THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) and the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) have entered into a joint venture to produce and supply 200 000 metric tonnes of non-GMO white maize during the 2025/26 summer season. Speaking at the signing ceremony on Wednesday, Gmaz vice chairman Chipo Nheta said the initiative seeks to…
THE Harare City Council (HCC), in partnership with Helcraw Water Pvt Ltd and Lprepaaison Technologies, has begun rolling out prepaid water meters in the capital. The project started yesterday with the connection of 22 households at Birdcage Walk, Avenues, as part of the ongoing smart water meter initiative. This development follows the government’s introduction of…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has commenced a countrywide data collection exercise for the 2025 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Round 7 (MICS7) to assess the welfare of children and women, looking at key areas including access to nutrition, water, healthcare, and education. This comes after 15 155 children across the country were treated…
ZIMBABWE recorded a staggering total of 321 640 criminal offences between April and June 2025, according to the national statistics agency, Zimstat. This figure marked a 3.5 percent increase from the 310 876 cases reported in the first quarter of the year, reflecting a recent surge in crimes including robbery, sexual offences, drug related incidents,…
ZIMBABWE’S maize harvest has rebounded sharply from last year’s drought, with 1,8 million tonnes produced in the 2024/25 season, nearly three times the 635 000 tonnes recorded in 2024, according to the Zimstat Post-Harvest Survey Report. The harvest, however, remained below the government’s forecast of 2,3 million tonnes. This development follows one of the country’s…
AUTHORITIES need to present a clearer plan and timelines for the country’s de-dollarisation push, as the current uncertainty surrounding the plan is damaging confidence in the economy. So reiterates top economist, Prosper Chitambara, who adds that with probably more than 80 percent of transactions in the country still being conducted in US dollars, doing this…
HARARE City Council (HCC) says it is recruiting 200 more nurses to fill a significant number of vacant posts resulting from a high staff turnover. The development comes after the country has over the past years been hit by brain drain, particularly in the medical field, as professionals leave the country in search of greener…
BOTH the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) and top health experts have warned the public over the use of the popular complementary medicine, Tsunami. The unregistered, green-coloured ointment — which is ubiquitously available across Zimbabwe — continues to be smuggled into the country by unknown suppliers with worrying ease. The producers of the pungent…
EXPERTS are calling on the government to review the Termination of Pregnancy Act (TOP), enacted in 1977, to expand the circumstances under which safe abortion can be offered in Zimbabwe. In an interview with the Daily News in commemoration of the belated International Safe Abortion Day yesterday, Women’s Action Group executive director Loveness Tambudzai Rukuni…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has implored the central government to increase funding for Harare City Council to construct new water sources and fully refurbish infrastructure, ensuring a sustainable supply. The call comes amid ZHRC investigations into the council’s failure to consistently provide residents with water and the contamination of Lake Chivero, which has been…
