adminZimpapers donates $10k to Island Hospice
Abigail Mawonde Herald Correspondent
The Zimbabwe Newspapers Group yesterday handed over $10 000 to Island Hospice & Healthcare — an institution established out of the need to have direct home-based palliative care for those with life-threatening illnesses and their families, as well as a comprehensive bereavement service.
First Lady’s cancer campaign bears fruit
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau
Over 8 500 women have been screened for cervical cancer nationwide since the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa partnered the Ministry of Health and Child Care in a campaign against the disease last week.
I’ll step down if I lose: ED
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reiterated that he will step down if he loses the elections to be held in a few months.
Zisco investor to up production
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau
Production at Zisco is set be twice what used to be produced when it reopens soon, Kwekwe town clerk Mr Emmanuel Musara has said.
Expedite Forbes Border Post expansion, Govt told
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau
Government should expedite the expansion of Forbes Border Post to increase the port’s capacity and ensure that Manicaland benefits from the influx of investment that is now being registered, an official has said.
ZUMA RECALL UPDATE: Hawks arrest three people Gupta compound
The Hawks have confirmed that three people have been arrested at the Gupta family compound in Saxonwold, among them a Gupta brother and associate.
ZUMA RECALL UPDATE: Unite behind the NEC: ANCWL
The ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) is singing a different tune after the NEC’s decision on Monday to recall President Jacob Zuma.
Sleeping with wrong hubby: Accused fined
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
A Harare man who was accused of raping his housemate’s wife who responded thinking it was her husband, was acquitted of rape but the magistrate found him guilty of indecent assault.
Thornycroft wins top rowing award
TOP Zimbabwean female rower Micheen Thornycroft got any early Valentine’s Day present when she was yesterday named as the winner of the 2017 Filippi Spirit Award.
Govt plans to cut prison population
Walter Nyamukondiwa in KADOMA
Government intends to release about 3 000 inmates and de-congest prison population as reports of crowding and attendant malnutrition have seen more than 578 inmates needing urgent medical attention.