Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has bemoaned high accident levels in the country over the Christmas holiday, which put pressure on blood stocks. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ communications officer, Kudakwashe Chidziya, said although they had significantly improved the national blood bank in the run-up to the holidays,…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday handed over a preliminary delimitation report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In a statement, acting chief secretary to the president and cabinet George Charamba said the report would be tabled before Parliament within seven working days for debate. The report is used in demarcating the country’s 210…
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo has expressed concern over the credibility of next year’s harmonised elections, saying chances were high that the plebiscite will be marred by political violence. However, the Zapu leader was quick to point out that the solution to end the tradition of political violence lies with the ruling party Zanu PF as…
A DAY after a Lincoln, United States, man was shot and killed, police arrested a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve who they allege…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has with immediate effect temporarily stopped the granting of mining concessions for diamond, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earth minerals to curb leakages and non-declaration of new minerals discovered. In a letter dated December 19, 2022 and addressed to the 10 provincial mining directors by Mines ministry secretary Pfungwa Kunaka,…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) yesterday said cases of typhoid and diarrhoea infections had risen from nine last week to 16 on Saturday. Speaking to the Daily News, the city’s epidemiologist and disease control officer Michael Vhere said council officials were worried over the increase of typhoid and diarrhoea cases. The 16 cases…
ZIMBABWE recently launched the national disaster loss database, also known as the Sendai platform, a web-based tool for reporting validated data on…
BULAWAYO mayor, Solomon Mguni, has pleaded with residents to exercise patience as the city’s water crisis worsens. The local authority has in recent weeks been forced to further extend its water shedding regime, a development which has seen some suburbs going for over two weeks without the precious liquid. With two of the city’s six…
ONCE again today’s Christmas has been stolen by Mr Grinch, as most ordinary men and women cannot make and merry due to a recent spike in prices of basic commodities. The spike is largely attributed to rolling power cuts that have seen manufacturers running their businesses on costly alternative sources of power, mostly diesel generators….
IF IT were not for Zimbabwe, the world’s longest-serving president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea might not have come this…
