
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is today set to start week long free cleft palates and cleft lips operations for children who are eight months old and above. The hospital’s public relations officer, Sibusisiwe Faith Ndlovu, said a team of nine foreign surgeons and one Zimbabwean volunteered to offer the free services at the hospital.“Unfortunately, they have opted at this period to ope

A WOMAN from Gweru allegedly assaulted her landlord after he attempted to take her property as collateral when she refused to settle a $36 water bill. Joyce Matindike, 28, of Mkoba Village 13, was given a wholly suspended sentence by Gweru Magistrate Mildred Matuvi after being found guilty of assault. She had pleaded not guilty to the offence but was convicted due to overwhelming ev

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has castigated a Bulawayo magistrate for alleged bias after she acquitted a colleague on a charge of malicious damage to property. Batanai Tuwe recently acquitted Tsholotsho resident magistrate Victor Mpofu on a charge of malicious damage to property. Mpofu had allegedly destroyed a boundary fence following a land dispute.The NPA, however, wants t

CHIEF Nhlamba of Matabeleland South has summoned all apostolic sects operating in his jurisdiction to a meeting on May 25 after one of them was accused of conducting an “illegal” burial in his area. The decision follows an incident in which more than 100 Johane Masowe Yevadzidzi members chased away relatives of one of their members, John Rendo Ndlovu, from his burial at Ntepe village

The Zimbabwe Power Company has been brought under fire after it emerged that the management by passed its board and paid $4,8 million to convicted fraudster Wicknell Chivayo’s Intratek Zimbabwe for pre-commencement works on the 100-megawatt Gwanda solar plant without the private firm submitting a performance guarantee to protect public funds.Managers at ZPC could now face action under their code

RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr John Mangudya said any of the offshore investment vehicles listed on the leaked Panama Papers which will be found to have been involved in the externalisation of foreign exchange will be investigated.The Governor’s remarks comes after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released names of over 280 Zimbabweans, including prominent business

Harare councillors are set to take decisive measures, including firing city officials accused of sleeping on duty, it has been learnt.The officials are accused of failing to steer the city out of debt and not doing enough to reduce ballooning salary arrears that now stand at six months.The workers accuse the city of infringing upon their rights with Harare Municipality Workers’ Union executive c

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development will soon embark on awareness campaigns to educate motorists on the new road signs, common to all SADC states, that are being erected on all roads.The new changes are in line with the Sadc Protocol of Transport, Communication and Meteorology of 1999.Transport and Infrastructural Development Dr Joram Gumbo revealed this in the National Assem

CMED (Pvt) Ltd board chairman and managing director for Nemchen (Pvt) Ltd Mr Leslie John Denn committed suicide last week in unclear circumstances.Mr Denn (35) shot himself once in the head and his body was found by his wife at their Borrowdale house in Harare.National police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi confirmed the death yesterday.“On May 9, Mrs Denn left for work at around 7

Government is considering reducing the price of vehicle registration plates, a Cabinet minister has said.The new set of number plates that were introduced in March 2005 can be obtained at a cost of $160 for motor vehicles and $140 for a trailer or motorcycle.Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joram Gumbo told Parliament that the review follows complaints that the registration plate

PRESIDENT Mugabe on Friday revealed that he was now a grandfather after his only daughter, Mrs Bona Chikore, gave birth to a baby boy outside the country last month.Addressing members of the Gutu clan and senior Government and Zanu-PF officials at the homestead of his late uncle Chief Gutu, Mr Anos Kasirai Masanganise, outside Mpandawana Growth Point, President Mugabe said his grandson was ex

Chief Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North Province has allegedly directed the Grain Marketing Board to shut down its depot in his area, arguing that his people were not benefiting from the facility. The move comes barely a year after the traditional leader ordered the police and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services to shut down their training depots in his area saying yout

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has fired warning shots on schools that are reportedly resisting a directive to teach pupils to recite the National Schools Pledge.Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Sylvia Utete-Masango on Friday said although no official reports had been made, it had learnt through the media that some schools were not reciting the pledge.Some church, trust an

THE Health Services Board has reportedly ordered the United Bulawayo Hospitals to re-advertise the post of operations director at the institution about five months after the interviews were conducted. This has sparked fears that the development might see a new face taking over the high post. Situated in the eastern part of Bulawayo, UBH has 650 beds and is one of the two principal referral ce

A Gwanda pastor refused to offer a single cent towards maintenance to look after his daughter who is epileptic, claiming that he was no longer getting anything from ministering the word of God since some members of his church who used to pay tithes had abandoned his ministry.Agon Zhou (33) of Phakama who is the founder of Last Trumpet Ministries was last week dragged to court by his ex-wife,
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