GOVERNMENT says the country is losing at least US$406 million annually to road traffic accidents, while an estimated 150 deaths are recorded monthly. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Transport minister Felix Mhona said the majority of the accidents involved unregistered vehicles and some without valid permits. However, he said his ministry was working…
ZIMBABWEAN wildlife authorities are eyeing trophy hunting export markets in the East as some European countries move to ban trophy imports, an…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has warned Zimbabweans against abusing and maligning the country’s leaders. Responding to raging social media claims that businessman Wicknell Chivayo had allegedly captured President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Charamba said yesterday that these allegations were clearly intended to smear the president. At the same time, Chivayo himself averred that audio tapes making reference…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zanu PF members to shun divisions ahead of the party restructuring exercise as they derail it from its course. This comes amid reports that some party bigwigs were itching to manipulate the ongoing cell restructuring exercise in pursuit of their selfish political agendas. Addressing the 376 ordinary session of the…
PARLIAMENTARIANS have called on authorities to come down hard on people who own brothels across the country, accusing them of promoting sexual exploitation of minors. Debating the Criminal Laws Amendment Bill in the National Assembly on Tuesday, government chief whip Pupurai Togarepi said stakeholders needed to come together to deal with people who were promoting…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say at least 20 pilots have completed training in operating air ambulances that were imported from Russia last year and the helicopters are expected to commence operations soon. This comes after the government last year took delivery of 18 medical, policing, search and rescue helicopters from Russia.It also comes as…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYOHEALTH experts have called for awareness campaigns to educate mothers on the importance of breastfeeding, warning that early weaning is the biggest cause of malnutrition among children. Speaking to journalists during a United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) media tour yesterday, Mpilo Central Hospital matron Pascaline Chari said malnutrition in weaned children had…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader, Welshman Ncube, says he underestimated the work that had to be done to rebuild the party when he was asked to steer the ship. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ncube — who will remain at the helm of CCC until the party holds its elective congress —…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are set to table in Parliament a National Health Insurance Bill next month that will set up the long awaited compulsory national health insurance scheme. This comes after the ministry of Health launched the national health insurance stakeholders’ consultation process programme in Harare yesterday to gather views of citizens regarding…
THE government has allayed public fears that the current flu bug ravaging the country could be a resurgent Covid-19 outbreak. This comes as authorities are mulling the reintroduction of the mandatory wearing of face masks in public, with some schools already reintroducing it to contain the heavy influenza bug. Addressing a post-cabinet media briefing in…
