BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE ACCIDENT statistics for the festive season to date show a worrying rise in the number of people who have died on the country’s roads compared to last year. This comes after 77 people lost their lives in road crashes between December 15 and 26, compared to 71 during the same period in…
THE government has signed an agreement with development partners to empower and incentivise village health workers, recognising their role in ensuring universal access to healthcare in the country. This comes at a time when the country is losing thousands of health workers who are trekking mainly to the diaspora seeking greener pastures. Speaking to the…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ROBUST safety mining measures and thorough risk assessments should consistently be implemented during the rainy season, the government has ordered. The government’s call to mining companies comes as the rainy season is usually associated with increased fatalities, with some mines collapsing due to lack of proper supporting structures. Addressing the media…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) says the construction of Kunzvi Dam has gone past the halfway stage. This comes as the water authority hopes to have the reservoir situated in Murehwa, Mashonaland East Province completed by the end of next year, a development that is expected to ease the Harare…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw A CABINET reshuffle could be in the offing, which could see a number of poorly performing ministers getting the boot early in the new year. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has lately not been shy to call a spade a spade, hinted at this possibility when he talked to the ZBC on…
By Jeffrey Muvundusi and Masimba Makwembere OVERJOYED parents toasted to the arrival of 143 babies at Zimbabwe’s major referral hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo on Christmas Day. At Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals’ Mbuya Nehanda maternity ward in the capital city, a total of 42 babies — 20 boys and 22 girls — were welcomed into…
THE company managing Bulawayo’s paid parking, Tendy Three Investments (TTI) has claimed that it contributed US$2million since it began operations two years ago, making it the largest contributor of foreign currency to the city’s coffers. TTI director Lizwe Mabuza told the Daily News that the organisation was making a huge contribution to the development of…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over an increase in car thefts during the current festive season, following two recent incidents at Chigumira Shopping centre in Luveve suburb. Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said both cases involved Honda Fit vehicles stolen from the same parking area while their owners were…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw A GANG of eight unidentified robbers pounced on a mine in Bindura and got away with a gold carbon valued at US$36 000 on Unity Day. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the case, saying they were hard at work investigating the heist. “The ZRP is investigating a case of robbery which…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE THE country’s continuing economic challenges are stretching the patience of poor Zimbabweans, top economist Eddie Cross has warned. Speaking on Thursday night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross also said the economy would remain under pressure as long as authorities battled to manage the country’s exchange…
