Bilharzia mass drug administration rolled out

Ray Bande Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT is rolling out mass drug administration (MDA) aimed at controlling Neglected Tropical Diseases, which include schistosomiasis, commonly referred to as bilharzia, targeting children aged between…

Skills training for HIV-positive youths

Tendai Gukutikwa Health Reporter YOUTHS living with HIV in Manicaland are embracing small scale entrepreneurship as a pathway to economic independence, with livelihood skills training now complementing traditional health support…

Mukorera appears in court

Court Reporter ZIMBABWE Passengers Transporters Organisation (ZPTO) Mutare chairman, Jealous Mukorera (36), appeared before the Mutare Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Thursday), facing two counts of assault – one of which allegedly…

Tobacco ‘gweja’ buyers lurk on the fringe

Samuel Kadungure News Editor IN just two weeks, tobacco auction floors will swing open for the 2026 marketing season, but behind the hopeful clatter of bales and buyers – a…

When a boundary becomes a battlefield

Lovemore Kadzura Post Reporter IN the sunbaked soils of Buhera under Chief Makumbe – a long‑standing boundary dispute between two village heads has erupted into a humanitarian crisis, forcing 16…

Zimbabwe courts global scholars through EduTour drive

Liberty Dube Tourism Correspondent THE Study Tourism Cluster continues to deliver positive results for Destination Zimbabwe, marked by the recent arrival of students from the University of Potsdam in Germany…

Father’s face fades in cancer battle

Tendai Gukutikwa Post Reporter THEY say health is wealth, but one can only understand its true value the moment it begins to slip away. The old adage has been true…

Mangezi: Is he Manica Diamonds’ Mr Goals?

Ray Bande Senior Reporter YOUNG striker, Nokutenda Mangezi, has set his sights on a goal‑scoring spree after completing a move to Castle Lager Premiership side, Manica Diamonds. Mangezi’s arrival comes after a…

MAB retains key sponsors, eyes new corporate partners

Ray Bande Senior Reporter THE Manicaland Athletics Board (MAB) has secured the continuation of all its existing event sponsors from the previous season and is now seeking additional corporate partners…

Bumper harvest still in sight

Ray Bande Senior Reporter MANICALAND is set to meet, and possibly exceed, its cereals production target of 341 980 metric tonnes after recent rains revived crops that had wilted during an…