adminDry spell begins
Agriculture Reporter The country is experiencing the mid-season dry spell and it is not severe like the other past years, the Meteorological Services Department has said.
Diarrhoea claims 15 lives
Herald Reporter Diarrhoeal diseases and human anthrax remain the country’s major disease burden, with 15 diarrhoeal related deaths recorded and over 6 000 cases of both diseases treated throughout the…
Cancer vaccines for young girls roll out
Tafadzwa Ndlovu Herald Reporter Government will start distributing the first consignment of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to young girls by end of March to combat cervical cancer.
Nation ready for new ART guidelines
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter Government is confident that a new policy expected to see people living with HIV initiated on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) much earlier than before will take off…
33 traffic cops sent packing
Freeman Razemba and Daniel Kachere Thirty-three traffic police officers at Avondale Police Station in Harare have been transferred to other bases allegedly because of intolerable corruption levels.
Civil servants turn down pay offer
Pamela Shumba Chronicle Reporter CIVIL servants yesterday rejected the government’s offer to raise their pay by between $50 and $100 across grades. Unions demanded that ministers review the offer upwards,…
The rich abuse Beam cash, say teachers
Felex Share Herald Reporter The Basic Education Assistance Module (beam )is largely benefiting children from well-to-do families at the expense of the vulnerable, representatives of teachers’ unions have said.
WE GOT THEM! Binga murders: 3 arrested, 1 shot dead
Thandeka Moyo Chronicle Correspondent POLICE investigating the execution of four people in Binga have arrested three suspects and shot dead a fourth. Police say investigations so far show that Sithembinkosi…
Chinamasa defends land reform
Business Editor FINANCE Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Wednesday lashed out at critics who are quick to condemn the country’s property rights, saying Government — through land reform — had corrected…
Illegal stand allocation backfires
Municipal Reporter Chitungwiza Municipality will fire workers fingered in the illegal allocation of stands in the town. This follows an audit initiated by Government which revealed that more than 14…