Editorial Comment

Health insurance is the way to go

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WITH the country’s healthcare system on the brink of collapse, with a severe shortage of funds, skilled professionals, and essential medicines, the proposed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) offers a glimmer of hope, promising universal healthcare coverage for all citizens. Experts are cautiously optimistic, drawing parallels with successful implementations in southern African countries. There are…

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Mbare Musika traders’ rental sunder review

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THE Harare municipality is working on reviewing “hefty” US$500 monthly charges it had pegged for traders at the Mbare Musika traders’ market set for opening tomorrow by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The mall will accommodate over 1 000 vendors whose wares were destroyed by fire last year at the old popular Mbare Musika market. However, the…

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Zanu PF & CCC MPs get stands… authorities say there is nothing untoward about this

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Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE government is distributing residential stands around the country to Members of Parliament, to “empower” them and to “lessen accommodation expenses for the fiscus”, officials confirmed yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF chief whip, Pupurai Togarepi, said the programme…

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500 dip tanks rehabilitated

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THE Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) says 560 dip tanks have been rehabilitated countrywide since 2023. In a media update yesterday, the DVS chief director Pious Makaya said more effort was still needed to protect cattle from diseases. “By 2023 to 2025, we have rehabilitated 560 dip tanks and we are encouraging our farmers to…

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Cyber villains running amok

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Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have warned members of the public to be on high alert when responding to job offers and dating opportunities on social media. This comes as many desperate and unsuspecting people across the country have been scammed or subjected to sexual abuse by marauding cyber criminals. Speaking to the Daily…

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Bogus doctor accused of defrauding friend US$4k

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Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE trial of Taurayi Prosper Vanhuvaone, accused of masquerading as a medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, took another turn as his friend told the court that he lost US$4 000 as a result of his deception. This came to light when Thamsanqa Mbambo, a State witness, appeared before Bulawayo…

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Glen View cholera outbreak jolts HCC

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By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Harare City Council (HCC) has deployed rapid response teams to Glen View after a vendor in the suburb contracted cholera this week. The unidentified man is admitted at the Harare council-run Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital. HCC epidemiologist Michael Vhere yesterday said the deployment of the council’s response teams…

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Gun-toting jail escapee caged 10 years

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By Rutendo Ngara RICHARD Tafadzwa Marondera, an accomplice in the Luke Zinyengere case, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Harare regional magistrate Fadzai Mthombeni for their escape from custody whilst armed with a revolver. With the two convicts being tried in two separate courts, the main accused’s case has been postponed by fellow…

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Sport

Stanbic Bank bankrolls hockey 5s fest

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STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe continues to play a leading role in promoting local sport and recently bankrolled the two-day St George’s College Stanbic Hockey 5’s tournament to the tune of US$10 000. The St George’s College Stanbic Bank Hockey 5’s tournament, which serves as a curtain raiser to the schools’ hockey season, this year saw 48…

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Government, JICA’s US$15 million deal bears fruit

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THE Nyakomba Irrigation Scheme, one of the major projects initiated by the Zimbabwe Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion Project, has significantly transformed lives in Manicaland. The transformation follows a US$15 million investment from the government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2020, aimed at revamping various irrigation schemes across the country. Deputy director…

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