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International health partnership and financing behemoth, the Global Fund, has been hugely impressed by the progress Zimbabwe has made and the trajectory it is taking in the health delivery system and is mobilising US$500 million to reinforce these successes over the next three years.
Trio in hospital after anthrax scare
Three people have been admitted to a clinic in Bikita district after consuming meat from cattle suspected to have died of anthrax, veterinary officials in the area have said.
Chiefs brace for maiden Castle Challenge Cup final
AFTER losing the core of their team during the off-season, Bulawayo Chiefs’ rebuilding efforts will be tested ahead of the new Premiership football season when they face champions FC Platinum in the Castle Challenge Cup at Mandava tomorrow.
Man axes ex-wife in infidelity row
A 26-year-old man from Concession is on the run after he allegedly killed his ex-wife with an axe, accusing her of having several boyfriends.
Cyclone Freddy leaves 8 dead
Antananarivo. – The death toll from Cyclone Freddy’s second assault on Madagascar rose to eight this week as it strengthened on its way to Mozambique, authorities said.
Drugs stash lands three women in court
Three women from Harare appeared in court yesterday after they were this week allegedly found with 378g grammes of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), infamously known locally as mutoriro, with a street value of more than $3 million at two different places.
Tobacco farmers earn US$125k on first day
Farmers earned US$125 095 from the sale of 48 938kg of flue-cured tobacco on the opening day of this year’s tobacco marketing season.
SA business mood drops to two-year low
South African business sentiment declined to a two-year low in the first quarter as severe power outages and dilapidated logistics networks hobbled economic activity. A quarterly business confidence index compiled…
Ambulance in pile-up – 3 road accident victims injured
AN ambulance carrying three injured people from the scene of a road accident was involved in a three-car collision at the intersection of Beatrice Road and Remembrance Drive yesterday morning, which left three people injured.
Rand firms against weaker dollar
The rand firmed early yesterday against a weaker US dollar, despite S&P Global’s late-night announcement that it had downgraded its outlook on South Africa. At 8:54am, the rand traded at…