WOES continue to mount for the under-fire Health Service Board (HSB), with legislators demanding that the government must disband it,while senior doctors say it has failed in its mandate. This comes as health workers downed tools insisting that the government must pay their salaries in United States dollars. The Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) said…
THE United Kingdom (UK) has dissociated itself from a letter allegedly written by their former Defence minister Geoffrey William Hoon, which fingers MDC vice president Tendai Biti and treasurer David Coltart for helping the UK draft the European country’s document on sanctions against Zimbabwe. The letter, dated November 12, 2001 and has been circulating on…
OUTSPOKEN son of the revered late veteran nationalist and Vice President Joshua Nkomo, Sibangilizwe, has said the way President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has pushed the country’s economy down the drain has undoubtedly left his father turning in his grave. This comes as the country’s economic crisis continues to deepen, amid growing public disenchantment with the…
THE aviation industry must adapt to market changes and embrace new technologies to enhance operations and passenger experience in the post-coronavirus era, a top industry expert has said. Winnie Muchanyuka, the South African Airways country manager for Zimbabwe, said the whole aviation sector should work together to bring down costs. “Airlines have to relaunch…
BULAWAYO city fathers have appealed to the government to reverse its decision to ban private commuter omnibuses from the city. Following the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19), the government moved to outlaw private commuter omnibus operators, allowing only the State-owned Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) to operate, a move that had so far been met with…
THE Bulawayo City Council is set to repossess about 179 undeveloped residential stands in some high-density suburbs. The affected suburbs include Cowdray Park, Entumbane and Pumula, where some residential stands have not been developed since 2001. The latest report indicates that council “should resolve the challenges of double allocations without prejudicing those beneficiaries with a…
WOMEN empowerment is an integral pillar of financial inclusion, Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni has said. Nyoni made the remarks during the launch of Empowered Woman Excel Saving and Credit Cooperative Society (Saccos) in Harare on Thursday. “We cannot talk about financial inclusion if we don’t talk about women…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw STRIKING nurses have claimed that they are being victimised by politicians and hospital authorities who are threatening to sack them. This comes as the Health Apex Council met with the government in the Bipartite Negotiating Panel on Tuesday, where the Health Services Board indicated that there would be no…
Maxwell Sibanda ASSISTANT EDITOR THE signing into law of the Freedom of Information Act as part of the processes of repealing the draconian and widely discredited Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) is a significant milestone in Zimbabwe’s law reforms agenda, media watchdogs have said. They added that this should set…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw MOVEMENT restrictions associated with the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced national lockdown have led to a 50 percent drop in the number of children being treated for malnutrition in the country, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) has said. This comes as the country’s Covid-19 cases have…
