© EXPERTS say Zimbabwe is struggling to detect HIV drug-resistant cases at most public hospitals due to a lack of equipment putting the lives of many patients at risk. This comes as it has emerged that the country is struggling with drug-resistant cases among HIV-positive people, especially children. National Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment co-ordinator Angela…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to end decades of Zimbabwe’s international isolation are all but dead in the water, after the European Union (EU) threatened to pull the plug on future funding this week, unless Harare effects needed political reforms, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] In addition, the EU has also bluntly told the govern-…
© ZIMBABWE ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, has written to that country’s government demanding safety of Zimbabwean truck drivers after resurgent xenophobic attacks against foreign na- tionals, particularly truck operators from the region. This comes as truckers in SA have embarked on a strike that ends on Tuesday. Zimbabwean truck driv- ers are being…
© NORTON Town Council (NTC) has entered into an agreement with private firm Hydromart for the construction of the town’s own water treatment plant. According to the town secretary Kizito Muhom- ba, the plant would be able to treat 200 megalitres (Ml) of water for the town. This comes as Harare, which supplies the town with…
© FORMER minister in the then vice president Joice Mujuru’s office, Flora Buka, has been dragged to the High Court after failing to pay a $370 000 electricity bill. Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has approached the High Court seeking registration of a deed of settlement to have Buka ordered to settle $368…
© GOVERNMENT is yet to release the five percent it set aside for local authorities as their devolution fund. In an interview with the Daily News, Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe president Hosiah Makombe said failure to release the funds by government showed that they did not have the money. [GoogleAd] According to the Constitution…
© PARLIAMENT has completed its investigations on members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy who allegedly demanded $400 000 from a local businessman keen to mine coal in Hwange in January. In February, the National Assembly set up a committee chaired by Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira to investigate Temba Mliswa —…
© The heavy police presence witnessed in the capital yesterday was discussed in the National Assembly, with Dzivaresekwa MDC MP Edwin Mushoriwa expressing disquiet over the measure. “I watched unbelievable scenes. The police were searching every car. This is not good for our country. The leader of the house must explain why the police is…
© A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer under probe for accumulating wealth beyond his known source of income has been served with divorce papers with his wife after he married a second wife just before his arrest. Kennedy Nyatoti was served with divorce papers yesterday immediately after the State had sought forfeiture of his allegedly…
© FORMER Cabinet minister Sydney Sekeramayi, pictured, is being sued for an over $311 500 electricity bill by Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). ZETDC approached the High Court after Sekeramayi had ignored terms of a deed of settlement which the parties had entered into by consent to clear the bill. [GoogleAd] ZETDC wants…
