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Blessings Mashaya and Hazel Marimbiza THE upcoming 2026 National Budget will prioritise lifting the lives of the poor through policies that spur job creation, increasing social safety nets and fostering the country’s current relative economic stability. So confirmed an upbeat Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday, while opening the 2026 pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo. Ncube stressed…

NURSES have implored the government to address their welfare as over 4 000 have applied for verification to work abroad. This comes as the country has, over the past few years, been hit by a brain drain, particularly in the medical field. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe Nurses As­sociation…

Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a tragic case of sudden death involving a two-month-old baby who was found dead after his mother allegedly consumed crystal methamphetamine the previous night. Bulawayo police deputy spokesperson, Thandekile Ndlovu, confirmed the incident, which occurred in Mabutweni suburb on November 3, 2025. According to the police,…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES are pursuing meas­ures to ease the country’s prolonged power outages by opening the electricity market to private suppliers, expanding non-hydropower energy capacity, and courting foreign investors. Speaking during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in the United Arab Emirates yesterday, the minister of Energy, July Moyo, said…

NEARLY 50 percent of people living with HIV (PLHIV) suffer from hypertension, according to the Organisation for Public Health Interventions and Develop­ment (Ophid), underscoring the urgent need for increased awareness and screenings for non-com­municable diseases (NCDs). Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a significant global public health concern due to its role as…

Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi  ZANU PF should consider pardoning its former central committee member, Blessed Geza, who was expelled from the party for undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s authority and promoting factionalism. So urges the ruling party’s Mashonaland East provincial chairperson, Daniel Garwe, who says it is time to move on and to forgive Geza…