THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) says it recorded a significant increase in cancer screenings in 2023 as more citizens embrace awareness campaigns to get screened for the disease. “We have seen impactful progress across many areas such as cancer education, cancer screening, chemotherapy drugs, patient and caregiver support. “A total of 14 418 people…
THE Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has partnered a local organisation — Active Youth Zimbabwe — in the fight against drug and substance abuse in the city. Speaking during a media briefing yesterday, PPC head of sales and marketing Nkosana Mapuma said they were concerned about the high cases of drug abuse, particularly among the youth….
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four illegal miners for allegedly fatally stoning their colleague before throwing him into a mine shaft over a gold ore misunderstanding. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident. “Police confirm the arrest of Wellington Phiri, a male adult aged 18 years , Makhosi…
OVER 18 million girls are missing school in Africa while the continent loses US$29 billion in education funding through tax abuse, the Tax and Education (TaxEd) Alliance and its partners have revealed. In a report released yesterday, the organisations said the statistics were worrying. “A staggering 18.846,517 girls are out of primary school. This is…
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the growth of fish farming in Zimbabwe remains low due to numerous challenges faced by thousands of local farmers. This comes after the government recently partnered with the international aid organisation and launched a US$500 000 fishery project in three districts as part of the initiative to produce…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) councillors have urged the city’s engineering services department to be innovative and look for investors to assist in road rehabilitation. They also feel that the government’s two phases of the emergency road rehabilitation programme (ERP) failed to have any meaningful impact. Speaking at a full council meeting yesterday, Bulawayo deputy…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects who were caught illegally transporting a herd of 19 cattle from Insiza in Matabeleland South Province. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrests adding that the suspected cattle rustlers were intercepted by the police after they were tipped off by a…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) remains a hotbed of political intrigue, with its former and current leading lights continuing to take perplexing public positions on its leadership turmoil. This comes as former CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa, has told the Daily News that there is no bad blood between him and his erstwhile colleagues Tendai…
THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) is stepping up its campaign to nudge the country to do more to tackle the myriad challenges that are being faced by cancer patients. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CAZ Information, Research and Evaluation officer, Lovemore Makurirofa, once again lamented the many gaps that continued to be there…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has commended the peace that prevailed before, during and after the by-elections held over the weekend saying the voting process was also handled professionally. In its Ecumenical Situation Room Elections Update Report yesterday, ZCC also noted that vulnerable groups were given priority to vote. “Reports from ecumenical Observers indicate…
