A HIGH number of mental health cases among information technology (IT) professionals are being reported in the country, local health specialists have said. In separate interviews with the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, the mental health specialists attributed the cause of the rise of mental health in IT specialists to anxiety and limitations in their…
BY RUTENDO NGARA FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs Amos Chibaya and Costa Machingauta, together with three other party activists, were on Friday convicted of participating in an unlawful gathering in 2023 by Harare magistrate Sharon Rakafa. The other 20 accused persons were acquitted on the basis that they were arrested in a dragnet…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI UNITY, not confrontation, is the tonic that Zimbabwe needs to move the country forward and to end its decades-long political and economic challenges. So said representatives of business and labour yesterday, while also discouraging ordinary Zimbabweans and workers from participating in Monday’s mooted mass protests around the country. Speaking…
BY TAKUDZWA DHAMBU AUTHORITIES have implored private companies to build their own power-generating plants and alleviate pressure on the national grid. This comes as Zesa recently said the country’s electricity supply situation would worsen in the coming weeks, after two key units at the Hwange Thermal Power Station were removed off the grid for maintenance….
BY THABISO MUTIRWARA THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the process of removing 25 527 deceased voters across the country from the voters roll in terms of the Electoral Act if no objections are made. This was confirmed in a notice on Friday by the acting chief elections officer, Simbarashe Tongayi, in the latest…
THE government is moving to amend the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) Act to improve the living conditions of pensioners. This comes as Parliament has raised concerns over the meagre monthly pay-outs pensioners were receiving as they were inadequate to cater for their basic needs. Responding to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service, Labour…
BY TAKUDZWA DHAMBU THE ministry of Home Affairs has warned the public to be on alert for bogus individuals purporting to be officials from the ministry, and conducting “door-to-door” verifications of national identity documents. Most of the incidents have been noted in the eastern suburbs of Harare. “It has come to the attention of the…
SENATORS have strongly voiced concerns over the continued deteriorating health delivery system in the country, describing public hospitals as “death beds”. This comes as the ministry of Health says inconsistencies and delays in the disbursement of funds by the Treasury have negatively impacted the country’s health institutions’ operations. Debating a motion on the state of…
FIRST-TIME mother Connie Jowa stands with her three month-old baby nestled against her back, chatting with other mothers in line. Like many…
TELONE coach Herbert Maruwa has declared that they will be gunning for maximum points when they host Harare giants CAPS United at Ascot Stadium in Gweru this afternoon. The Wifi-Boys are heading into another big test against the Green Machine oozing with confidence having also managed to come from behind to force a one-all draw…
