By Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has unveiled a seed funding of US$709 000 to launch the Community Health Equity Fund (CHEF), an initiative designed to ensure equitable access to primary healthcare for Harare residents. The initiative will be rolled out in Harare’s council clinics, with the potential to be scaled…
ZIMBABWE has recorded 216 veldfires since the official fire restriction period began on July 31, destroying 71 119 hectares of land. This comes after the 2025 veldfire restriction period commenced on July 31 and will run up to October 31, 2025, in accordance with Statutory Instrument 7 of 2007. The Environmental Education and Publicity manager…
KING Mzilikazi Khumalo was hailed as a visionary statesman and unifier during the King Mzilikazi Indaba held yesterday at Bulawayo’s Large City Hall. The gathering served as a precursor to this year’s King Mzilikazi Day commemorations, scheduled for September 6 and 7 at Mhlahlandlela. Traditional leaders, academics, and members of the Khumalo royal family used…
Ambitious plans for a bilateral summit between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin appear to be stalling, only days after Donald…
Five bodies have been exhumed from fresh graves suspected to be linked to Kenya’s notorious starvation cult. In one of the worst…
ECONOMISTS are warning that the country’s new industrialisation strategy, the Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy 2 (ZNIDP 2), may fail if the government does not address the country’s electricity supply crisis. Speaking at a recent workshop in Bulawayo, chief economist at the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Conerlius Dube, said industrial energy demand could surge…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is raising alarm over the exorbitant and unregulated fines that traditional leaders impose on people, saying the fines violate human rights. Speaking at a workshop in the capital recently, ZHRC deputy director Thomas Kanyimo said the commission has observed that traditional leaders often impose arbitrary fines, such as livestock,…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER CAPS United will visit Mandava Stadium tomorrow to take on FC Platinum with the spectre of relegation hanging over them. The Green Machine were dragged back into the slimy waters of relegation following a 2-1 home loss to Yadah Stars last weekend, a result that saw them drop to 12th…
Anesu Mirisawu and Ashley Moyo SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS CHIMURENGA music legend Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo is scheduled to perform his final concert in the United Kingdom tomorrow at The New Bingley Hall in Birmingham. Mukanya will be joined on stage by his nephew Kurai Makore, Selmor Mtukudzi, Tocky Vibes and Lindsay Chamangura Ngura. In a video…
THE achievement of universal health coverage in Zimbabwe is still way off if the country’s perinatal mortality rate, which includes stillbirths and deaths within the first week of life, is anything to go by. According to recently released figures, the perinatal mortality rate currently stands at 37 deaths per 1 000 births. Though it is…
