VICE PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, yesterday said his ministry is working on amending the Public Health Services Act in a bid to improve adolescents’ access to reproductive health, the Daily News reports. This comes as various advocacy groups have called on the government to amend the Act to enable children below the…
FBC Bank has announced the launch of Noku, a smart Digital Assistant who has been equipped with the capability of assisting clients with executing banking and insurance services on Whatsapp at any time of the day…24/7. Noku also allows anyone to open an FBC Instant Account or Mobile Moola wallet on WhatsApp without visiting a…
ONE of the founders of Zanu PF and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo, has reiterated that it is in the best interest of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for unity to prevail in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Gumbo — a liberation struggle stalwart who was controversially fired from…
FIREBRAND MDC deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, was finally released from remand prison yesterday after the High Court granted him bail, the Daily News reports. The Zengeza West legislator, who is facing charges of inciting public violence, had been languishing at Chikurubi prison for nearly a month — following his arrest in a western…
THE government has announced a phased reopening of all school grades starting on Monday amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as teachers yesterday said they will not return to work for the Zimsec examination classes expected to start next week if the government does not address the issue of poor remuneration…
THE ruling Zanu PF has threatened to crack the whip on party bigwigs interfering with processes of the impending party district coordinating committees (DCC) elections, the Daily News reports. This comes amid reports of infighting between the party bigwigs over candidates to participate in the elections to re-introduce the DCCs that were dissolved in 2012….
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa separately last week — in a bid to help end the country’s myriad challenges. The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), which was part of the group…
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, who is also the country’s Health minister, has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Health Apex Council has rejected a proposed 40 percent salary increase for doctors, nurses and other health workers that the government recently tabled. It…
ZANU PF yesterday issued a stern warning to party members who are allegedly fomenting factionalism ahead of District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections. This comes as Zanu PF started re-constituting DCCs that were dissolved in 2012 due to factionalism that threatening to split the party down the middle. There are reports that the coming DCC elections…
In response to the growing customer needs to transact in foreign currency, most banks have responded by upgrading their payments infrastructure to allow processing of nostro payments. This was further necessitated by the RBZ announcement through SI 185 of 24 July 2020, which permitted dual pricing in domestic and foreign currency. To date banks have…
