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Bulawayo City Council has advised the residents on the prevention of typhoid but indicated that the city’s tap water was safe and not contaminated to cause typhoid. Typhoid is an infectious disease of the intestines that caused by bacteria Salmonella typhi. Symptoms of typhoid are it manifests with fever abdominal pains, headaches initial constipation and later diarrhoea in some cases, which may be bloody. BCC spokesperson Nesisa Mpofu said there may be eruption of red…

. HARARE mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni (pictured) is captain of a ship in turbulent waters, a waterborne disease outbreak, an overbearing boss in the form of Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere and a party at odds with his idea of public management. NewsDay Weekender reporter Paidamoyo Muzulu (ND) caught up with Manyenyeni (BM) to discuss about issues in the city and to rate the council performance during his tenure. Below are excerpts. ND: 2017 is the…

  Erratic water supplies (of questionable quality), poor sanitation and erratic refuse collection have all been blamed for the persistent outbreaks of waterborne diseases like typhoid and cholera. Cholera killed more than 4 000 people between 2008 and 2009 and another 100 0000 were hospitalised by a tropical disease synonymous with the 19th century. It was Africa’s worst epidemic in decades. Conditions that allowed the disease to flourish at the time are exactly the same…

. A 22 year old Mvurwi fish monger was put behind bar for impersonating a soldier and harassing people in night clubs. Guruve magistrate Antony Sanyatwi heard that Lovewell Kabote was moving about on New Year’s Eve threatening and harassing people at Dendere night club in Mvurwi Mashonaland Central province.He reportedly flashed a fake identity card to one of his victim who then filed a police report prompting police intelligence constable Ben to apprehend him….

Prophet Walter Magaya has revealed that he was once a big time money dealer and would order supermarkets to close when he was shopping. That was during the money ‘burning era’. “During those days I was one of the biggest exchange dealers. I had enough to stand on top of a hill. I got a million, which was the second million I had made; but it lasted six months. If you ask me what l…

Government has directed schools to acquire point of sale machines to facilitate smooth payment of fees. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has put in place modalities to avail the machines as schools open for the first term on Tuesday.The POS machines bring a relief to parents who are facing difficulties to access hard cash in the wake of currency shortages that have seen maximum weekly withdrawals pegged at US$300. Some parents have opted for Real…

.   Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) executives Shadreck Vera and Samuel Chiduza are on the run as investigations into the alleged siphoning of millions of US dollars from the institution continue.Police last week arrested former NSSA managing director James Matiza, who appeared in court facing charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office.   He was granted US$500 bail coupled with stringent conditions last Wednesday. Matiza’s alleged accomplices, Vera and Chiduza, are nowhere…