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Preventing STIs: Why South Africa isn’t winning

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a serious public health issue. It’s estimated that globally, more than a million people are everyday diagnosed with one or more sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhoea, chlamydia or syphilis.

Wetland to benefit Chivi villagers

Hundreds of villagers in ward 10 of Chivi are set to benefit from Govaguru wetland through agricultural activities, grazing and as a source of water. The area perennially suffers prolonged dry spells.

Plumtree pupil (8) drowns during swimming expedition

AN eight-year-old pupil at Fairview Primary School in Plumtree drowned in a flooded stream while swimming with other boys during break time.

Residents demand transparency in ward retention funds

THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents’ Association (BPRA) has taken the city council to task over Ward Retention Funds (WRFs), which it alleges are not being utilised in the wake of poor service delivery.

PG stalls MDC MP’s trial for insulting ED

THE trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joel Gabbuza, facing charges of undermining and insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is being stalled by Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi, who is yet to issue a certificate of authority.

Ndlovu’s body arrives in Bulawayo

The body of the late Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Callistus Ndlovu, who died in South Africa last week, arrived yesterday ahead of burial on Saturday at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare.

Beitbridge border expansion commences

EXPANSION work on the Beitbridge Border Post appears to be finally starting eight months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid the foundation for the $241 million upgrade of Zimbabwe’s premier port.

January violence: lawyers trade barbs

ACCUSATIONS and counter claims of assault have been traded in a slanging match between two lawyers in a case in which opposition MDC Alliance MPs are being tried for allegedly inciting last month’s violent protests.

Court stops Immigration Department hearings

BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva has ordered the Immigration Department to stop unlawful disciplinary hearings of eight of its Victoria Falls officials, who were being accused of fraud.

Ex-army boss evicts 300 families

OVER 300 villagers are now living in the open after they were evicted by a former army general from a farm which reportedly used to be owned by the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo.