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Lower Gweru man jailed three years for fatal assault By Dumisani Ndlovu A lower Gweru man, Nkosilathi Moyo from Mabaya village, Headman Mkombo under chief Bunina was recently sentenced to three years in jail for assulting three different people using a kitchen Knife on several occasions. Gweru Magistrate Nixon Mangoti landed him the three year […]

By Dumisani NdlovuThe Zimbabwe government is set to roll-out a school feeding programme, with pupils expected to start accessing at least one meal per day at school, social welfare minister has said.The school feeding scheme which was introduced in 2016, starting with infants, before it was extended to Grade 7s will resume following the imminent

….Traditional healer arrested By Memory MudzaniChireya traditional healer was arrested accused of giving his client poisonous sexual enhancing herbs which resulted in the client’s death. It is the state’s case that on 13 March 2024 at around 0800 hours, Chiedza Mdimuranwa (43) left her husband Isaac Kabarapate (49) at home while proceeding to her garden

By Dumisani NdlovuThe government of Zimbabwe has applauded Global fund for empowering the Ministry of Health and Child Care by extending funds to the ministry, which it says necessitated the provision of three pharmacy vehicles and 30 motorcycles for use in improving service delivery within Mberengwa, Shurugwi and Chirumanzu districts. Speaking at the official handover

ZGC Launches a Clean-Up Campaign partnering with Harare city council in MbareBy Memory MudzaniThe Zimbabwe Gender Commission, in partnership with the Harare City Council, announced a Clean-Up Campaign which took place on the 1st of March day, at Mbare Musika. The theme for this clean-up initiative was “Clean up Mbare, Sweeping GBV Out…”According to Zimbabwe

By Memory MudzaniZimbabwe has been fighting for women and girls rights which includes trying to eradicate early child marriages over the past twenty years and it has remained high in Zimbabwe due to many factors mainly economic instability. Child marriage has remained widespread in Zimbabwe, Parents and guardians are being accused to be the reason

By Dumisani Ndlovu Three yet to be identified robbers on 10 February 2024 pounced BB Clinic in Silobela and robbed the institution of property worth us4400. According to Zimbabwe Republic Police three men armed with an Iron bar and okapi knives pounced at BB Clinic, Silobela and got away with three lithium batteries worth US

By Delicious Mathuthu Gweru City has recorded a spike in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in the local authority’s clinics, mostly driven by drugs, alcohol and substance abuse among youths, Kwedu News can reveal. Latest statistics released by Gweru City Council Health Department show that more than 200 new STIs were recorded for the month of

Local board shutters unlicensed food outlets By Staff Reporter The Hwange Local Board has with immediate effect closed all unlicensed food preparation outlets and those operating from undesignated areas. According to New Ziana,the move is necessitated by the need to fight a cholera outbreak which has been reported in Hwange urban. The ban was announced

Brisbane woman Arrested over Meth Importation By Harry Taruva A woman from Brisbane,Australia has been arrested and charged for allegedly facilitating the importation of 71.5kg of methamphetamine from Papa New Guinea to Australia in 2023 Kwedu News has learnt. In a joint media release ,the Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police Force,Queensland Police service,