© EXPERTS say Zimbabwe is struggling to detect HIV drug-resistant cases at most public hospitals due to a lack of equipment putting the lives of many patients at risk. This comes as it has emerged that the country is struggling with drug-resistant cases among HIV-positive people, especially children. National Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment co-ordinator Angela…
© DANCER Beverly ‘‘Bev’’ Sibanda has blamed show promoters for fuelling moral decadency in showbiz by underpaying female dancers. She told the A-List Show yesterday that a 12-member dance group is being paid as little as $80 per performance. “That figure is not even enough to buy fuel and how do you expect female dancers…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to end decades of Zimbabwe’s international isolation are all but dead in the water, after the European Union (EU) threatened to pull the plug on future funding this week, unless Harare effects needed political reforms, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] In addition, the EU has also bluntly told the govern-…
© COMEDIENNES Gonyeti and Magi of Bustop TV are living in fear and currently going through counselling sessions fol- lowing traumatic experiences in the past week. This follows the abduction and torture of Gonyeti last Wednesday by armed and masked men who stormed her Mufakose home. She went through torture that she had to be…
EDITOR Life is in your hands. There is something amazing about nature. A lion and shark never went to hunting school but they are professional hunters. A lion can’t hunt in the ocean but is the expert of hunting in the jungle while the shark express it’s skills of hunting in the ocean. What differs…
EDITOR — It is sad to note that more and more people are not able to afford health care facilities in this country. With the way the economy is going even those paying for various medi- cal aid societies are finding the going tough. In the past paying or contributing to a medical aid society…
Government officials should desist from spewing despicable remarks, especially when they comment on sensitive issues like the recent abductions and tor- ture of human rights activists, opposition politicians and social commentators as well as trade unionists. As the country boils under a declining economy, government officials must not slam citizens whose rights are being trampled…
© RELATIONS between Zimbabwe and Europe con- tinue to sour as a pair of diplomatic disputes creates a renewed strain on bilateral ties between Harare and Brussels. The crisis facing Zimbabwe stems from long- standing, unresolved issues of human rights that could ultimately affect how the countries interact on internal security issues, and the country’s dying…
© ZIMBABWE ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, has written to that country’s government demanding safety of Zimbabwean truck drivers after resurgent xenophobic attacks against foreign na- tionals, particularly truck operators from the region. This comes as truckers in SA have embarked on a strike that ends on Tuesday. Zimbabwean truck driv- ers are being…
© NORTON Town Council (NTC) has entered into an agreement with private firm Hydromart for the construction of the town’s own water treatment plant. According to the town secretary Kizito Muhom- ba, the plant would be able to treat 200 megalitres (Ml) of water for the town. This comes as Harare, which supplies the town with…
