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By Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says over 2 400 children were admitted this year in various hospitals across the country for severe wasting treatment. Severe wasting, also known as severe acute malnutrition, is caused by a lack of nutritious food and repeated bouts of diseases, including diarrhoea, measles and malaria,…

THE proposed Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill has left lawmakers divided with the opposition MPs saying the Bill seeks to bar the operations of non-State actors. On the other hand, legislators from the ruling party – Zanu PF – are arguing that the law is progressive.Debating in the National Assembly last week, Citizens Coalition…

AUTHORITIES have confirmed the arrest of over 400 touts across the country in a latest blitz to get rid of gangs that threaten and force travellers to board public or private vehicles. In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the arrests were meant to protect commuters from being victimised by the rowdy youth.“The…

THERE is a new twist to the claims that three well-known businessmen bagged a fortune from a multi-million-dollar Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender to supply materials for last year’s polls. This comes after both Zec and Ren-Form, the South African company that was contracted by Zec to supply the goods under scrutiny, dissociated themselves from…

PUBLIC schools are owed over US$56 million in outstanding Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) fees. This was confirmed in the National Assembly last week by Social Welfare minister July Moyo who blamed the delays in paying out the funds to cash-flow challenges bedevilling the country’s economy. Beam is a national school assistance programme which was…

BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA CURRENT key funding for the procurement of condoms into the country ends next year, triggering fears among authorities and other stakeholders that Zimbabwe’s gains in fighting HIV/Aids will be reversed. Speaking during an HIV prevention partnership forum that was organised by SafAids in Harare on Friday, the national HIV prevention coordinator in…

BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer PARLIAMENT has implored the government to provide financial assistance to Zupco for its revitalisation in order to improve the country’s public transport system. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2021 commissioned 115 Zupco buses in an effort to provide safe, reliable and affordable transport in both rural and urban…