By Staff Reporter Mutare: BUS drivers who ply the Harare-Mutare route have urged government to restore the country’s rail transport system and further develop the fuel pipeline in order to reduce increasing volumes of haulage trucks partly blamed for continued road traffic accidents. This follows a horrific road accident between two buses in Rusape on
By The Echo LIVERPOOL: A dad-of-six who lunged at his eldest daughter with a knife and hit his wife walked free from court on Friday. Tony MacKenzie, originally from Zimbabwe, threatened to kill Purity Muchekesi, 23, when she intervened in a row between him and Tamisai Muchekesi, 44. Liverpool Crown Court heard he had two wives
By Staff Reporter AT least 15 suspected armed robbers have been arrested in the past few months including five last week alone. In a statement recently, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the five Godfrey Josi (35), Austin Ncube (27), Harmony Nyathi (29), Polite Madamombe (34) and Wisdom Tariro (22) were spotted at Zindoga
By Staff Reporter MASVINGO: A 49-year-old Bikita man has appeared in court charged with raping his 12-year-old step daughter. He however, stunned the court when he denied the charge saying his manhood was too big to penetrate the minor. Biggie Dube left the court in stitches when he pleaded with a female magistrate Dambudzo Malunga
By Staff Reporter POLICE have blamed speed for the horrific Rusape bus accident which claimed 50 people and left more than 80 others injured. One of the drivers involved in the crash survived the accident and is reportedly on the run. The accident which involving Bolt Cutter and Smart Express buses occurred Wednesday evening just
By Staff Reporter Masvingo: AN average of 12 people out of 100 are living with HIV/Aids in Masvingo province, National Aids Council (NAC) provincial manager Edgar Muzulu has said. According to data compiled during the 3rd quarter of 2018, the average HIV prevalence rate for the province is sitting at 12,8 %. Chivi district has
By Robert Tapfumaneyi THE National Aids Council (NAC) has moved to install condom dispensers in so-called HIV/Aids hotspots in Masvingo province in attempts to manage new HIV infections. The dispensers are found in clinics, beer taverns, tertiary institutions and truck inns. Hotspots are areas where high sexual activity takes place. The two-week old pilot project
By Staff Reporter LANDS and Agriculture Minister Perence Shiri has claimed that government is not aware of any partisan distribution of agricultural inputs by Zanu PF-aligned individuals but issued what could be a half-hearted threat to deal with the culprits. The minister, a Zanu PF top official, was responding to Senators during the ministers’ questions
By Mary Taruvinga ZIMBABWE Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) founder, Ezekiel Guti’s son-in-law is in trouble with the law after he allegedly bashed his wife and fired a bullet through the roof of the couple’s home while threatening to kill the archbishop’s daughter over adultery claims. Lindsay Nyajeka (35) was Thursday hauled before a Harare
By Robert Tapfumaneyi Gutu: Men from Mpandawana Growth Point here in Gutu have appealed to condom distributors to supply them with larger sized products of the lifesaving rubber saying those available in the local beer taverns were too small for them. They told NewZibabwe.com during a recent visit to the area that they lived in
By Court Reporter THE infamous story of V11 forms resurfaced in court on Thursday during trial commencement of MDC vice president Morgen Komichi who is demanding the documents’ release by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) so he could mount a stronger defence against charges he faces. The opposition politician brought boxes of what his lawyers
By Robert Tapfumaneyi CHIVHU: A well-known local commercial sex worker has lamented that the world’s oldest profession is no longer viable in a development that has forced her to supplement her income with pick-pocketing. In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com 34-year-old Mary Shasha said she has done jail time on three separate occasions in 2005, 2008
By Robert Tapfumaneyi DEMAND for the so-called morning-after pill is on the increase among college students in Masvingo, suggesting a high prevalence of unprotected sex and the attended risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections. Pharmacies in the city reportedly report regular stock-outs of levonorgestrel tablets (morning after pills), an emergency contraception which is used after
Below is the full statement by the United Nations’ World Health Organisation (WHO) in the wake of claims by prominent Zimbabwean preacher Walter Magaya that he has discovered a ‘cure’ for HIV and AIDS. HARARE: In response to recent media reports alleging the discovery of a cure for HIV and AIDS, Dr. Alex Gasasira WHO
By AFP Women who want to bear children in their 30s and 40s often face a dilemma regarding how much time to wait between pregnancies. Doctors often advise they wait 18 to 24 months. But pregnancy risks mount with age. A study Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), based on 150,000
By Anna Chibamu ATLEAST half a million home seekers are registered with the Harare City Council’s waiting list, in a city that has seen continued land invasions sometimes at the instigation of politicians past few years. This was revealed by Harare mayor Herbert Gomba who said Town House was planning on building flats to cater
By Staff Reporter Mutare: A 35-year-old Mutare man faces murder charges after he recently took a hoe and struck his 65-year-old mother to death following a dispute over a television remote control. Police confirmed the incident, saying investigation were still progress to ascertain what transpired on the fateful day. Manicaland Police spokesperson, Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa
By Agents Aussie Books for Zim recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to help it raise the $16,000 it needs to send two shipping containers of books to Zimbabwe, Chief executive and founder Alfred Chidembo said 60,000 books as well as library furniture, lab equipment and school uniforms had already been collected as a result of many
By Mary Taruvinga HARARE: Business came to a halt at the Rotten Row magistrates’ courts last Thursday when a bride fled her marriage ceremony. The unidentified woman took it to her heels clutching her white gown and ran for about 100 meters before jumping into a cab and being driven away. Female relatives tried to
By Idah Mhetu THE Harare City Council Wednesday dispatched earthmovers to demolish 108 illegal structures in Budiriro near High Glen Mall with authorities saying more buildings were going to be reduced to rubble this Thursday. The city council revealed this on its official Facebook page on Wednesday. “108 illegal structures in Budiriro near High Glen
