to victims of road and work-related accidents. Speaking after receiving treadmills from the National Social Security Authority (Nssa)…
FORMER Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke and suspended Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS) chief executive Everisto Rukasha, who have been in remand prison since their arrest last week, were yesterday granted US$200 bail each. The two were arrested by officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last Thursday on fraud allegations after allegedly defrauding…
THREE Harare men are facing fraud charges after allegedly using fake papers to receive morning after tablets and medical examination gloves worth over US$9 600 from the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm). Karamayi Mondoka, 43, Kupakwashe Mupa, 18, and Gift Mondoka, 35, are said to have lied that they wanted to purchase the tablets…
A SUSPECTED fraudulent employment agent has been charged with six counts of fraud after allegedly duping unsuspecting individuals who were seeking greener pastures outside the country. Dowells Mabhugu, 26, of Tynwald South, Harare, is being accused of running a fake employment business where he would lure individuals with a promise of jobs in Singapore, Canada,…
By Yvonne Ncube In Bulawayo OVER 1, 5 million people are estimated to be cereal insecure, mostly in urban areas, with Harare the most affected, the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) report shows. The report also shows that Mashonaland Central Province is the least affected region. “About 1,533,661 people are estimated to be cereal…
A WITNESS, in the trial of Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko and former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala, yesterday exonerated the councillor of being one of the ringleaders in the skirmish between the opposition and Zanu PF supporters in Chitungwiza last year. Maiko and Sikhala are currently on trial facing disorderly conduct charges…
A VAGRANT is facing charges of obstruction of justice, inciting violence and resisting a peace officer after he allegedly assaulted police officers in Harare’s central business district (CBD). Knowledge Mamombe, 22, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi who remanded him in custody until November 13. State prosecutor, Zebediah Bofu told the court that Mamombe…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A NEW political party, Congress for Transformation (CFT), has been launched in Bulawayo as the country prepares for the December by-elections. Speaking to the media at a press conference yesterday, CFT interim president Godknows Sibanda said the party was home grown and out to deliver freedom to the populace and bridge…
