© THE country’s food security situation is expected to further deteriorate within the next three months, the Famine Early Warning System Network (Fewsnet) has revealed. [GoogleAd] Already, at least 5,3 million people face food insecurity in Zimbabwe following a poor rainy season, with grain production falling by up to 70 percent in some areas. Fewsnet…
© ZIMBABWE’S health sector has slipped into the intensive care. The sector has been facing serious challenges, ranging from obsolete and non-functional equipment, shortages of drugs, low staff morale and understaffing. [GoogleAd] Recently, doctors in public hospitals pointed out that their employers barely afford to buy gloves for surgeries. Because of government’s failure to improve…
© GOVERNMENT is considering an upward review in electricity tariffs to enable power utility Zesa Holdings to operate viably. [GoogleAd] Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that Zimbabwe’s power is currently the cheapest in the region and is not cost reflective. “We need the charges of power…
© RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has issued a statement in which it is rubbishing recent social media announcement of the existence of a People’s Wholesale and Retail market. [GoogleAd] “RBZ would like to advise members of the public that the message currently circulating on social media purporting that there is a People’s Wholesale and…
© THE ruling Zanu PF has continued to dither on finalising its Bulawayo provincial elections under unclear circumstances. Initially, the provincial elections — which took place mid last month — could not be completed, leading to their postponement by a week. [GoogleAd] However, since then they were further postponed indefinitely and according to George Nare,…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged farmers to adopt contemporary smart agriculture practices in order for the country to achieve food security, claim and guarantee its space in the export markets. [GoogleAd] Speaking at the official launch and opening of the third edition of the Agricultural Dealers and Manufacturers Association (ADMA) Agric Show in Harare,…
© THREE suspected drug dealers who were nabbed in central Bulawayo early this week were on Thursday remanded in custody. [GoogleAd] Arkimon Sarishongwa, 41, and Blessing Muchenje, 27, appeared before magistrate Franklin Mkhwananzi on Thursday, facing two counts of possessing dagga and unregistered medicine. Sibusisiwe Lunga, 34, appeared separately before the same magistrate, facing charges…
© THE National Assembly has demanded an explanation from government with regards the wave of price increases that has decimated incomes, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] On Wednesday, National Assembly deputy speaker Tsitsi Gezi said Parliament will summon the minister of Industry and Commerce, Mangaliso Ndlovu, to explain to lawmakers what is driving prices…
© CONTROVERSIAL Harare preacher Talent Chiwenga is likely to face culpable homicide charges after the car he was driving from South Africa was involved in an accident killing three people including his wife. [GoogleAd] National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi could neither confirm nor deny that Chiwenga might be charged, but said investigations were still going…
© HARARE has the potential to collect more than $600 000 every week from revenue collected at the markets, town clerk Hosiah Chisango said. [GoogleAd] In an interview with the Daily News, Chisango said the markets division had undergone a rigorous overhaul in the last two months In April, council established separate markets department that…
