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Psmas pushes for subscriptions hike

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Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) has proposed to increase member subscriptions by over 1 000 percent as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to plummet against major currencies, including the United States (US) dollar. This comes as private medical practitioners and pharmacies have begun demanding shortfalls and co-payments beyond the reach of many long-suffering Zimbabweans, with…

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Govt sweats over price increases

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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government says its efforts to find common ground with other stakeholders regarding a moratorium on prices of basic goods failed to take root because of the unstable exchange rate. Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza told parliamentarians last week in Parliament that the government was worried by the…

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MDC trio claims harassment

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Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THREE MDC Alliance youth leaders — Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — have demanded a trial date, describing further postponement of their case as harassment. The three, who are facing allegations of faking their own abduction after a demonstration in Warren Park in May, returned…

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Intensify lifestyle audits, govt told

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Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE government has been urged to intensify lifestyle audits for political elites and public office holders to deal with rampant corruption, a local pressure group has said. This comes a day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa joined the rest of the continent in marking Africa Anti-Corruption Day where he called for…

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Artists remember  Tuku in new song

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Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.z AT LEAST 15 musicians have collaborated on an Oliver Mtukudzi tribute single titled Tribute to Tuku which is accompanied by a video. In the song, artists that include Terry Afrika, Anold Gara, Tsotsi, Comic Pastor, Mzimba, King James, Lazzie T, Mannex and Lutah King narrate different experiences they had with the late…

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Desolo B collaborates with Ti Gonzi, Soul Jah Love

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Blessing Masakadza LIFESTYLE WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw CONGOLESE born singer Desolo B, has roped in chanter Soul Jah Love and rapper Ti Gonzi on a new single titled I’m In Love, one of several songs the singer has lined-up for this year. Desolo B, who will be working with Diamond Studios, said he will not let Covid-19 scuttle…

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Mahendere drops Christian rock single

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LIFESTYLE WRITER AWARD-WINNING gospel music star, Minister Michael Mahendere, has dropped a Christian rock single which he hopes will broaden his following beyond Zimbabwe. The song titled Revival- I won’t be left behind is a foretaste of an Afro-rock project that Mahendere is working on. “For the past two years I have been travelling out of Zimbabwe to…

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Heart-breaking plight of Zimbabwe’s nurses…Poor salaries, lack of drugs and equipment haunt health workers

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WHILE the rest of the world is grappling with the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19), which has resulted in the death of over 552 000 people worldwide and the collapse of major economies,  Zimbabwe is, in addition to tackling the pandemic, confronted by yet another crisis —   discontented frontline health care workers, including nurses and doctors….

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Govt tackled over US$20m Drax deal

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Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw DRAX Consult, the firm at the centre of a US$60 million procurement storm, has challenged the cancellation of its US$20 million deal in which it supplied medicines in December to state-owned National Pharmaceuticals Company (NatPharm). Drax, which had been supplying drugs to NatPharm since last September, was awarded two separate…

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Jesesi slams govt neglect of artists

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Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.z ACTRESS Jesesi Mungoshi has blasted government for neglecting outstanding local artists like her late husband Charles, who she said died poor as a result. The veteran actress, popularly known as Neria, a name she earned after playing the lead role in the award-winning film Neria, told journalists yesterday at her home in…

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