HARARE – Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has warned that grave consequences loom if the doctors’ situation is not civilly addressed in respect of human lives that are currently being lost in hospitals. Following the cholera outbreak, the conglomeration of more than 80 civil society organisations in Zimbabwe said, the country and citizens are currently vulnerable…
HARARE – The hearing where the striking medical practitioners sought leave to appeal at the Supreme Court has been moved to today (Monday) after lawyers representing the Health Service Board (HSB) failed to appear in court on Saturday. Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZDHA) filed an urgent chamber application at the Labour Court seeking permission to…
HARARE – Government has introduced cotton growing at the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga with 100 hectares earmarked for planting the so-called white gold this season. The scheme which is situated about 10 kilometres from the Zambezi River is one of the biggest irrigation projects in Matabeleland North. Matabeleland North irrigation officer Charles Makhula…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda said there is no tiff between him and his chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa. Matemadanda told Daily News that the much talked tiff between himself and Mutsvangwa doesn’t exist. “…We are not fighting with Mutsvangwa, those are fabricated stories, and we are not at loggerheads…
HARARE – Fifteen years after performing at what used to be the ‘hallowed” venue of musicians of yesteryear — veteran Chimurenga music maestro Thomas Mapfumo — returns to Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield for an emotional homecoming show tomorrow evening. The 73-year-old musician will hold an all-night show which he yesterday described as “returning to my…
HARARE – Government’s current recruitment freeze has led to a serious shortage of medical lecturers at tertiary institutions, an official has said. In a report presented by the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Higher and Tertiary Education, the chairperson Daniel Molokela-Tsiye urged Parliament to assist in lifting the freeze to enable universities and colleges to employ…
HARARE – Drone operators are now required to register their aircrafts with Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz), the Daily News can report. The drones fall under the multi-rotor regulations that were recently gazetted in Statutory Instrument 271 of 2018 13:16 of Civil Aviation (Remotely Piloted Aircraft) Regulations. “No person shall use a public road…
HARARE – The handling thus far by the government of the ongoing industrial action by the country’s medical doctors has left a lot to be desired — reflecting very poorly on both the bona fides and humanity of the so-called ‘new dispensation’ now in power. To those who may be confused about the issues at…
HARARE – While Zimbabwe is endowed with breath-taking natural beauty of great potential to establish utopian tourist destinations; natural farming regions conducive for various sustainable agricultural activities; vast mineral wealth and an education system that ranks among the top in Africa; churning out professionals who are making names for themselves in various fields across the…
HARARE – Government should make efforts to pay civil servants salaries in foreign currency, MDC president Nelson Chamisa has said. This comes as the on-going strike by doctors has entered its fourth week, after the government failed to address their grievances and demands — resulting in operations at public health institutions being severely affected by…
