© SOCIAL workers are leaving Zimbabwe in large numbers for neighbouring countries and overseas as a result of the deteriorating health sector and poor living standards. National Association of Social Workers in Zimbabwe (NASWZ) president Trust Zadzi told the Daily News that the shortage of social workers has become so acute that one social worker…
© HIGH school students at St John’s Chik- waka have dropped an album in line with the new curriculum encouraging students to develop life skills. Titled Extra Blessings, the album carries eight tracks with the students being assisted by veteran Noel “Seke Mutema” Marerwa. [GoogleAd] He said they are identifying and nurturing talents at a…
© FORMER Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa has heaped praises on President Emmerson Mnangagwa for modernising the ruling party. In an interview after attending Zanu PF’s 18th annual conference in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, Mutasa, who was expelled from the former liberation war movement in 2014, said Zanu PF has moved with the…
© THE signing of the Consumer Protection Bill into law by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a welcome development given the suffering Zimbabweans have had to endure over the years. Consumers were being roundly exposed to unfair and even fraudulent practices from unscrupulous busi- nesses and service providers. Some of these businesses were bent on profiteering,…
© DAM levels in the country rose over the past week due to widespread rains, with the national dam level average reaching 50 percent as at December 13, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has said. Zinwa spokesperson Marjorie Munyonga said the intensifying rainfall activity has boosted dam levels. [GoogleAd] “Improved flows have been noted…
© SOFTWARE engineer, Hope Ndhlovu, has won the 2019 World Bank Youth Summit Award for developing an application (App) called Tuverl designed to make it easy for people to use public transport in Africa. Ndlovu was among hundreds of people who submitted their apps for consideration at the World Bank Summit running under the theme…
© OPPOSITION political parties and activists have rallied behind dethroned Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni following his recent ouster by the government. President Emmerson Mnangagwa removed the outspoken traditional leader who was a fierce critic of his administration after the Matabeleland North Provincial Chiefs Assembly recommended that he be dethroned on the grounds that his…
© A HAULAGE truck driver lost US$1 300 to his teen lover and her friend who had been serving him by doing his laundry and cooking duties. The 17-year-old girl and her friend Olinda Munashe Mutwayo, 19, were convicted on their own pleas of guilt by magistrate Notebul- gar Muchineripi. [GoogleAd] She deferred their sentencing…
HARARE City Council (HCC) will conduct a population-based survey on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) under the “Partnership for Healthy Cities” initiative being funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. © The survey, being funded to the tune of $100 000, aims to provide data on NCDs such as hypertension, stroke and heart attacks, diabetes, chronic lung…
© FORMER Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira’s psy- chiatrist on Friday discouraged the court from commencing her trial because it would worsen her mental condition. Walter Mangezi, a psychia- trist with 15 years’ experience in public and private practice testified before the deputy chief magistrate Crispen Mberewere and confirmed that he had authored the letter requesting…
