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By Perpetua Rojasi THE government says it has stepped up its efforts in going after cyber criminals and the net is closing in on online rogue elements, the Daily News reports. Speaking at the Cyber Security Awareness Talk held in Harare yesterday, Information, Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere said cyber crimes were on the…

  By Tariro Sajeni ZIMBABWE has recorded 378 maternal deaths from January this year, with Sally Mugabe Central Hospital recording the highest number at 42, the Daily News reports. Maternal death is the passing away of a woman during and following pregnancy and childbirth due to preventable causes. Of the deaths, 312 occurred at health…

  By Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya ZANU PF’s vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the former liberation movement has claimed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for…

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, is battling to retrieve her passport to enable her to seek urgent medical treatment in South Africa — with the State saying yesterday that she was a flight risk, the Daily News reports.   Marry is facing multiple charges, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful…

HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned desperate home seekers to be wary of land barons who dupe them into buying land for residential purposes without official approval. This comes as the Sheriff of the High Court on Tuesday demolished about 190 houses in Budiriro after the council won 20 court orders to get rid of…

PUBLIC health institutions are facing drug shortages, forcing Zimbabweans to purchase medication from more expensive private institutions, the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care has said. This comes as the majority of private pharmacies across the country are now selling their products exclusively in foreign currency. It also comes as general medical practitioners…

By Tariro Sajeni PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has suspended visiting times due to the surge in the number of Covid-19 local nfections and an increase in reported cases within their institution.   The hospital’s public relations officer, Linos Dhire, told the Daily News yesterday that the health institution had started limiting the number of people…

THE desperate state of affairs within the country’s unravelling opposition has once again been thrust into the spotlight after the MDC Alliance ordered its feuding officials this week to stop discussing party issues on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, the Daily News reports. While the alliance argued that social media platforms were toxic, and…