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Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw TRADITIONAL Medical Practitioners Council Zimbabwe (TMPCZ) says it will clamp down on all traditional and apostolic faith healers who kill endangered species such as vultures for their medicinal practices.This warning follows recent research conducted by Bird Life Zimbabwe, which found out that the majority of people who exploit the species were healers…

THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) says it has engaged the police to ensure the safety of journalists ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections. Addressing journalists during a media engagement in Bulawayo yesterday, the ZMC executive secretary, Godwin Phiri, said the safety of media personnel was one of the commission’s top priorities. “We have developed…

Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MEMBERS of the public are open to inspect postal voting applications at the postal processing centre, says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). Postal voting is provided for under Section 71 of the Electoral Act, which states that registered voters who, on polling day, will be unable to vote at their polling stations…

CHITUNGWIZA residents have been assured of access to clean water as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s borehole drilling scheme nears completion in the town, the chairperson of Prevail International, Paul Tungwarara, has said. The presidential borehole drilling exercise is being conducted nationwide, including urban areas, to address the water challenges faced by the majority of ordinary citizens….

A BULAWAYO man, who was arrested last month for allegedly falsifying the cause of death for his minor daughter suspected to have been assaulted to death by her stepmother, has been hauled before the courts. David Zhou, 47, from Northend suburb, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing charges of being a murder accomplice….

TWO vagrants, who are believed to be part of a five-man gang that allegedly attacked a man along Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare, before stealing his mobile phones and US$40, have appeared before a magistrate court. Panashe Nyamurowa and Nyasha Majoni, whose ages are unknown, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda who remanded them in…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE National Organisation of Association of Residents Trust (Znoart) has accused local authorities of promoting the proliferation of illegal boreholes by parcelling out unserviced stands to home seekers. This comes after the government called on unsanctioned borehole owners to register their wells with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to avoid the…

WOMEN’S LINC, a network of women employed in the Coca-Cola system focused on engaging, inspiring and developing women, is committed to empowering the disadvantaged. The immediate past president of Coca-Cola Women’s LINC, Patricia Murambinda, made the remarks during the handover of a solarised borehole and 8 333 exercise books to Cheuchi Primary School, a satellite…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says plans are underway to ensure the servicing of over 1 000 pre-sold stands in different suburbs resumes so as to address the accommodation challenges the local authority is grappling with. This comes as residents who have long bought the stands have been piling pressure on the local authority to…