adminFresh hurdle for hospital renal unit
The absence of curtains used for screening purposes is stalling operations at the $200 000 renal unit at Masvingo General Hospital.
Juvenile (12) escapes prison
A boy from Makuvatsine village under Chief Masunda in Zvishavane was been jailed five years for theft and escaping from the Blue Hills Reformatory Institution in Gweru.
MDC-T thief jailed 9 months
An MDC Alliance supporter from Harare was sentenced to an effective nine months in prison for stealing property and cash with a combined value of $556 at the party’s rally held at White City Stadium on Satur- day.
Council probes road deals
THE Harare City Council has set up a team to investigate reports that some companies contracted to repair roads under the $17 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme lack capacity.
Somalia seizes $10m from UAE plane
Somalia’s government says it has seized several bags of money worth almost $10m from a plane that arrived at Mogadishu airport from the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi.
Unpaid work for serial thief
A serial thief who was terrorising residents in Besa Village, Seke, was yesterday convicted of 11 counts of unlawful entry and was ordered to perform 350 hours of community service by Chitungwiza magistrate Mrs Blessing Murwisi-Nyemba.
Jumbo tramples woman to death
A Lake Harvest employee in Kariba was trampled to death by an elephant on Wednesday last week while returning home from work with her colleagues.
Women urged to take up sport
The Ministry of Sport, Arts and Recreation has urged women in Mashonaland Central to participate in different sporting activities to mitigate the effects of non-communicable diseases like cancer, hypertension and diabetes.
Buhari to seek re-election in 2019
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared yesterday he would seek re-election next year, in a move that put an end to months of speculation.
DDF rolls out borehole scheme
THE District Development Fund (DDF) has rolled out a programme of drilling new boreholes in the Midlands to increase the availability of water in line with Government’s Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) that seeks to improve lives.