THE estate of the late national hero and nationalist, James Chikerema, has been opened for inspection by the Master of the High Court some 18 years after his death. The outspoken nationalist died in Indianapolis, United States, in March 2006 and once served as the president of the Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe during…
ZIMBABWE yesterday received a total of US$31,8 million as drought insurance pay-out from the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group to combat the effects of the El Nino-induced drought and climate shocks. From this amount, US$16, 8 million is drought insurance complemented by other pay-outs to other partners, the World Food Programme (WFP), which received US$6,1…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (ZACC) says it has seen a rise in corruption cases reported to their offices in the past year. Presenting the commission’s 2023 annual report in Harare yesterday, Zacc’s executive secretary Sukai Tongogara said there was a 46 percent increase in reported graft cases compared to 2022. “In…
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company (ZITF) has postponed its annual Mining, Engineering and Transport Exhibition (Mine Entra) expo to avoid a potential clash with next month’s Sadc summit. The summit, a major regional event, would be held in Harare on August 17 and 18. Ahead of the Sadc summit, a regional industrialisation week is…
By Brandon Josphat and Masimba Makwembere ZIMBABWEANS want authorities to sustain their current fiscal and monetary policies which have resulted in relative stability in the prices of basic goods in the country over the past three months. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a wide cross-section of key stakeholders — including consumer representatives, workers’ unions…
PROVIDERS of private health care should charge affordable fees to ensure that vulnerable members of society get access to key services, authorities say. Speaking in the second city yesterday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Timios Kwidini, said this was what the government envisaged in the planned National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). “The government wants…
DESPITE low rainfalls received during the 2023/2024 cropping season, Zimbabwe has so far sold tobacco worth US$740 million down from US$848 million sold last year during the same period. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) acting chief executive officer Emmanuel Matsvaire said they had so far sold 214 million kilogrammes of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the country’s youth to report drug peddlers to authorities in order to end the national drug and substance abuse scourge. Officially opening the 32nd junior Parliament in Mt Hampden, Mnangagwa said the rate at which the youths are taking drug and substance abuse was worrying his administration.“It is heart-breaking that…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zwTHE government is working on introducing a hepatitis B vaccine at birth as part of its strategy to achieve the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s validation targets for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus that can…
SEVERAL armed robbers and burglars were convicted and jailed for lengthy terms last week as the country’s judiciary stiffens its resolve to clamp down on crime, the National Prosecution Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has said. In one of the cases, Tobias Chidavaenzi, 54, and Leonard Muzenda, 24, were sentenced to 70 years in prison (65…
