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POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw YOUTH minister Tino Machakaire has touched another raw nerve by claiming that government officials are misleading ministers with inaccurate information regarding the goings on in various departments. This comes after Machakaire recently said it was important that Zanu PF followers tell President Emmerson Mnangagwa the truth about what is happening in the…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO ONE of the country’s biggest psychiatric institutions, Ingutsheni Central Hospital, is chock-a-block with patients suffering from drug-related mental issues. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the chief medical officer at Ingutsheni, Nemache Mawere, said about 70 percent of the hospital’s admitted patients were suffering from mental health problems associated with drugs….

PARIRENYATWA hospital is facing a severe shortage of intensive care units (ICUs) and specialised medical personnel, limiting its ability to perform daily heart operations. The revelation comes as Parirenyatwa has partnered with the Gift of Life International Foundation, which brings surgeons to Zimbabwe to assist with open-heart surgeries on children. Speaking to journalists in Harare…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER brandonj@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are resolutely building up the country’s foreign currency and gold reserves, as they lay the groundwork for the eventual sole use of the ZiG in all domestic transactions. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — an upbeat Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE government is engaging South Africa, in a bid to find solutions to the ongoing denial of service to some Zimbabweans at hospitals in the neighbouring country. Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, confirmed the talks to the Daily News yesterday. “We are engaging the South African authorities on this issue so that…

POLITICAL EDITOR ZANU PF has successfully purged fraudulent structures across the country after completing its cell verification exercise, according to party political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha. This development follows Zanu PF’s recent warning to errant party members with “overweening ambition” who were allegedly manipulating the cell verification exercise for personal political gain, urging them to behave…

SOUTHERN EDITOR VICTORIA Falls is set to become a global hub for wetlands conservation as Zimbabwe prepares to host the 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention from July 23 to 31. Not only is it the first time the country will host such a conference, but Zimbabwe is also poised…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has expressed concern over the late disbursement of funds from the Treasury, stating it undermines the smooth running of elections. This concern follows the allocation of only US$206 000 for council by-elections held in November last year across three wards, Makoni RDC Ward 38, Victoria Falls Municipality Ward 1,…

THE long mooted plans to heal the deep-rooted divisions among the country’s opposition leaders have now taken a significant step forward. This comes as brawling factions of the MDC have kick-started the process, after agreeing to meet in Harare tomorrow in a bid to mend their rifts — before inviting other opposition bigwigs for talks…

AUTHORITIES say people who were affected by Gukurahundi and are now living in the diaspora are free to come home and give their testimonies on the turmoil and killings of the 1980s. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs, Mtshane Khumalo, confirmed that the current outreach programme was…