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MPs make fresh welfare demands

LAWMAKERS have made fresh demands to the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, to improve their welfare as well as increasing their Constituency Development Fund. This comes as Parliament was allocated ZiG1.7 billion under the 2025 National Budget. Contributing to the 2025 National Budget on Thursday, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Marondera Central MP Caston Matewu…

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Lawmakers demand privacy rooms for school girls

LEGISLATORS have compelled authorities to craft a policy to make it mandatory for all schools to have rooms for girls equipped with sanitary pads. This will afford the learners privacy and easy access to sanitary pads. Debating the 2025 National Budget in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP, Thokozani Khupe,…

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Food insecurity overwhelms WFP

THE World Food Programme (WFP)’s resources have become depleted and its budget is now being overwhelmed by the number of people who are food insecure following the just ended lean season caused by drought. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared this year a state of national disaster and appealed for international assistance. In…

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USAid commits to support Zimbabwe's research on health

ZIMBABWE needs more support in its in-depth analysis of research on health patterns for it to achieve universal health coverage, the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) says. Speaking to the Daily News on the side-lines of a meeting with stakeholders, USAid mission director Janean Davis said supporting research on health would prevent avoidable…

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‘Remove barriers to disability inclusion’

Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw BUILDING a disability-inclusive society is the responsibility of everyone, a leading occupational therapist has said. Speaking at a belated commemorative event for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities hosted by L’Arche Zimbabwe in Harare on Tuesday, University of Zimbabwe occupational therapist Edwin Mavindidze underscored the importance of mainstreaming disability…

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College principal up for US$213k fuel theft

Rutendo Ngara A PRINCIPAL at the Mazowe Veterinary College yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing theft of at least US$210 000 in fraudulent fuel transactions charges. Donora Nyamadzawo appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who granted him US$500 bail and remanded him to February next year. Prosecutor Anesu Chirenje alleges that between January and…

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Maternal deaths are avoidable: Mombeshora

Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE government has expressed concern over high maternal and neonatal deaths due to human negligence, adding intensified supervision was crucial in curbing the unnecessary loss of lives. This comes at a time when Zimbabwe has a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 462 deaths per 100 000 live births per year with…

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