VICTIMS of Inter Africa bus accident are demanding fair compensation saying the $1500 offered is not enough in this prevailing economic environment. Inter Africa bus killed one passenger and injured 16 in Goromonzi recently on its way to Checheche from the capital. “The $1500 offered by the bus operators is not enough in this economic…
RURAL girls are yet to get free sanitary wear promised by the Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in his 2020 National Budget presentation last year, the Daily News can report. Ncube proposed to set aside $200 million for sanitary pads that is set to benefit rural primary school learners from Grade 4 to Upper Sixth to…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa risks failure to see through his term of office if he does not embrace the opposition party’s proposals for political and electoral reforms. Speaking during the launch of the MDC’s 20 Principles for Reliable, Inclusive and Credible Election in Zimbabwe (PRICE) document in Harare yesterday, Chamisa said…
SOME pregnant women in some drought-hit areas in Zimbabwe are increasingly giving birth to children with signs of kwashiorkor, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) has said. ZCBC president Archbishop Robert Ndlovu made the revelation yesterday during the launch of an urgent appeal for US$1 million dollars for food aid against the backdrop of the…
AS THE 6th session on sustainable development is drawing to an end, experts have revealed that Africa needs to close a funding gap of up to US$3 trillion in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and push agenda 2063. Speaking during a session on financing SDGs using new and digital technologies, African…
THE executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca), Vera Songwe, on Wednesday said addressing climate change is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Africa is currently losing 15 percent of its GDP to the effects of climate change. Speaking on the sidelines of the 6th session of the…
YOUNG people attending the ongoing African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Victoria Falls have called for inclusivity in the continent’s development initiatives — agenda 2030 and 2063. Unicef climate change advocate Nkosilathi Nyathi told delegates attending the ARFSD that current strategies which are being formulated and implemented to achieve sustainable development will have…
THE government will investigate allegations of State capture made by Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi early this month, Vice President Kembo Mohadi told Parliament on Wednesday. This comes after the prosecutor-general told the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) at a capacity building workshop on anti-corruption in Bulawayo recently that cartels now dominate every sector of the country’s…
DESPITE the recent rains, the national dam level average is below what was recorded during the same time last year, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said. The national dam level average currently stands at 55,3 percent, which is far less than the 69 percent recorded last year. “As of February 24, the national…
CHINHOYI University of Technology (CUT) student, Brian Mushakwe, beat 55 other university students from all over Africa at the IMEX Future Leaders Forum Africa Challenge at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa early this week. Mushakwe, whose presentation on the Victoria Falls was adjudged to be the best at the competition which seeks to…
