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By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have decried the increase in cancer related deaths among children stating that traditional myths and late presentation are among the biggest challenges. Speaking during the International Childhood Cancer Day commemorations in Harare last week, government Oncologist Loyce Hlatywayo emphasised the need to conduct more awareness campaigns both in urban…

THE Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has appointed Welshman Ncube as its acting president with immediate effect following the recent resignation of party leader Nelson Chamisa. Chamisa quit the party formed last year citing alleged infiltration by Zanu PF and the State. In the aftermath of his resignation, CCC convened a meeting of the…

BY BRENDON JOSPHAT LAW enforcement agents are continuing to make major gains in the tough war against armed robberies in the country. This comes as police have just arrested more armed robbery suspects in Harare — including a woman — who stand accused of terrorising many residents of the capital over the past few months….

BY RUTENDO NGARA THERE was discord in Parliament on Thursday with Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators failing to agree on contents of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) report on last year’s general elections. In the report, Zec hailed itself for conducting credible, free and fair elections, noting, however, that there were…

BY RUTENDO NGARAStaff Writer JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has shot down a proposal by Senators for the government to give farmers access for loans to purchase diesel generators to mitigate the effects of power outages at their farms saying they cannot afford them owing to low incomes. This comes as farmers have been crying foul…

Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are considering putting in place a new law that will compel all political parties operating in the country to be registered. The chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Utloile Silaigwana, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they had already approached Parliament on the…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government is set to roll out oral polio vaccination beginning next week for children below 10 years of age amid fears of a type two polio virus outbreak. This comes as the government is currently battling a cholera outbreak that has so far claimed the lives of several people across the…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government will endeavour to provide alternative accommodation to families being evicted from the State and municipal land that they are occupying illegally. Responding to questions in the Senate on Thursday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said it was the government’s duty to relocate affected families. This comes after unhappy Zanu PF…

FORMER legislator Job Sikhala and former Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko have been found not guilty of disorderly conduct by a Harare magistrate. Sikhala and Maiko were on trial after being accused of disrupting a Zanu PF rally organised by Charamba Mlambo in preparation for the 2022 by elections. The State had alleged that the duo…

FOUR juveniles suffocated to death during child play in Hopely, Harare, after they locked themselves in a broken down and idle vehicle. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the incident occurred between 12 noon and 1900 hours on Thursday. “The four juveniles opened the rear passenger door of a Black Toyota…