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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has granted amnesty to over 4 000 convicts in various categories, in a move meant to decongest the country’s prisons. The amnesty was granted under Clemency Order Number 1 of 2024, published in an Extraordinary Gazette on Tuesday, while the announcement was made by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Legal […]

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Source: Shot in the arm for the Deeds Registry -Newsday Zimbabwe

MASHONALAND Holdings managing director Gibson Mapfidza has urged fellow industry players to modernise the Deeds Registry given the central role it plays in enabling real estate investments transactions.

The firm recently funded the revamping of sections of the Deeds Registry to the tune of US$12 000.

The Deeds Search Hall was in a deplorable state owing to years of wear and tear as well as inadequate maintenance of facilities.

Mapfidza  said the operating environment has been punitive for most businesses in Zimbabwe. The real estate sector, however, has shown some resilience.

“It is upon this context that I call upon fellow industry players to consider partnering the Deeds Registry towards its modernisation and given the central role it plays in enabling real estate investments transactions,” Mapfidza said.

He said they were cognisant that as an industry, they were only as strong as the weakest link in the ecosystem.

“The Deeds Office was in a dilapidated state, thereby affecting the ability to carry out its mandate effectively. We saw this as a compelling case for corporate social investment,” he said.

“We stepped in to do our part as a player in the real estate industry and we look forward to doing more work for the Deeds Office during the course of the year.”

In line with the fourth industrial revolution, Mapfidza said they needed to support the Deeds Office towards its digitalisation drive where property searches can be conducted online.

“We however need to deal with the hygienic issues first and thus our initial step in partnering the Deeds Office in refurbishing its premises,” he said.

Chief Registrar Willie Mushayi said: “We are excited and appreciative of the noble gesture shown by Mashonaland Holdings Limited. They have shown that as an organisation, they are mindful of the well-being of all the stakeholders in the real estate industry.

“As the Deeds Registry, we play a central role in facilitating property transactions among many other roles. We call upon all the other players in the real estate industry to follow the precedent set by Mashonaland Holdings Limited.

“We have aspirations of revamping this entire building, modernising some of the facilities here and adopting technology-related solutions. This can only be achieved through partnerships of this nature.”

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Source: Cimas invests in medical equipment to enhance testing capabilities -Newsday Zimbabwe

One of the country’s leading providers of diagnostic and medical laboratory services, Cimas MEDLABS, is renovating and re-equipping its laboratories to provide onsite tests for the convenience of its clients countrywide.

Cimas Group medical advisor and head of diagnostics, Dr. Tsitsi Moyo told the media on Wednesday during a tour of Cimas MEDLABS in Harare that the project will reduce the number of tests referred to the central laboratory in the capital. The tour was part of the group’s commemorations of the Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (Lab Week), running from April 14 to 20.

“Cimas MEDLABS is more than a clinical diagnostic and testing entity; we are also involved in medical research in partnership with some major research and clinical trials in the country. We endeavour to make the African voice, particularly the Zimbabwean voice, to be heard as a contributor to scientific discovery.”

“Cimas MEDLABS is more than a clinical diagnostic and testing entity; we are also involved in medical research in partnership with some major research and clinical trials in the country. We endeavour to make the African voice, particularly the Zimbabwean voice, to be heard as a contributor to scientific discovery.”

The new equipment is poised to be a valuable asset to the Zimbabwean medical industry. It will enable faster, more accurate diagnoses, and improved patient outcomes.

“This investment in advanced medical technology underscores our commitment to providing Zimbabweans access to high-quality healthcare,” she added.

This year’s commemorations are running under the global theme, “The Lab is Everything”.

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Source: Gwanda nonagenarian dies after unlawful arrest -Newsday Zimbabwe

A 92-YEAR-OLD Gwanda woman, who fell ill in detention has died. She together with other villagers was facing a charge of illegal occupation of State land.

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights member, Jabulani Mhlanga, yesterday confirmed that Elizabeth Ndlovu has passed away.

“She got sick while in police detention and did not recover. We  got a call that she passed away on Monday,” Mhlanga said.

He, however, could not provide more details, saying he is yet to get more information on the unfortunate incident.

Efforts to get contact details of her relatives were fruitless.

Last month, police in Gwanda arrested 180 villagers including the deceased and other elderly persons above 70 years old for illegally settling on State land — Enyandeni in Gwanda.

Ndlovu was the eldest.

They were detained for two days without food and proper care.

They were only set free after the State declined to prosecute.

This was after ZLHR lawyers’ Mhlanga and Mitchell Chigova of Mabhikwa and Partners Legal Practitioners challenged the manner in which their arrest had been effected.

The villagers were summoned to appear at Gwanda Magistrates Court where prosecutors filed an application seeking to formally place them on remand.

The charges against the villagers were withdrawn before plea after the ZLHR challenged their prosecution.

The deceased was among several villagers who were detained in a  widely condemned government-sanctioned operation against alleged occupation of State land.

The operation was stopped following a public outcry including from Zanu PF.

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Source: BCC redesigns vending bays at Egodini –Newsday Zimbabwe

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is redesigning vending bays at Egodini terminus following complaints from informal traders that the bays are not user-friendly and are too small.

Speaking during a Bulawayo informal sector survey meeting on Tuesday, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said he had noted the concerns of the vendors.

“At Egodini as you have seen we have opened phase 1A and we are about to move to phase 1B. We are pleased to tell you we have really started to implement some of these measures in anticipation of the outcome of this report to improve the working conditions for vendors,” Coltart said.

Egodini re-opened after an eight-year closure to pave way for a multi-million-dollar rehabilitation project.

In 2016, council entered into an agreement with Terracotta to redesign Basch Street terminus to a multi-purpose mall at an estimated cost of US$60 million.

Coltart said phase 1B would provide more sanitation facilities, access to water and enhanced security.

“What we have now done is we changed the design completely.”

He admitted that the vending bays constructed under phase 1A did not provide a conducive working environment.

There were reports that Zanu PF space barons had attempted to grab vending bays at Egodini and allocate them to party activists.

However, the local authority stood its ground.

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