admin42 cases of typhoid recorded in Mbare
Health ReporterHarare City has recorded 42 cases of typhoid following a week of intermittent water supplies in Mbare, a city official has said.
Health services director Dr Prosper Chonzi said the cases were recorded during the week ending March 3 when taps in the area ran dry.
Drugs found on Rihanna’s tour bus
Los Angeles. — A small amount of marijuana was discovered on a passenger on Rihanna’s tour bus after 10 of them were stopped and searched while crossing the US border with Canada but the singer was not on board.Free treatment for the poor
Health ReporterZimpapers board chairman Dr Paul Chimedza, together with colleagues from the medical field, offered free medical services to people in Harare as part of his contribution to the lent season.
2014 Oscars’ date set
LOS ANGELES. — Next year’s Academy Awards ceremony — the highlight of the annual movie awards season — will be held on March 2, a week laterthan normal, so as not to clash with the Winter Olympics in Russia in February, organisers said on Monday.
Cancer cases surge
Health reporterCASES of people diagnosed with cancer have doubled since 2008 with over 4 000 cases recorded in 2010, a recent annual report by the Zimbabwe Cancer Registry has revealed.
According to the report, in 2010 alone 4 520 people were diagnosed of cancer up from 3 519 the previous year and 2 718 in 2008.
MultiChoice launches new channel
DSTV has announced the launch of AfricaMagic World on channel 155. The channel is available on DStv Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus and Premium.
The channel introduces new AfricaMagic viewers to a variety of African content and productions.
Birth of a new melody
Edgar Moyana Christian EntertainmentThe last time I watched Loice Jagaji’s solo performance on stage at a fund-raising concert hosted by Innercity United Methodist Church in Harare in January, I was convinced that the young lady had enormous talent and potential to make it big in music.
Climate change threat to peace, security: Nhema
Herald ReporterCLIMATE change is a threat to international peace and security and calls for an address to the environmental challenges being experienced worldwide, Environment and Natural Resources Management Minister Francis Nhema has said.
What a cruel game
From Petros Kausiyo in ALEXANDRIA, Egypt
Egypt………………..(0) 2
Zimbabwe…………..(0) 1
BRAVE Zimbabwe put on a gallant show, but still left the game with broken hearts as their World Cup dream virtually ended, in agonising fashion, after they fell to Egypt in an African Zone Group G qualifier at the Borg El Arab Stadium here last night.
Zanu-PF will win, says NCA
Lloyd Gumbo
Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF will win the forthcoming harmonised elections basing on the referendum voting patterns, National Constitutional Assembly chairperson Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said .