THE United Nations (UN) and its organs have allocated a budget of around US$370 million to support various government programmes meant to…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw EXPERTS are pinning their hopes on the government’s plans to put in place a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to resuscitate the country’s ailing public sector medical services. But the jury is out whether the government, acting on its own, can be depended upon to effectively and optimally roll out…
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Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has started to print its own child health cards following the failure by the ministry of Health to provide them. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, HCC health services director Prosper Chonzi said they had decided to print their own cards in response to the…
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STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw VILLAGERS in the Himalaya area of Chimanimani West, in Manicaland, are living in fear of marauding hyenas which are targeting their easy prey livestock. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZimParks’ Chimanimani liaison officer, Kwashirai Dzoro, confirmed that a cackle of aggressive hyenas had become a huge menace in the area. This…
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STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union has appealed to the government to come to the rescue of more than 2 000 RioZim Limited workers who have gone for five months without pay. According to the Union, the Rio Zim workers’ desperate situation now warranted the intervention of the government. In…
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Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw OVER 1 500 female sex workers in Epworth have accessed free sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) services through the Springs of Life Zimbabwe (SLZ). SLZ said the project, supported by AIDS Fonds, a Dutch organisation focused on fighting HIV/Aids, aims to empower sex workers in Epworth by equipping them with crucial healthcare…
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Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat THE government is cranking up its efforts to combat business malpractices in the country, in a bid to protect consumers from rising illegal and unethical misdeeds by greedy traders. In this regard, authorities have confiscated thousands of non-compliant products from errant businesses over the past three months, that include fake…
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STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw THE government has announced plans to collaborate with Starlink to enhance internet connectivity in key institutions such as health and educational facilities in the country. This was revealed yesterday during a courtesy call by Starlink executives to the minister of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Tatenda Mavetera, following the company’s launch in Zimbabwe…
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Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailoynews.co.zw RESIDENTS of Mbare’s Matererini Flats in Harare have endured more than two years of sleepless nights due to a bed bugs epidemic. As a result, some of the families there are being forced to sleep in temporary shelters in a bid to escape the blood sucking parasites. In response…
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Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw YOUTH and women are key to spearheading transformation in the agricultural sector and should be recognised as critical driving forces behind innovation, resilience and sustainable production. Addressing delegates at the inaugural Raregold Agricultural Excellence Expo 2025 at the weekend, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri, said…
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