A HEALTH expert has painted a bleak picture of the conditions obtaining at many of the country’s public hospitals. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health on Tuesday, the chief director of curative services at the Ministry of Health, Maxwell Hove, described the state of most public hospitals as distressing. “You walk into a…
AS THE 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continues, Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says there is need to direct resources towards creating stronger support systems for victims and survivors of the vice. Speaking in Harare on Tuesday during a public awareness campaign, ZGC chairperson, Commissioner Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe, emphasised the importance of collective action…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) is set to go dry for two days beginning today following the temporary shutdown of its Warren Control Pump Station for maintenance. This came amid fears that the health of Harare residents was in danger due to their exposure to contaminated water as the local…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES warned yesterday that they would deal decisively with all businesses and individuals who hike up their prices and abuse the ZiG over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said there was no…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR SENGEZO Tshabangu, who claims to be the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) secretary general, is continuing to assert his authority within the hugely divided opposition party after he called Bulawayo councillors to order over recent corruption allegations. This comes after Bulawayo deputy mayor Edwin Ndlovu and councillor Mpumelelo Moyo were recently…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Mutare High Court has slashed a 10-year jail term for a Headlands woman who raped a minor to 36 months. Elizabeth Nyamvura was convicted of aggravated indecent assault after she forced a 17-year-old boy who had come to her place to get videos early this year to have sexual…
By Beaven Dhliwayo GROUP FEATURES EDITOR THE government has made significant efforts to combat the proliferation of counterfeit goods, which pose serious…
THE Managing Director of Jester Media Services’ (JMS) Broadcasting Division, Zweli Sibanda, says the sky is the limit for fast-growing independent national…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s provincial chairpersons have embarked on a national charm offensive as part of their spirited bid to persuade President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond 2028. The party bigwigs said yesterday that they were under pressure from the former liberation movement’s supporters around the country to ensure that Mnangagwa…
BRANDON JOSPHAT WHILE the country’s power crisis is expected to improve significantly from about April next year, authorities say the nation will continue to experience electricity shortages in the medium term. This is despite the growing efforts to ramp up the country’s electricity generation capacity and to repower older units at the key Hwange Thermal…
