May 2025

Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are ramping up their efforts to address the country’s ail ing healthcare system, which has come under severe public scrutiny in recent weeks. In this regard, the government is engaging Cuban companies and medical specialists to support the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpham) to produce essential medications, and to assist lo cal…

By Rutendo Ngara A HARARE man, Wilson Mutambwani, is facing charges of assaulting Zanu PF legislator for Masvingo South, Tanatswa Mukomberi, for allegedly having an affair with his wife. Mutambwani of Braeside, appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo on Friday, after being charged with assault and malicious damage to Mukomberi’s vehicle during their altercation. He…

The government must create a supportive environment for the manufacturing sector to thrive, experts have said. Speaking at a business indaba in Bulawayo at the weekend, the CEO Africa Roundtable chief executive officer, Kipson Gundani, lamented the decline of local manufacturers. “Competitiveness presupposes that there is efficiency. For you to be competitive, you have to…

By Rutendo Ngara THE Sadc chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called upon Africans to rekindle the continent’s liberation ethos to remain united and fight common enemies. In his speech commemorating Africa Day yesterday, Mngangagwa said the youth or millennials should be taught that Africa’s sovereignty did not come on a silver platter hence its achievements…

Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwean government has suspended the importation of live clovenhoofed animals and their products from Gauteng Province, South Africa. Cloven-hoofed animals are those whose feet are divided into two or more toes, with each toe encased in a separate hoof. This means their hooves appear to be split, like a “cloven” or…