THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has urged government to provide decent and fair working conditions in the health sector to avoid unnecessary conflicts between healthcare workers. This comes as doctors and nurses last week clashed over working hours after the latter complained that doctors are not reporting for duty as much as expected,…
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi has been sucked into a poultry scam after it was revealed in court yesterday that he allegedly recommended engagement of convicted rapist Munyaradzi Kereke to facilitate donor coordination, banking and finance in the institution. This was revealed during the trial of Nobert Chomurenga, 58, a senior…
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuses against civilians by the security forces. The European Union Council of Foreign Ministers of all 27 member states of the group resolved to maintain the arms embargo to prod…
OVER 60 percent of men are looking after children who are not their own, data analysis for tests conducted on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) specimens tested by Global DNA Zimbabwe for the year 2019 reveals. The 2019 statistics, which produced a 63 percent negative result, is lower than the 2018 statistical evaluation which showed 70 percent….
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he will approach Sadc and the African Union (AU) in a bid to compel the government to accept former South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in the country’s political deadlock, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has effectively vetoed Mbeki’s mediation efforts by insisting that…
AS ZIMBABWE battles to rebuild its broken health delivery system, Parirenyatwa Hospital is to set up a centre to perform open heart surgeries, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s public health system has been plagued by myriad challenges over the past two decades, including operating with obsolete equipment and suffering acute shortages…
FORMER Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has approached the High Court seeking to be reinstated as a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturer. Gudyanga is the applicant, while the UZ registrar, its vice chancellor Paul Mapfumo and the institution itself are cited as respondents. In the application, Gudyanga told the court that he was employed…
THE government has suspended duty on semi-knocked down (SKD) single and double cab motor vehicle kits imports by approved car assemblers. According to the latest Government Gazette, the suspension is valid for the next three years with effect from December 1, 2019. The declaration was made by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured,…
ZANU PF is dangling plots to women and youth around the country as it aims to attain five million members and ensure it cruises to victory in the 2023 harmonised elections, the Daily News can report. This comes as the ruling party is currently holding ideological lessons for its members, amid fears that creeping…
WITH infrastructure rehabilitation taking ages to complete and hundreds still living in camps 10 months after tropical Cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani, it is not surprising that the current wet spell has put locals on the edge, fearing another disaster. Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in March last year, leaving 340 people dead and many others missing….
