adminDrug shortage hits bilharzia campaign
EveleneTaadiraGovernment’S bilharzia and intestinal worm drug administering campaign, which was launched last week, failed to yield maximum results owing to acute drug shortages. Director of Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr Portia Manangazira said in an interview on Monday
Condemned buildings’ owners, council showdown looms
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
Most condemned buildings’ owners continue to defy a council directive to refurbish their properties so that they meet health and fire safety standards.
Council last month gave 10 owners a 21-day ultimatum to comply with the city’s health and fire safety standards. The local authority said failure to
Lundi caught up in church CD wrangle
Johannesburg. — Gospel star Lundi Tyamara is embroiled in an ugly squabble that has divided the New Church of Southern Africa in Orlando, Soweto.
Trouble apparently started when the 36-year-old Tyamara was booked by Reverend Fats Montsho — the church overseer — to be the crowd-puller while
Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana
Los Angeles. — R&B singer Chris Brown
has tested positive for marijuana, leading a Los Angeles judge on Monday to set a November hearing to decide whether he violated his probation stemming from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna. According to a probation report presented in court, Brown tested positive in June in
Dzimbahwe Arts Festival roars into life
From George Maponga in Masvingo
The annual Dzimbahwe Arts Festival, hosted by the Great Zimbabwe University, roared into life in the country’s oldest town yesterday in what promises to be a busy week full of captivating performances by artistes from different parts of the country. The arts festival started with an academic discussion
Tips for green economy
What is a green economy?
A green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities (UNEP 2010). It is an economy or economic development model based on sustainable development. As the Environmental Management
Malema warrant ‘politically motivated’
Johannesburg — The issuing of a warrant for the arrest of expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was politically motivated, former ANCYL secretary general Sindiso Magaqa told eNews Channel Africa (ENCA).
Magaqa, who was speaking in his capacity as a member of the Friends of the Youth League, said in an interview that he did not know what charges Malema would face.
PM’s emissaries storm Karimatsenga homestead to deliver token of divorce
Harare Bureau
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s two emissaries yesterday stormed the Karimatsenga homestead in Christon Bank in an attempt to deliver his token of divorce to his wife Locardia.
CNN slammed for report on ambassador’s diary
A US government spokesperson sharply criticised CNN, saying the network had reported on the diary of ambassador Christopher Stevens after his death at the US consulate in Libya despite the objections of his family.