Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw INTERNATIONALLY -acclaimed artiste Blessing Chimanga has returned to India where he is expected to tour the Asian country for the second time this year alone. The tour is aimed at promoting his latest offering Simply Me which was launched on August 6 in Harare. “I am happy to be touring around India, again, as…
ZIMBABWEANS have been told that the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines plans to investigate the rising number of mining accidents, particularly in the artisanal and smallscale mining industry. Given the number of valuable lives lost in mining accidents around the nation, this seems like a laudable intention, but it is sad that this now sounds…
THE use of contraceptives has prevented more than three million unintended pregnancies, nearly a million unsafe abortions, and over 12 000 maternal deaths in Zimbabwe over the last five years, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Speaking during the launch of the National Family Planning Strategy 2022–2026 and family planning 2030 commitments in…
BY BRENDON JOSPHAT AS THE country moves towards the crunch 2023 national elections, some opposition stalwarts are once again pushing for a government of national unity (GNU), which they say could help resolve Zimbabwe’s long-standing myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi also said inclusive national dialogue…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT MEMBERS of Parliament are now entitled to a pension pegged at 100 percent of their basic salary if they reach the age of 65 after serving two consecutive terms, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. This was after Ncube had been pressured by legislators in Parliament on Friday during a debate on…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) claims it is well-prepared to handle any crisis this rainy season, even though it is still awaiting Treasury funding to increase its capacity. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, CPU director Nathan Nkomo said the destruction of homes that has already been experienced in some…
By Ketty Nyoni POLICE have banned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa’s, two end-of-year rallies that had been scheduled for yesterday without giving any reasons. In a letter directed to CCC MP for St Mary’s Dickson Tarusenga, who was supposed to convene the meeting and signed by the officer commanding Chitungwiza District, one…
AS I travelled through the wooded mountainous landscape of Chimanimani,on my first visit as World Bank Country Director for Zimbabwe, I was confronted with a landscape scarred by landslides that occurred during the 2019 Cyclone Idai. These scars were a stark reminder of the devastation that befell communities here and the resulting loss of lives,…
BY YVONNE NCUBE THE government has given the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) the green light to venture into a joint solar system project to produce its own electricity in order to enable the local authority to address the water woes that have been bedevilling it and have been exacerbated by rolling power cuts. Speaking during…
By Ketty Nyoni THE government has urged young people to show restraint and pay attention to their elders to curb child marriages in the country. Speaking on behalf of Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, during the official launch of the “Give me a chance” antichild marriage campaign on Friday, Zvimba District Development coordinator Desmond Gumbochuma, said…
