By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Harare City Council (HCC) health department has been severely affected by mass resignations and is currently operating at half capacity. In minutes of a special council meeting held last month, health committee chairperson Charles Nyatsuro said they agreed to refer the proposal for a salary increase and retention of nurses and…
WHILE the seriousness of sexual abuse by adolescents is finally beginning to receive adequate attention from the professional community, the existence of child perpetrators is largely dismissed and denied. In Zimbabwe, the police have since expressed concern about the number of minors who have been abused or exposed to gender-based violence (GBV), and have become…
JAILED former public service minister Petronella Kagonye who is serving a 16-month sentence, will remain in prison after the High Court denied her application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. Kagonye was sentenced early this year, facing charges of stealing 20 laptops in 2018 that were donated by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory…
PROMINENT economist Eddie Cross says while the country’s recovering economy should be celebrated, this will count for very little if the government can’t pay civil servants decent wages. Speaking on Thursday on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, the former opposition stalwart said it was crucial that authorities paid their most…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals (PGH) has been hit by serious blood shortages that have forced the health facility to delay operations that require blood transfusion. This comes as National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has warned that the country was facing serious shortages of blood ahead of the festive season.Speaking to Daily News…
BY REGIS CHINGAWO THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has implored the government to put in place adequate mechanisms to ensure that survivors of gender-based violence receive services such as access to justice and psychological support. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, ZGC chairperson Margaret Mukahanana Sangarwe stressed that victims of gender-based violence needed…
By Ketty Nyoni HARARE City mayor Jacob Mafume has stated that if city fathers are to effectively manage the local authority, they must adapt to a 24-hour work schedule. This comes as the Harare City Council has long been criticised for losing its lustre due to poor service delivery, as evidenced by heaps of uncollected…
BY REGIS CHINGAWO NURSES have accused the government of holding on to their diploma certificates even after completion of their requisite three-year bonding period. This comes as the country’s health sector is battling to curb brain drain that has hit a number of health institutions as nurses quit their jobs for greener pastures in foreign…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT 4-H Zimbabwe has scooped the 2022 prestigious NGO of the year award sponsored by the peace and sport forum, at an event held in the Principality of Monaco on November 30. 4-H Zimbabwe is a youth-led organisation working with sport to promote peace and transform the lives of young people in Zimbabwe….
ZIMBABWE has no witness protection law, a top civil servant said recently, raising questions about the country’s commitment to addressing widespread corruption….
