© URBAN Councils Association of Zimbabwe president Hosiah Makombe told practitioners from South Africa, Zambia, Lesotho, Botswana and Kenya, 10 from various Zimbabwean municipalities and four municipal experts from Germany who were attending a workshop that some of the challenges being faced in Zimbabwe have to do with revenue collection as Zimbabwe’s councils are not…
© PARLIAMENT is pushing government to abolish the death penalty saying it violates human rights. [GoogleAd] MDC MP Dorcas Sibanda raised a motion on death penalty arguing that every human being should enjoy the sanctity of the right to life. “Some innocent people are given a death penalty after they fail to defend themselves and…
© CASSAVA Smartech, an Econet subsidiary, has launched an e-health application for medical practitioners and their patients in an effort to ensure that Zimbabweans have access to good quality health services at affordable costs. [GoogleAd] The application, Maisha Medik, is both a digital healthcare network and personal health care assistant that will enable patients to…
© GOVERNMENT is struggling to revamp district hospitals due to the prevailing economic challenges, hence has resolved to look for both local and international investors to come in. [GoogleAd] This also comes after legislators recently complained that district hospitals are in a terrible state due to old infrastructure and inadequate equipment. Health minister Obadiah Moyo,…
© MDC has reignited demands for electoral reforms after Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya raised the motion in Parliament. [GoogleAd] Chikwinya said elections in Zimbabwe have been highly contested since the 1990s, hence divisive and a source of polarisation and conflict in the country. “We are determined to provide a permanent solution to the challenge and…
© GOVERNMENT has authorised Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) to increase subscriptions by 80 percent for its members so it can survive the prevailing economic crisis. [GoogleAd] This comes as the medical aid society earlier this month sent a request to Health Service Board (HSB) to review contributions as prices of most health services…
© A HARARE man was yesterday sentenced to an effective 15-year jail term after he was convicted of raping his eight-year-old niece. [GoogleAd] The 28-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, raped his niece while they were staying under the same roof. Harare regional magistrate Jessie Kufa initially sentenced the…
© BULAWAYO residents have pleaded for more time to pay their bills after the council began disconnecting water supplies to defaulting residents and commercial entities in a bid to recover more than $100 million it is owed by ratepayers. [GoogleAd] Residents made the plea after Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s town clerk Christopher Dube notified residents…
© AS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under-fire government continue to battle to turn around the country’s dying economy, it has emerged that there is a new plot within the faction-torn ruling Zanu PF to oust him from power through impeachment, the Daily News on Sunday can report. [GoogleAd] The putsch against Mnangagwa — being…
© THE International Trade Union Confederation-Africa and the European Union (EU) have mauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa again demanding an end to government crackdown on dissenting voices including harassment of trade union leaders in the country. [GoogleAd] In a damning letter to Mnangagwa dated August 20, ITUC-Africa general secretary Kwasi Adu-Amankwah expressed concern over developments in…
