Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has made great efforts in the fight against HIV as significant results can be noted from the tremendous work the government and its partners have been doing, a US diplomat has said. This comes as the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), through the US Centre for…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) says it is intensifying its advocacy to combat the growing incidence of obstetric fistula among girls and women in the country. Obstetric fistula, a condition that causes severe incontinence due to childbirth complications, disproportionately affects young girls and women mainly in marginalised areas. The…
Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF MPs who are opposed to the party’s resolution to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office until 2030 are at risk of being cut loose from the former liberation movement. This emerged at the weekend amid the ruling party’s growing succession jostling, which is threatening to escalate to the…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR BULAWAYO’s water crisis has become so severe that city fathers are shifting their focus to drilling boreholes in the short term to mitigate the situation. In this regard, the local council has approached geologists from neighbouring Botswana for assistance with the latest borehole drilling technology. This comes as Bulawayo is battling…
STAFF WRITER ECOSURE, the country’s leading life insurance provider, marks a major milestone today as it celebrates a decade of innovation, empowerment of millions through insurance inclusion, and significant community impact. Over the past 10 years, EcoSure – a unit of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited’s insurance business – has redefined the life insurance industry by…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured investors that his administration is going to continue implementing policies that will attract business for the benefit of the country’s economy. Speaking during the official opening of Varun Beverages expansion initiative in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the government would ensure that ease of doing business…
STELLA MADZIVANYIKA AN Epworth man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was convicted of culpable homicide for killing a neighbour who had intervened when the now convict was assaulting his wife. High Court judge Justice Emilia Muchawa heard that on June 13 last year, Lawrence Nyagadzi of Nyambiri Village, Mandley Farm…
GOVERNMENT has set up a multi-agency operation mandated to promote ethical business practices by curbing the rampant business malpractices within the economy. This comes as police have intensified their border patrols at all ports of entry to curb smuggling into the country. In a statement yesterday, minister of Industry Mangaliso Ndhlovu said the task force…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi IT IS crucial that contentious proposals contained in the 2025 National Budget are removed, representatives of consumers, labour and business contended yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the key stakeholders were particularly keen to see some of the new tax proposals for next…
AUTHORITIES are on high alert after a cholera case was confirmed in Harare at the weekend. This comes after the resort town of Kariba was hit by a cholera outbreak last month, where 97 cases were reported, including one death. “We have detected a cholera case at an irregular settlement near Longchen Plaza in Belvedere….
