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Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Results of two studies that were conducted in Zimbabwe and other African countries to establish the safety and effectiveness of an antiretroviral drug, daprivine, for HIV…
School seeks truce over pupil’s expulsion
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Nyazura Adventist Secondary School, which recently expelled a Form One pupil over a suspected enrolment scandal, has opted to meet the schoolboy’s lawyers with a view…
Law firm’s property attached
Court Reporter A receptionist and a general hand took their employer, Chinyanga and Company Legal Practitioners, to the Labour Court for failing to settle close to $7 000 in salary…
Man assaults wife in front of in-laws
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A Harare man reportedly assaulted his wife in front of her parents following a heated argument. The wife had fled to her parents’ house. Washington Kahlari allegedly beat up…
ZIMRA accountant up for $25k fraud
Court Reporter A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) accountant appeared before a Harare magistrate on Friday facing charges of fraudulently transferring VAT refunds for different clients into his wife’s bank account. Tapuwa…
Touadera elected CAR president
BANGUI. – Former Central African Republic prime minister Faustin-Archange Touadera has won a presidential run-off, the electoral commission said on Saturday, in what was widely seen as a step towards…
African leaders push for investments at summit
SHARM-EL-SHEIKH. – African leaders and bankers vowed at an economic summit in Egypt on Saturday to push for trade and investments on the continent despite growing security concerns in the…
Museveni romps to victory in Uganda poll
KAMPALA. – President Yoweri Museveni was on Saturday evening declared the winner of the 2016 presidential elections. Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr Badru Kiggundu, announced the results from a contest of seven…
Indian village bans single women from using mobile phones
AHMEDABAD. – A village in the state of Gujarat has banned single women from using mobile phones, with elders deeming the technology a “nuisance to society”. Members of the Suraj village…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Time to use the whip in Zanu-PF
There is no denying that Zimbabwe is one of the most peaceful countries in the region. All that despite the punishment the nation has been subjected to for daring to…