LONDON – The mosquito-borne Zika virus may be even more dangerous than previously thought, scientists in Brazil say. They told the BBC that Zika could be behind more damaging neurological conditions, affecting the babies of up to a fifth of infected pregnant women. Rates of increase in Zika infection in some parts of Brazil have…
BULAWAYO – Opposition leader and former prime minister in the government of national unity, Morgan Tsvangirai, says if long-suffering Zimbabweans continue to fight determinedly for what is right and theirs, it will only be a matter of time before they attain real and meaningful democracy. Addressing journalists at the Bulawayo Press Club on Friday, Tsvangirai also…
HARARE – Zimbabwe marks this year’s International Workers’ Day with a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over the few remaining workers’ heads as banks struggle to provide cash while more and more companies continue to shut down. Workers’ Day is a global annual commemoration that is celebrated on May 1 but in a country where…
BULAWAYO – Opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not persecute gays if he assumes power in the forthcoming elections. Briefing journalists at the Bulawayo Press Club on Friday, Tsvangirai said while he does not subscribe to homosexuality, he will not temper with their freedom as enshrined in the Constitution. “I will not stand to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is pinning its hopes to reduce the incessant load-shedding on the construction of the 2 400 megawatts (MW) Batoka project. The country, currently producing an average of 1 200MW against a daily demand of 2 200MW resulting in acute load shedding to fill the 1 000MW gap, is expected to receive at…
HARARE – Sitting under a tree and wearing a worn out Zanu PF cap, George Sibanda tries to ignore the rumblings of his stomach — his eyes are sunken and he says his whole family is hungry and dreadful of the future. Sibanda, a self-styled traditional healer, has 24 mouths to feed, including his own,…
HARARE – Touched by the rampant abuse of drugs and other substances in the country’s tertiary institutions which has led to addictions, crime, serious social, health and moral problems, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student affairs chaplaincy will hold an awareness campaign workshop to sensitise students and staff on the dangers of abusing drugs. Daily…
HARARE – When the United States of America World Cup winning women’s soccer team filed a federal complaint charging US Soccer with wage discrimination, Zimbabwean women must have looked unperturbed. It was none of their business. Not so long after, when the Mighty Warriors qualified for the African Women Cup of Nations, Zimbabwe Football Association…
HARARE – The story of the poverty that has befallen the common man in Zimbabwe in the Friday edition of the Daily News is scary to say the least. Admittedly, no one would believe that this is the same country which 36 years ago led the late former Tanzanian President Julius “Mwalimu” Nyerere to Christian…
HARARE – I am sharing my response on the objections by some Christians against the National School Pledge being introduced by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry. I would like to inform you from the onset that I am in support of the school pledge derived from the preamble of the Constitution of Zimbabwe on patriotic…
