News » Gugulethu Nyazema, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:09
HARARE - Health experts have expressed concern over Harare’s streets being flooded with pethidine, a deadly pain killer which is addictive. Speaking at a Zimbabwe Medical Association function, health expert Walter Mangezi said pethidine is assigned for the treatment of moderate...Read More
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:56
HARARE - Falling temperatures have exposed victims of the Chitungwiza bomb blast — who still live in tents that rumble with the wind and leak whenever it rains — to the ravages of weather and disease. There is no electricity, nor...Read More
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Friday, 26 April 2013 10:52
HARARE - A team of police investigators who used popular mobile chat platform WhatsApp to nab a rapist on the run have been named as the best cops for March. Georgian Muchanja, Lydia Makonese and Noel Mupako from the Victim Friendly...Read More
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Friday, 26 April 2013 10:16
HARARE - Two men who allegedly tortured their victims, killing one in the process have appeared before a Harare magistrate. Clemence Maminimini, 33, and Kindness Mubariri, 21, who are being charged with robbery, attempted murder and murder, were remanded in custody...Read More
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Monday, 15 April 2013 11:29
HARARE - Zimbabwe has been ranked 116 out of 144 economies in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) which measures the capacity of economies to leverage Information Communication Technology (ICT) for growth and wellbeing. The report released by the World Economic Forum...Read More
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Friday, 12 April 2013 13:12
BRUSSELS - International Trade Union Confederation(Ituc) deputy secretary-general, Wellington Chibebe has tipped Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to win the forthcoming general elections. In an interview with the Daily News at the sidelines of an Ituc youth meeting at his International Trade...Read More
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:53
HARARE - Government will this week disburse $1 million towards the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly preparations, Tourism minister Walter Mzembi says. He said the money — to fund a publicity campaign of the premier event to be...Read More
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:38
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has ruled out another unity government with Robert Mugabe, and is optimistic that he will win elections due to be held this year. Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change and Mugabe’s Zanu PF party formed a...Read More
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Monday, 08 April 2013 09:52
HARARE - Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa has insisted that Zanu PF will respect the outcome of polls expected later this year and denied allegations the party was intimidating voters into voting for President Robert Mugabe by threatening mayhem if it loses....Read More
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Friday, 05 April 2013 11:09
HARARE - Former South African president Thabo Mbeki’s mediation prevented Zimbabwe from descending into civil war as the Unites States and United Kingdom pressed for tougher EU or UN sanctions against President Robert Mugabe’s regime, a book authored by a top...Read More
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Friday, 05 April 2013 10:55
BULAWAYO - More than 300 families under the Umguza District Council’s Reigate Compound face destitution if council proceeds with plans to demolish their homes to make way for commercial ventures. Umguza council served residents with notices for them to vacate the...Read More
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Wednesday, 27 March 2013 11:56
HARARE - Zambia’s worry over a possible violent poll in Zimbabwe ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) event it is co-hosting with Harare is of great concern to the local tourism sector. Zambia and Zimbabwe will co-host the...Read More
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 11:27
HARARE - A peaceful election could help Zimbabwe attain a 9,5 percent economic growth rate in 2014, a financial advisory firm says. Market observers say the country’s economic recovery that began in 2009 following the formation of the inclusive government by...Read More
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Sunday, 24 March 2013 13:47
HARARE - The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has found the Zimbabwean government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of Zimbabwean human rights advocate and lawyer Gabriel Shumba. The ruling was delivered at the Banjul-based ACHPR’s extra-ordinary session...Read More
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Sunday, 24 March 2013 13:26
BULWAYO - A Lupane-based youths civic group has reburied the protruding remains of suspected Gukurahundi victims who were buried at a mass grave at Silwane Primary School in Lupane, Matabeleland North in defiance of government directives. Mid last year the minister...Read More
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