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A cure for HIV could be on the horizon after scientists eliminated the virus from cells in a laboratory. Using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, researchers were able to target HIV DNA and remove all traces of the virus from infected cells.Working essentially as scissors, the Nobel Prize-winning technology can cut DNA at certain…

By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have warned that the country is facing another major cholera outbreak, after the virulent diarrhoeal disease killed 16 people on Monday alone. Very worryingly, this — in turn — came after another 14 people around the country lost their lives to the disease three days earlier, taking the cholera…

ISHMAEL Chokurongerwa — the alleged cult leader who is also known as Madzibaba Ishmael — will spend two weeks in remand prison after he was denied bail yesterday. This comes after Chokurongerwa was arrested last week on charges of running a cult in Nyabira, in Mashonaland West. He was nabbed together with seven other officials…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has come up with principles of the Standards Bill that will create the Standards Institute of Zimbabwe to promote voluntary standards and quality assurance in the industry. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the proposed Bill was presented by Industry minister Mangaliso…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night appointed with immediate effect deputy prosecutor general Michael Reza as the new chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc). Reza succeeded Loice Matanda-Moyo who was appointed Prosecutor General by Mnangagwa in October last year, leaving Zacc in a leadership crisis. The crisis saw the commission failing to hold board meetings,…

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TOBACCO farmers demonstrated against low auction prices in Harare on Monday saying they are being short-changed. On the opening day last week, the first kilogramme of tobacco was auctioned at US$4,92 per kg as com – pared to US$4,34 per kg the previous season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimbabwe Tobacco…

By Brandon Josphat and Mishma Chakanyuka EXPERTS are increasingly concerned that if authorities don’t act quickly, the continuing plunge of the Zim dollar will wreck the economy and result in shortages of basic goods in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts said the situation was fast getting out of hand, with…

IT HAS emerged that Bulawayo’s crime rate is double the national average, with Harare and Midlands following closely behind. This comes as authorities say that they handled more criminal cases last year than in 2022 — with some of the incidents having threatened State and public security. In a report yesterday, the Zimbabwe National Statistics…

Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is set to investigate allegations of abuse of young girls, women and men that occurred at Madzibaba Ishmael shrine in Nyabira, Mashonaland West Province. This comes after police last week arrested Madzibaba Ishmael, a self-styled prophet and the leader of Johane Masowe (Gore Jena…