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BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRIStaff Writer THE government will investigate claims of sub-standard maternal healthcare at two of the county’s largest referral hospitals. This follows serious allegations of poor service at Harare’s Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, as well as Parirenyatwa’s maternity wing, Mbuya Nehanda, also in the capital. The allegations include claims that some expectant mothers are…

BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer PLANS are underway by authorities for the construction of a new coal-fired energy plant at Hwange Thermal Power Station to deal with the current outages. This comes as the country is targeting to generate 5 000 megawatts (MW) of electricity by next year, with the country aiming for energy self-sufficiency and…

THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) will now hold its elective congress soon after the Sadc Summit later this month despite having finalised preparations, a top official has said. This comes as the last congress was held in 2013 in Masvingo where Christopher Mutsvangwa was elected as the substantive chairperson. The elective congress…

THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has expressed concern over acute malnutrition levels in Zimbabwe attributing the rise to the effects of the current drought. Unicef also estimated that due to the El Nino-induced drought, an estimated 580 000 children in the country are already living under severe poverty conditions. Malnutrition is related to…

By Brandon Josphat josphabt@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are poised to make new policy interventions to calm the rising prices of some basic goods in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), Innocent Matshe, confirmed that they would soon introduce more measures — as they were determined…

AUTHORITIES have put in place a cocktail of new measures to increase capacity utilisation by local manufacturing industries and reduce imports. This comes as the government said it remained committed to continuous stakeholder engagements to capacitate the manufacturing sector and improve production. In a statement yesterday, permanent secretary in the Industry ministry, Thomas Utete Wushe…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FOUR human rights activists, who were arrested on Wednesday at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for alleged disorderly conduct, were yesterday remanded in custody to Monday. Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza, Samuel Gwenzi and Vusimuzi Moyo appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo where they complained to her that they were “severely…

Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) says it will, with immediate effect, start importing 20 000 metric tonnes of maize monthly from South Africa. The imports are expected to mitigate the El Nino-induced drought the country is facing. Speaking yesterday in Harare at a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing with…