THE ministry of Health says the inconsistencies and delays in the disbursement of funds by the Treasury has negatively impacted the operations of the country’s health institutions. Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health yesterday, the director of Finance in the ministry, Lynette Tennis, said some suppliers were now holding onto their…
THE government has moved to suppress the continued spread of the African armyworm that has wreaked havoc in most parts of the country. To combat the outbreak, the government has availed one truck of chemical Carbaryl per district. The minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, told a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday that the government…
…our presidium is united BUSINESSMAN Jimayi Muduvuri yesterday urged Zimbabwe’s war veterans to remain united and rally behind the leadership of President…
LUKE Zinyengere, who allegedly escaped from lawful custody last Friday at Harare Magistrates’ Courts, has been recaptured together with four relatives, suspected of aiding his escape. This comes after a prison officer, Donald Mudzinga, allegedly received US$500 from Zinyengere’s family to give him a smuggled pistol to facilitate his escape. Mudzinga was arrested over the…
POLITICAL EDITOR KADOMA businessman Jimayi Muduvuri is set to establish a nursing school, bolstering government efforts to address the country’s shortage of healthcare professionals and enhance medical service quality. This development follows Muduvuri’s launch of hospitals providing free treatment to people living with disabilities and war veterans. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday,…
SADC ministers convened in Harare to explore collaborative efforts aimed at achieving water security, resilience, and development in the region. Addressing delegates at the twoday Indaba that opened in Harare yesterday, chief director in the ministry of Agriculture, Tinayeshe Mutazu, emphasised the pressing climate change issues in Sadc, which have led to severe weather conditions…
POLICE in Gweru have launched a manhunt for a man suspected of murdering his girlfriend at Harmonie farm in Somabhula. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko told the Daily News yesterday that the decomposed body of the woman was found in a room at the farm last Friday. “The suspect being sought is Rangarirai Mutengwa,…
ZIMBABWE’S tuberculosis (TB) cases increase to 20 100 last year from 19 500 prior year, an official from the ministry of Health…
Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER tapiwachirume@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council will offer land to sand miners to extract soil from as part of its measures to reduce illegal extraction activities and manage the environment. This comes as sand poachers have been accused of damaging the environment while also putting the lives of residents at risk after…
A HARARE motorist allegedly lost US$10 000 and a firearm that were in his car at a car wash over the weekend in Mabelreign. Albert Chimukuyu, the suspected thief, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday before magistrate Isheunesu Matova, who remanded him in custody to March 26 for his bail application. According to the…
