Doctor, nurse in oxygen scam

A PRIVATE medical doctor working in cahoots with a nurse at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital are alleged to have smuggled an oxygen concentrator into the hospital and used it to rip-off desperate Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen.

Take advantage of good rains: President

Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged farmers to take advantage of good rains being received countrywide and upscale production in a bid to foster economic growth. He said…

Editorial Comment: Increased monthly exports boost for production

The continued major recovery in exports after a dip in the first four months of the Covid-19 pandemic to top US$500 million in November last year, and almost US$529 million…

Zima to lift veil on nominees

Senior Arts Reporter Organisers of the Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) have said that the nominee list will be released next week ahead of the awards ceremony in February. The awards…

Cops nabbed for US$248K robbery

TWO Harare-based police officers who late last year were part of a five-member armed gang that allegedly robbed a second-hand clothes dealer US$248 000 using service firearms have been arrested.

Man fined $30 000 for assault

A CHIPINGE man was last week fined $30 000 for assaulting a tenant, accusing him of not cleaning the yard.

Editorial Comment: A timely short in the arm

WITH Manicaland recording a spike in the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths, the initiative by Mutare City Council in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Child Care to roll out free Covid-19 screening and testing comes as a huge relief and highly commendable development.

Covid-19 survivors’ songs of hope

AMID all the doom and gloom, the pain and soreness spurred by deaths related to the pandemic, there are lots of soothing and calming tales of phenomenal recovery which bear testimony to the reality that testing positive for the virus is not synonymous with signing a death warrant.  

Comesa joins varsities in innovation drive

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has signed a memorandum of understating (MoU) with six universities from the region to roll out programmes…

Lockdown, rains take toll on business

BUSINESS has called for the adherence of lockdown measures put in place by Government to ensure control of the Covid-19 pandemic as loss in production is having a telling effect on their operations.

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