NEWLY appointed Health minister Douglas Mombeshora has raised critical issues that need immediate attention – the flight of medical experts abroad and worsening drug shortages in the country’s public health institutions. Yes, this may appear to be not new issues, but it’s the continued lack of attention and redress to the matters that is very…
By Progress Chaya NIGERIAN gospel star GUC and local music sensation Takesure Zamar delivered electrifying performances at City Sports Centre in the capital on Friday courtesy of the Daughters of Virtue (DOV) International prayer group. The event, a brainchild of popular preacher Memory Matimbire, which attracted thousands of worshipers from different corners of the country….
THE AFC Insurance Company has introduced a short-term insurance scheme for farmers in a bid to transform the country’s agricultural sector through provision of climate-proofing solutions across the agricultural value chain. This comes amid concerns that agricultural insurance penetration in the country remains low, exposing farmers to climate change risks among other dangers and making…
By Brandon Josphat THE country is continuing to count the cost of the opposition’s internal wars, which authorities say negatively impact both national politics and the government’s coffers. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) deepening infighting — and before that the MDC Alliance’s discord — Justice minister Ziyambi…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s two major referral hospitals, Parirenyatwa and Mpilo, are set to resume radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients after authorities sourced funding for new machines. In addition, Health minister Douglas Mombeshora said at the weekend, funds had also been released for the urgent servicing of in situ cancer machines…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has accused some players in the livestock sector of short-changing farmers by playing multiple roles in the value chain when they are not supposed to. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary Obert Jiri said some of the players in the sector who own…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF won the Gutu West constituency in the by-election that was held over the weekend in Masvingo Province, taking its tally to 137 MPs out of the 210 in the National Assembly. This comes as elections in the constituency could not be held simultaneously with the August harmonised…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A NEW political party, Congress for Transformation (CFT), has been launched in Bulawayo as the country prepares for the December by-elections. Speaking to the media at a press conference yesterday, CFT interim president Godknows Sibanda said the party was home grown and out to deliver freedom to the populace and bridge…
Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Cape Town on Saturday and called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to shut down Israel’s…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THERE is a continuing and worrying increase in the number of crimes of passion in the country that are being attributed to accusations of infidelity and domestic violence. A crime of passion in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because…
