TAKUDZWA DHAMBUStaff Writers IT WILL take some time before the country’s ailing economy can be restored to its levels of yester-year, when it was relatively stronger, as there is no magic wand to fix Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. So says top economist, Prosper Chitambara, who also adds that countries which have dollarised, like Zimbabwe did, have…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBUStaff writer THE Gonarezhou Conservation Trust has made a move to put back white rhinos in the Gonarezhou National Park after almost a century of absence. This comes as there had been isolated records of individual white rhino in Gonarezhou up to 1992, with the last viable population dating back to the early 1900s,…
RUTENDO NGARASenior Staff Writer ZIMBABWE is experiencing a decline in desired fertility rate as educated and affluent women are making a bold choice, no to more babies. In a report released last week, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) noted that although the use of contraceptives was also a major contributor to low birth-rate, most…
RUTENDO NGARA THE minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, says there is a lot of overfishing happening in Kariba and plans are underway to regulate fishing in the area. This comes as the country has been putting in place several programmes to improve fish production in the country, which saw a slight increase in fish production…
BRANDON JOSPHATCHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have issued a warning against the illegal sale and use of Ozempic, a diabetes medication, for weight loss purposes. The Medicines Control Authority Zimbabwe (MCAZ) and the Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe (HPA) on Friday cautioned against the dangers of using this medication without medical supervision. “Recent reports indicate an increase in…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s long-running power crisis will start easing noticeably from next year onwards, when new electricity plants that are under construction come on stream. So says prominent economist and chairperson of the Intensive Energy User Group, Eddie Cross, who added yesterday that the new plants by independent power producers (IPPs)…
Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER THE minister of Home Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe, yesterday issued a notice banning alcoholic drinks manufactured using ethanol, popularly referred in the streets as “kambwa or musombodhiya”. He made the announcement in the Government Gazette. “The minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, in terms of Section 8(2) of the Harmful…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged war veterans to guard against “malcontents bent on advancing neo-colonialism interests”. He said this while addressing thousands of former freedom fighters in Harare at the launch of the Presidential War Veteran’s Empowerment Revolving Fund, where he donated US$2 million. Mnangagwa said Zanu PF members and war veterans needed to remain…
Rutendo Ngara A DOMBOSHAVA man, Succeed Mukaro, was yesterday sentenced to two effective years in jail by Harare provincial magistrate Ethel Chichera for stealing mobile phones valued at US$15 000 from an upmarket shop owned by Miniyothabo Chiwenga, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Mukaro was convicted of unlawful entry. In handing down the…
Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the Sadc chairperson, yesterday described the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu as a dedicated “servant and an astute leader” who pushed the interests of the people. Lungu died on Thursday at the age of 68 at a medical centre in South Africa. In his condolence message…
