PROVIDERS of private health care should charge affordable fees to ensure that vulnerable members of society get access to key services, authorities say. Speaking in the second city yesterday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Timios Kwidini, said this was what the government envisaged in the planned National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). “The government wants…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has suspended two National Premier League players, Scorpions batter Blessed Muzite and Takashinga Patriots 2 bowler Brighton Chipungu, after both tested positive for marijuana during a recent in-house doping test. The players have been barred from all cricket activities pending a disciplinary hearing, ZC announced on Tuesday.The organization emphasized its commitment to…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITERBLACK RHINOS were the biggest winners at the Northern Region Soccer League June awards after they scooped three awards — Best Coach, Best Player and Top Goal Scorer of the month. The army side’s coach Nesbert Saruchera scooped the Northern Region Soccer League Allied Insurance June Coach of the Month after leading…
AFRO pop artiste Shashl says she is humbled by the positive response of her latest Extended Play (EP) titled Butterflies on the market. Judging by the airplay the five track EP— launched on June 21 in Harare— has received on local radio stations, Shashl was convinced the latest project has surpassed her previous projects“We are…
DESPITE low rainfalls received during the 2023/2024 cropping season, Zimbabwe has so far sold tobacco worth US$740 million down from US$848 million sold last year during the same period. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) acting chief executive officer Emmanuel Matsvaire said they had so far sold 214 million kilogrammes of…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zwPOLICE have released the names of people who perished last month in an accident along Nyabadza-Gandanza road in Rusape returning from a church gathering. In a statement, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said DNA tests for the bodies were carried out so as to identify the victims.“Reference is made to the Zimbabwe…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the country’s youth to report drug peddlers to authorities in order to end the national drug and substance abuse scourge. Officially opening the 32nd junior Parliament in Mt Hampden, Mnangagwa said the rate at which the youths are taking drug and substance abuse was worrying his administration.“It is heart-breaking that…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has partnered Pamuhacha HIV and Aids Prevention Project and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to set up mobile one stop centres to enhance access to gender based violence (GBV) services to victims of child marriages and sexual exploitation in remote areas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZGC manager…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zwTHE government is working on introducing a hepatitis B vaccine at birth as part of its strategy to achieve the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s validation targets for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus that can…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zwLEADING retail outlet, TM Pick n Pay, yesterday extended its corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the ministry of Health after donating 3 000 blankets that will be shared among government hospitals countrywide. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Harare, TM Pick n Pay chief finance director Gamuchirai Nyamuzinga said their gesture was…
