By Ketty Nyoni THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called for the extension of days in the on-going voter registration blitz in areas where the process has been affected by technical difficulties, power cuts and Tropical Storm Freddy-induced heavy rains. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, the opposition party’s elections deputy director Ellen Shiriyedenga said…

By Rutendo Ngara AT LEAST 63 percent of Zimbabweans have no access to a balanced diet, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) poverty, income, consumption and expenditure survey (PICES) reveals. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a balanced diet consists of at least 10 percent of proteins, five to 30 percent of fats,…

Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Civil Protection Department (CPD) says the country remains on alert despite the weakening of Tropical Storm Freddy, which made landfall in the country for the second time, last weekend. This comes as one person was swept away on Monday in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, while panning gold in a flooded river and the…

By Ketty Nyoni THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged consumers to invest in renewable sources of energy, especially solar, as there seems to be no immediate respite to the current rolling power cuts in the country. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare yesterday, CCZ chief executive Rose Mpofu, pictured,…