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Worried Parliament to summon Ncube… as nation’s public health system continues to bleed

LEGISLATORS are escalating their push for authorities to do more to lift the public health sector, amid the worsening myriad crises facing the country’s healthcare system. In this regard, Parliament will summon Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to the august House, so that he can account for the US$38 million that has so far been spent…

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'Rugeje transformed tobacco industry'

THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) board chairperson, Patrick Devenish, has commended the outgoing board member, Engelbert Rugeje, for the sterling work he did for the tobacco industry. Rugeje served as the TIMB human resources and remuneration committee chairperson, and was a member of the production and marketing, and integrity committees from May 2019 to…

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Opposition backs political party registration

OPPOSITION political parties are backing Parliament’s move to compulsorily register parties, disclose their sources of funding and structures. This comes amid reports that at least 120 political parties are in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) database. It also comes as Parliament will soon conduct national public hearings to gather views on the proposed compulsory registration…

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41 drug lords jailed

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have confirmed the recent conviction and sentencing of 41 drug kingpins across the country who received sentences ranging from one year to 15 years in prison. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in the capital yesterday, the minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, also said the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had received five drones from…

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‘Do not panic over flu wave’… authorities implore the public amid Covid concerns

AUTHORITIES say members of the public should not panic over the current outbreak of a highly contagious influenza strain that is sweeping the country, amid fears that this may be linked to Covid.  Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, said yesterday that…

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Let’s leave Zanu PF intact — ED

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged Zanu PF leaders to ensure that the ruling party is intact by the time they pass on the baton to the younger generation. Speaking during the burial of the late national hero, Luke Mushore, at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the party leadership needed to…

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Growing obesity a major concern. . .women, adolescents particularly prone to being overweight

HEALTH experts are concerned about Zimbabwe’s growing obesity problem, which they say is caused in the main by dietary changes, reduced physical activity and socio-economic shifts. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the experts said yesterday that the health issue now demanded a well-thought-out, multi-stakeholder approach to deal with…

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Don’t hesitate to tell us your challenges: ED

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored the country’s youth to openly communicate their challenges to authorities, adding that they must shun all forms of social ills. In his speech during the official opening of the 33rd Junior Parliament session and the commemoration of the Day of the African Child at the new Parliament Building yesterday, Mnangagwa…

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Ex-deputy minister Chapfika dies

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF central committee member and ex-deputy minister of Finance, David Chapfika, has died. He was 68. He died yesterday morning in a tragic road accident along the Harare-Murehwa road, near his farm, Hurudza, in Mashonaland East. Chapfika, a former executive director of the collapsed Universal Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd (Unibank), was first elected legislator for…

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