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SEVERAL heads of state and government, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and several other foreign and local dignitaries, graced President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration yesterday amid pomp and fanfare. Ramaphosa was accompanied by his International Relations minister Naledi Pandor and African National Congress National (NCA) secretary general Fikile Mbalula. This comes as Mnangagwa was sworn…

OVER 200 people, mostly minors under the age of five, have died of malaria since the beginning of this year, the Health ministry has confirmed. In its latest weekly disease surveillance report, the ministry said a cumulative total of 140 889 malaria cases were also recorded during the period. “Weekly disease surveillance report for the…

FORMER Criminal Investigations Department detective Jaison Muvevi will return to court today, where a magistrate will determine whether he is mentally fit to stand murder trials. Muvevi, who has been in remand custody since his arrest in January, recently filed an application before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, claiming that he was mentally unstable and needed…

Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw EVERYTHING is set for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration for his second term in office in Harare today, with many Sadc leaders expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Among the VIPs who are scheduled to be at the National Sports Stadium are presidents Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Felipe Nyusi of Mozambique and…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A PETROL storage tank exploded in Bulawayo on Saturday, resulting in a blazing inferno that reduced several vehicles to shells at a fuel storage site in Kelvin West industrial area. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo chief fire officer Linos Phiri said the fire brigade could not immediately extinguish the fire…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government will give free mumps jabs to all unvaccinated learners when schools open on Wednesday, in a bid to curb the spread of the disease in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Donald Mujiri, also confirmed that authorities would embark on…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has appointed a 12-member budget committee to review and analyse the entire council’s budget. This comes amid growing pressure from residents who were accusing the local authority of only consulting them to rubber stamp a budget already drafted and approved by council technocrats. BCC corporate…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa EARLY 28 percent of Zimbabwean women are obese, putting them at risk of developing diet-related non-communicable diseases, a local health expert has said. Speaking to Daily News on the sidelines of health transformation talks organised by the ministry of Health in conjunction with World Health Organisation (WHO) in Harare at the weekend,…

By Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWEANS should expect a Cabinet line-up that is dominated by younger people than the current group when President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces his new executive team. So says former opposition stalwart, businessman and Mnangagwa’s biographer, Eddie Cross, who also reckons that “exciting times lie ahead” for ordinary Zimbabweans in terms of service delivery…