THE government is considering legislating for a cap on amounts that medical aid societies can use for overheads to ensure a large…
AT LEAST 500 000 households are set to benefit from the recently resuscitated presidential forage scheme. The scheme was introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2021, but slowed down last year amid reports that it had few takers owing to expenses involved.However, with the livestock sector crying foul over the high cost of feed and…
FINANCIAL services provider CABS and retailer TM Pick n Pay have partnered in the Pick Pink campaign, which is running throughout this month in order to fight breast cancer. The initiative is meant to raise awareness of the importance of early cancer detection as well as support cancer patients in the country. Speaking to the…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES will introduce further fiscal and monetary policy measures to stabilise prices of basic goods and the Zimbabwe dollar, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday last week, Ncube confirmed that Treasury would move to shore up the current relative economic stability in…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out any possibility that the country will have a Government of Nation Unity, as Zanu PF won last month’s general elections ‘resoundingly’. Addressing a session of the party’s central committee after the August 23–24 polls in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said those pushing for a GNU were daydreaming…
ZANU PF is eyeing winning the by-election to be held in Gutu West constituency in Masvingo Province on November 11 this year. This comes as the parliamentary poll in the constituency could not be held simultaneously with the August 23 harmonised elections following the death of independent candidate Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi, whose name had been…
THE Jester Media Services (JMS) Group — whose basket of media assets include 3Ktv, The Financial Gazette, the inimitable Daily News and…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says the government should prioritise investing in maternal health care to save lives for both mothers and their new-born babies. Speaking during the Zimbabwe Medical Association congress in Harare yesterday, Unicef country representative Tajudeen Oyewale expressed worry over the increase in facility-based delivery in Zimbabwe, saying…
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has called on the government to support local manufacturers to expand their exports. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday ahead of their annual congress next month, CZI chief executive officer Sekai Kuvarika said local manufacturers are building strong business for them to expand their influence in the region and…
By Brandon Josphat ZESA has embarked on new power projects as the under pressure utility bids to meet the rising demand for electricity in the country, amid resurgent blackouts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zesa executive chairman, Sydney Gata, said among the new projects on the boil was a 1 100 Megawatt (MW) plant…
