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Government has given traditional healers the green light to start their own medical aid societies after revelations that over 80 percent of Zimbabweans prefer their services.   Speaking during the Ministry of Health and Child Care public consultations for the Medical Aid Societies Bill last week, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry Dr Gerald Gwinji said traditionalhealers had a right to start their own medical insurance schemes.   Mr Shooter Ngwenya from the International Traditional…

Britain is on the verge of trialling out the use of new technology named as truck ‘Platooning’ in which three truck convoys will be tested with the lead truck being driven by a human being and the two driver less trucks behind it.   These ‘self-driving’ truck convoys according to government will be tried out by the end of next year in experiments in which three three trucks will proceed in formation. The convoy lead…

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Harare residents have expressed concern that the promised devolution of power which partially found expression in the new Constitution is yet to be seen.   Combined Harare Residents Association (Chra) chairperson Simbarashe Moyo said devolution, as enshrined in the Constitution, was critical to transfer responsibilities and resources from central government in order to establish a sound financial base for each provincial and metropolitan council and local authority.   The new Constitution created eight provincial councils…

William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, says he will not run for the Zimbabwean presidency, the strongest statement to date about his intentions for the 2018 presidential race, saying he was planning a bid for Parliament.   Lumumba, who leads the fledgling opposition Viva Zimbabwe, said even if he wanted to run, he was disqualified by dint of his age. He is 28, yet one must be at least 40 to run for president….

Less than two weeks after Grace Mugabe assaulted poor South African modelGabriella Engels in South Africa, and escaped arrest after invoking dipomatic immunity , her violent forced eviction of villagers resident in the Manzou farm, some for as long as seventeen years, has left numerous people homeless and living in fear. Manzou Farm in Mazowe further forced evictions in which homes were destroyed by Zanu-PF militia for first lady Grace Mugabe and the Robert Mugabe…

Just a week after the saga of Zimbabwe’s First lady Grace Mugabe, assaulting and wounding Gabriella Engels (20) using an extension cord but escaping justice after South Africa’s government granted her diplomatic immunity, yet again another Zimbabwean has topped public attention and not surprisingly so, of major interest to the police and authorities after he unleashed terror upon South Africa with a gun. It is reported online that according to Gauteng police, in the early…

The Queen will be joined by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the opening ceremony of the Queensferry Crossing on 4 September. The £1.35bn bridge will open to traffic on 30 August, but it will close on 2 and 3 September to allow pedestrians to cross. The opening ceremony will take place exactly 53 years after the Queen opened the Forth Road Bridge. The new crossing will replace the existing road bridge as the main route…