HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on public servants, including legislators, to tighten their belts and stop making outrageous demands as the country goes through a lean restructuring spell. This comes as legislators from both the MDC and the ruling party Zanu PF tabled a shocking list of demands to Treasury that among other…
HARARE – CIMAS Medical Aid Society will be increasing medical aid contributions with effect from February 2019 following the challenges faced by the healthcare industry. In a press statement the medical aid society said the contributions will increase by a range of 20 to 30 percent as it strives to survive the economic conditions and…
HARARE – Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe (PSZ) has confirmed that the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) has of late been supplying short-dated medicines to the retail sector. This follows alarm raised by a section of local pharmacies alleging that the national supplier was supplying medicines with a short shelf-life. One of the retailers who requested anonymity…
HARARE – Christmas Day holiday statistics show an increase in fatal road traffic accidents from 89 in 2017 to 122 in 2018, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), has revealed. This comes after more than 60 people died due to the escalation of road accidents in the last quarter of 2018. In a statement assistant commissioner Paul…
HARARE – As the economy continues to take a nosedive, vendors have re-emerged on the streets of Harare as they are now openly displaying their wares on CBD pavements. In recent weeks, vendors had deserted the CBD after police issued a ban on all public gatherings and illegal food vending following the cholera outbreak in…
HARARE – The MDC has slammed government’s decision to suspend more than 500 doctors over their strike which has crippled public hospitals and affected major medical procedures across the country. This comes as provincial medical officers (PMOs) have joined the long strike in solidarity with their colleagues who have been pressing for improved working conditions…
HARARE – As the doctors’ strike escalates almost reaching a month, the situation at the hospitals has become dire with patients being turned away while others are forcibly discharged due to the absence of doctors. The junior doctors from most of the provinces who make up the bulk of doctors in the country have brought…
HARARE – In the latest standoff between the government and striking junior doctors, senior medical personnel have now joined the industrial action by their juniors — leading to the suspension of major procedures at public health institutions across the country. This follows the government’s ill-advised recent decision to suspend 530 junior doctors over their industrial…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is ratcheting up the pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to energise the frustratingly slow tempo of the much-talked about national dialogue meant to end the country’s deepening economic crisis. This comes as long-suffering citizens are enduring one of the worst festive seasons in the history of…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is ratcheting up the pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to energise the frustratingly slow tempo of the much-talked about national dialogue meant to end the country’s deepening economic crisis. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
