BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA CURRENT key funding for the procurement of condoms into the country ends next year, triggering fears among authorities and other stakeholders that Zimbabwe’s gains in fighting HIV/Aids will be reversed. Speaking during an HIV prevention partnership forum that was organised by SafAids in Harare on Friday, the national HIV prevention coordinator in…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA GLOBAL disaster management experts are in the country to conduct an assessment on the devastation caused by the El Nino-induced drought that is ravaging Zimbabwe. The experts are from the United Nations (UN), African Union Commission (AUC) and Sadc and have since travelled to Masvingo Province to start the drought assessment. After…
GONE are the days when Fridays were regarded as special days where film lovers would throng theatres, grab bags of popcorn, and sit on the cushioned seats waiting in excitement for the movie to usher in. This has all vanished before our eyes. The feeling no longer exists, and watching a film in theatre seems…
THE Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe (MRAZ), an affiliate of the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has expressed concern over the high frequency of mine disaster incidents in the Penhalonga area, in Manicaland province mainly involving small scale and illegal miners. MRAZ coordinates mine rescue activities in the country through mine rescue working party and…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to preside over the Zimbabwe Irrigation Investment Conference slated for the first week of July in Harare….
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE 78 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, who were arrested last Sunday on allegations of participating in an unlawful gathering, will spend the weekend in prison awaiting their bail ruling on Tuesday. Last Thursday, the State asked the court to be allowed to bring in two more witnesses to testify on…
ZANU PF has come out guns blazing warning party members against imposition of candidates and vote buying during the ongoing ruling party restructuring exercise. This comes as the ruling party has said its structure reorganisation process was targeting the youth who will be eligible to vote in 2028 amid reports that some bigwigs were seeking…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says the country’s health system and hospitals have been overstretched due the current cholera outbreak first recorded over a year ago. In a situation overview released last Friday, the IFRC said the outbreak had also caused panic among the citizens resulting…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer PARLIAMENT has implored the government to provide financial assistance to Zupco for its revitalisation in order to improve the country’s public transport system. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2021 commissioned 115 Zupco buses in an effort to provide safe, reliable and affordable transport in both rural and urban…
FIVE men who went on a crime spree of horror between April and May 2020, have been given hefty sentences in the…
