HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned desperate home seekers to be wary of land barons who dupe them into buying land for residential purposes without official approval. This comes as the Sheriff of the High Court on Tuesday demolished about 190 houses in Budiriro after the council won 20 court orders to get rid of…
THROUGH a generous investment from ELMA Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation yesterday commenced the handover of maternal health medical equipment to seven hospitals in Zimbabwe. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the provision of essential maternal and neonatal health services and severely eroded the steady gains that Zimbabwe had made in improving mortality rates. Over the next year,…
By Perpetua Rojasi WOMEN need to be empowered and taught how to be self-sufficient in order to walk away from abusive relationships, according to Zimbabwe Widows and Orphans Trust (ZWOT) mentor, Elizabeth Parirenyatwa. Speaking during a march against gender-based violence (GBV) in Harare yesterday, Parirenyatwa said some women are enduring abuse just for the sake…
PUBLIC health institutions are facing drug shortages, forcing Zimbabweans to purchase medication from more expensive private institutions, the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care has said. This comes as the majority of private pharmacies across the country are now selling their products exclusively in foreign currency. It also comes as general medical practitioners…
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya, locked up for reportedly attempting to smuggle 6kgs of gold out of Zimbabwe, said the magistrate adopted a wrong procedure in denying her bail. Rushwaya, who has been in custody since October 26 after she was busted at the Robert Mugabe International Airport with the gold in her…
FOLLOWING a long struggle to conceive a baby, Northamptonshire-based couple Alex and Natalie Mutambudzi have launched Fertility Zone, an app-based community that aims to provide social support, advice, and resources to men and women struggling to get pregnant. Alex and Natalie created Fertility Zone to help people through their fertility journeys after an extremely challenging…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the conferment of city status on Victoria Falls is another clear testimony of his administration’s commitment to development, the Daily News reports. This comes as Victoria Falls, one of the country’s major tourist destinations, became the first city in Matabeleland North, and only the second after Bulawayo in the…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is not to blame for the recurrent flash floods that continue to hit the second largest city, insisting rain water drains were serviced. This was in response to a residents’ outcry that the local authority had not done enough to address the drainage system, seen by many…
By Kudzai Chikiwa AS THE second wave of coronavirus becomes a reality amid a surge in local cases and deaths, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is pinning its hopes on diligence and vigilance by its workforce to adhere to practices that reduce exposure to Covid-19. This is essentially so as the revenue collector wants to…
By Tariro Sajeni PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has suspended visiting times due to the surge in the number of Covid-19 local nfections and an increase in reported cases within their institution. The hospital’s public relations officer, Linos Dhire, told the Daily News yesterday that the health institution had started limiting the number of people…
