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Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailyne.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) law enforcement agents have impounded hundreds of unlicensed taxis and kombis, better known as mushikashikas, in a two-week blitz to bring sanity in the central business district (CBD). Acting HCC town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo confirmed the blitz to the Daily News yesterday, saying it started on Monday…

Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants are crying foul over the government’s failure to pay the ZiG component of their salaries saying they are now struggling to make ends meet. This comes as the government paid bonuses to some of its employees this month with the others set to get theirs next month….

A NURSE stationed at Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare was paid US$20 for inducing a girl, 16, to give birth before the health official also issued a fake death certificate. This emerged yesterday when Betty Sena appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing allegations of contravening the Trafficking in Persons Act. She allegedly induced the…

Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi WHILE key Western countries want Zimbabwe to implement more political and economic reforms, they have welcomed the country’s recent efforts in this regard. Speaking in Harare earlier this week, ambassadors from the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA) and Canada also said their countries would continue to…

By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE deputy minister of Health Sleiman Kwidini yesterday revealed that at least 35 000 people are affected by Tuberculosis (TB) yearly in the country. Speaking at a Zimbabwe national TB conference in Harare, Kwidini said they were facing a lot of challenges trying to combat TB which has become…

THE government must come up with a legal framework under which it will be obliged to provide free menstrual products to all girls in schools and tertiary institutions, Parliament has said. This comes after the parliamentary portfolio committees of Primary and Secondary Education, Women Affairs and Tertiary Education carried out a fact-finding mission on the…

Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Aids Council (Nac) is implementing HIV/ Aids prevention strategies at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge targeting youths aged 15 to 24 years. Nac district Aids coordinator Doreen Jambaya told journalists in Chipinge yesterday that HIV/Aids prevention programmes sought to educate young people in the camp, which currently has a population…

By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has committed to continue assisting Zimbabwe in strengthening its healthcare management systems. Addressing delegates at the 35th Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Programme (JOCV) anniversary in Harare, Jica Zimbabwe representative, Shigeki Furuta, said the Japan government, and through its agency, had dispatched over 570 experts to provide…

Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITERS ALL eyes will be on the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, tomorrow when he presents the 2025 National Budget — as many Zimbabweans continue to experience serious economic hardships. In this regard, representatives of consumers and workers who were interviewed yesterday prayed that Ncube would do much more…

Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw MOTORISTS with vehicles unlicensed for the past two years have been given a month ultimatum to do so or risk total deregistration. This comes as police have intensified their blitz against unlicensed vehicles and those unregistered, warning drivers of these cars they would not hesitate to impound them in order…