Takudzwa Dhambu HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora has challenged African health institutions to build strong domestic financing following the withdrawal of funding from USAid. Addressing health stakeholders in Zambia at the “Rethinking Africa’s Health Financing” conference yesterday, Mombeshora said health self-financing was critical. “For too long, our health systems have depended heavily on external support. While…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF REPORTER AUTHORITIES have unveiled plans to revitalise the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and boost power generation to stimulate the country’s economic growth. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the government was actively pursuing three proposals to revamp the NRZ. “I agree with the calls…
Tapiwa Chirume HARARE City Council (HCC) will next week expand its ongoing “Operation Order Restoration” beyond the central business district (CBD) to industrial and commercial service centres. The move, aimed at enforcing compliance with council by-laws and boosting revenue collection, would begin on Monday. HCC acting town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo told the Daily News…
Tapiwa Chirume A ZANU PF youth affiliate, Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP), says the party’s upcoming conference in Manicaland should go beyond rhetoric and serve as a decisive platform to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s continued stay in power beyond 2028. Speaking to the media in Harare yesterday, ZYAP chairperson Tonderai Chidawa said the upcoming…
A NEW organisation, the Institute of Social Development Practices (ISDP), is set to officially launch in October with a mandate to empower Zimbabwean development practitioners through partnerships with the government and other key stakeholders. Founded in May of this year by Petronella Tatenda Muungani, the ISDP was established to provide structured support for development studies…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TWO Harare men, allegedly doing a side job similar to what they do at their company, Open…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has criticised political parties for hindering gender equality by blocking women, youth, and persons with disabilities from leadership positions. At the launch of the Gender Audit of Political Parties Report yesterday, ZGC chairperson Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe said the audit revealed a worrying gap between the country’s progressive constitutional provisions and the…
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a military parade in the centre of Beijing, alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin and China’s…
A shooting at a school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 others injured is being investigated as an anti-Catholic…
