Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE government is distributing aqua tablets across the country to curb a national cholera outbreak after 60 cholera cases and one death were reported in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central Province over the festive season. Aqua tablets provide the protection of water against bacteria and viruses. Speaking to Daily News…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is appealing for donations of hospital admission beds for its drug rehabilitation centres amid growing cases of drug and substance abuse in the country, especially among the youth. This comes as the government has set up an inter-ministerial committee on the Elimination of Drug and Substance Abuse which is…
Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES need to inject more ZiG notes and coins into the market to make day-to-day transactions in the country easier and more affordable, key stakeholders said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — they added that continuing cash shortages were greatly inconveniencing and disadvantaging…
POLITICAL EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda’s tenure by another year. In the latest Government Gazette, the chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, Martin Rushwaya, said Sibanda would be in office up to November 23. “It is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has,…
Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AS THE country braces for schools opening next week Tuesday, parents and guardians have expressed concern over the rising prices of uniforms and stationery. This comes amid complaints that some schools were forcing parents to purchase uniforms from them at exorbitant prices even when they are of poor quality. Speaking…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE government is moving to privatise water for all local authorities amid their failure to supply potable water. This comes as Zimbabwe is grappling with the effects of El Nino-induced drought and as a result local authorities have been found wanting in terms of providing clean water to their residents….
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO MORE than 12 700 children across the country were treated for acute malnutrition last year due to the El Niño-induced drought. So said the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) in a recent report, adding that the drought had especially exacerbated malnutrition among children in drought-prone regions. Acute malnutrition, also known…
THE ruling Zanu PF is crafting a social media policy to regulate how its members use and interact on such platforms. This is being done, in part, to allow the former liberation movement to deal with its followers who abuse social media to foment divisions in the party. It also comes as security agents are…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 65 percent of the maize crop in the country is in a good condition following recent rains, but farmers have been encouraged to be on high alert of armyworm. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the Agriculture and Rural Development Advisory Services (Ardas) chief director, Leonard Munamati, said…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs’ visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Kwekwe, which was scheduled for yesterday, was postponed at the last minute. CCC chief whip Charles Moyo confirmed that the visit was postponed to a later date and they were not given specific reasons. “We received the communication from Mnangagwa’s…
