By Yvonne Ncube THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has appealed to Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to build more dams for the city as existing ones are not able to cope with the increasing population anymore. This was said by Acting Town Clerk Sikhangele Zhou during a stakeholder water crisis engagement meeting that was held…
AN Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) legal manager has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court after he allegedly helped his boss cover up a criminal offence. Ropafadzo Kunze, 35, was charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice when he appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro last Thursday. Alternatively he is being…
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has appointed an acting chief executive after the retirement of Rockie Mutenha. In a statement yesterday, the board said it had appointed Clemence Guta with effect from April 1 after the end of Mutenha’s five year contract that ended on March 31. “This is being done in compliance with the…
A FORMER prosecutor, who was being charged with helping dangerous prison inmates get bail, has been found guilty and convicted at the Harare Magistrates Court. Henry Muringani, 40, was arrested last year and charged with six counts of criminal abuse of office. He is set to appear in court tomorrow for sentencing. The National Prosecuting…
GOVERNMENT says it is committed to supporting persons with hearing impairments by ensuring they have access to adequate healthcare services. Speaking at the World Hearing Day commemorations yesterday, Bulawayo provincial medical director Maphios Siamuchembu said the government is working with several partners to support persons with hearing impairments although no information is available in the…
GOVERNMENT has constructed 14 reservoirs in Matabeleland South Province to stop livestock from Zimbabwe from crossing into neighbouring Botswana in search of pastures and water. The construction of the water reservoirs will also curb trans-boundary diseases such as foot and mouth. This comes as local villagers living along the Botswana-Zimbabwe border are reported to drive…
By NYASHA KUNYISWA APOSTOLIC women and their children are resorting to seeking primary healthcare nicodemously, for fear of admonishment from their husbands, who strongly believe in divine healing, Masvingo Province community health workers say. This comes amid fears that the denial of women to access primary healthcare would result in the spread of various diseases…
GOVERNMENT says Zimbabwe has become an international training hub for specialised nurses with foreign students from the African continent and beyond coming to learn at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare. This development comes at a time when more than 4 000 health workers have left the country for the diaspora in search of greener pastures as…
UNICEF has issued an alert of a possible cholera outbreak in the country before making an appeal for US$8 million for emergency responses to contain the spread of the communicable disease amid fears minors will be the most affected. This comes as Zimbabwe had since February this year recorded six cholera deaths, 281 suspected and…
THE government has called on African countries to assist each other and make use of their natural resources to solve their own problems, especially in the area of healthcare services. Speaking during the second International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa (ICASA) international scientifi c committee meeting held in Harare yesterday, the country’s deputy…
