© IN the absence of a national safety net coupled with the current prohibitive cost of healthcare services, it is imperative that Zimbabwe sets up a national health insurance scheme that caters comprehensively for every citizen to ensure the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC). [GoogleAd] UHC refers to a situation where all people receive…
© WHEN retrenchment knocked on Roselyn Musarurwa Charehwa’s door more than a decade ago while she was comfortably working for the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), she was devastated. [GoogleAd] Jobless and with no soul to turn to for help, Charehwa an independent woman at heart, began to think of her retrenchment as a blessing…
© IMMEDIATELY after being charged with subversion, George Makoni, Gamuchirai Mukura and Sithabile Dewa were among the seven activists that were whisked to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where they would endure a two-week stay as rights lawyers battled to have them freed. [GoogleAd] The group also included Rita Nyamupinga, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Nyasha Mpahlo and Farirayi…
© I WOULD like to apologise to my dear readers for the no show last week as I had to attend to an urgent family emergency in my rural home. [GoogleAd] The situation has reached another level with what is happening in our economy. Every time your phone rings and you see on the caller…
© AS I snaked up the dusty dirt road that links Waterfalls and Highfield in Harare, I reached a rocky outcrop where the road seemed to reach a dead end. [GoogleAd] Commuter omnibuses on the City-Glen Norah and even Chitungwiza-Machipisa route use this winding dirt road to evade the police roadblock often mounted on High…
© CONTROVERSIAL Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna believes that while former president Robert Mugabe had serious imperfections in terms of his rule, the Second Republic is even worse. [GoogleAd] In this Question and Answer with the Daily News on Sunday’s Jeffrey Muvundusi, the traditional leader candidly talks about his relationship with the ruling Zanu PF…
© CHIEF Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has set tongues wagging. An eloquent speaker, the Chief of Ntabazinduna has emerged to be one of the fiercest critics of Zanu PF. [GoogleAd] And for that reason, he is not really welcome within the corridors of power where chiefs are generally accepted as “paragons of virtue”. Chief Ndiweni stands accused…
© ON March 20 this year, former Energy minister Joram Gumbo announced a new board for Zesa Holdings, the power utility. Its brief was to oversee the re-bundling of the power utility, fight corruption and improve power supply. [GoogleAd] Less than 90 days into the its tenure, Gumbo’s successor Fortune Chasi has dissolved the board,…
© LOCAL authorities are contemplating charging for services in a manner that reflects the prevailing exchange rate on the interbank market. [GoogleAd] Urban Councils Association president Josiah Makombe told the Daily News on Sunday that they will only be sure of the direction to be taken once they have consulted ratepayers. “Our billing will have…
© WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Mthuli Ncube as Finance minister in September last year, the Zanu PF leader received plaudits for entrusting the country’s economic revival in the hands of a respected technocrat. [GoogleAd] Business executives and ordinary people alike endorsed the holder of a PHD in mathematical finance from Cambridge University and a…
