chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw INTERNATIONAL rights group Amnesty Zimbabwe says there is a need for increased awareness to combat early child marriages and unattended home births, which can lead to health complications in women such as obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening or hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum that occurs when…
A HIGH-LEVEL third summit on microfinance technology is set to be held in Harare next week where key stakeholders will brainstorm on various issues, including improving customer service and growing cybersecurity threats. It would be a premier gathering of top microfinance professionals, financial innovators, technology leaders, and policymakers from across Africa and beyond under the…
FAITH leaders have endorsed the government’s plans to tax churches from their earnings through merchandise sales and other enterprises in order to boost domestic revenue collection. This follows Zimbabwe Revenue Authority`s decision for churches to be taxed on the sale of goods such as anointing oil, and regalia, among others, which are part of fundraising…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has issued permits to Save Valley Conservancy for “an elephant management exercise” that will result in the culling of 50 elephants. ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo confirmed the development yesterday. “The management quota is meant to address the growing elephant population in the region and will initially…
AUTHORITIES have banned the importation of poultry and poultry products from Brazil following an outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in that country. HPAI is a viral disease that affects both domestic and wild birds with a zoonotic potential that can be easily transmitted from one region to another through the movement of…
A MAN from Madokero, Harare, last Friday lost US$280 000 after an unknown suspect broke into his house and stole a “small bag” containing the cash. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident yesterday. “The police are investigating a case of unlawful entry into premises and theft that occurred in Madokero, Harare. “A 39-year-old…
FEMALE advocates have challenged authorities to address period poverty in schools to ensure that marginalised girls’ education is not compromised. Speaking at the International Menstrual Hygiene Day commemorations in Mbare, Harare, over the weekend, the Shammatheprotocol chief executive, Shama Mandireva Nyamadzawo, said allocating adequate resources for menstrual hygiene in schools was crucial as it allowed…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says prioritising value addition and improving the ease of doing business will see the country’s economy grow in leaps and bounds. Speaking in Harare yesterday during the commissioning of National Foods’ three breakfast cereal pasta plants worth a combined US$22,7 million, Mnangagwa said the plants would see the country’s import bill…
THE total consumption poverty line (TCPL) for one person rose to ZiG1 279,69 this month compared to ZiG1 263,41 in April, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has announced. According to Zimstat, if an individual does not consume more than the TCPL, he or she is deemed poor. The latest figures show that a family…
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has cautioned farmers to protect their crops against “black frost” and extreme freezing temperatures expected to hit western parts of Zimbabwe. Black frost, also known as “dry freeze” or “killing frost,” occurs when air temperature cools to a point where the ground or surfaces freeze without visible frost or dew,…
