VASCO CHAYA Staff Writer chayav@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw DESPITE a positive growth in the production of milk since 2009, the country’s milk supply is not expected to match demand until 2030, a government official has said. This comes as Zimbabwe on Friday received 500 heifers from developmental organisations under the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) to boost the…
PARLIAMENT is set to introduce a facility where female MPs will access sanitary pads while in the august House, the Daily News reports. Responding to calls by MDC-T proportional representation MP, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga for Parliament to set up a shop where legislators can buy sanitary pads while attending Parliament business on Thursday, Speaker of the…
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed. This comes as the government has warned that more people could contract the lethal virus in the country due to the growing number of Zimbabweans returning from abroad, with the number of positive cases having shot up to 160. In its Covid-19 situation assessment report…
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo was at some point a powerful figure in the main opposition party. He later threw in the towel and decided to form his own political outfit, United Movement for Devolution (UMD). He strongly believes he still has a role in changing the country’s political narrative….
Hunger, Covid-19 stalks Zim…WFP needs $260 million to support humanitarian programmes Due to a plethora of challenges ranging from high unemployment rates, cash and foreign currency shortages, climate change shocks, corruption and soaring prices of basic goods and services, Zimbabwe once the bread basket of Africa, is now rated as one of the world’s top…
IT IS rather shocking that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and of course many of his Zanu PF colleagues do not see the sense in suggestions that Zimbabwe should consider going for another government of national unity (GNU). Rejecting inclusive dialogue aimed at sorting out the mess that the country is in today is totally misplaced and…
BLACK EDWARD A SEA of commuters stretched on forever when I got to the bus stop. Curses and bitter complaints flooded the place as restless commuters waited in vain for the much-sought after Zupco buses. In a bid to make the waiting bearable, I struck up a conversation with an elderly man. To break the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government should inject an additional US$100 million stimulus package to industry, an academic has said. This comes as the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has warned that manufacturing utilisation capacity was likely to dip below 28 percent this year due to low aggregate demand emanating from effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “Most…
AS THE country is battling to deal with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, government has been using various ways to disseminate information and deal with the scourge. Against this background, our Daily News on Sunday reporter Tendai Kamhungira spoke to Information Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere on how government was using ICTs in the fight against…
Music star Jah Prayzah last week released his 10th album Hokoyo which the singer says aptly describes his life right now and how some people have developed a natural hate towards him. The album was accompanied by five videos in a space of seven days. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday’s Lifestyle Writer Blessing…
