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By Shamaine Chirimujiri SALLY Mugabe Central Hospital has improved efficiency in the provision of its physiotherapy services after Delta Beverages, Zimbabwe`s largest beverages maker, donated US$50 000 towards the unit last year. This came out during Delta’s tour of the hospital in Harare yesterday. Speaking to journalists, the hospital’s chief therapist Kudzanai Gore said the…

By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is probing “mbingas” — big shot hustlers who live large — to establish whether they acquired their wealth through honest means. This comes as the anti-graft body has said that it is confident that it will recover at least US$1 billion in corruption-linked properties and cash by…

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES say they will help Zesa to clear its US$100 million debt to regional power sup[1]pliers, in a bid to keep the lights on in the country. Speaking to the Daily News last week, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube confirmed that the government was committed to supporting Zesa in all its…

CHOLERA cases in Zimbabwe have risen to over 4 600 with 130 deaths recorded since February this year, the Health ministry has confirmed in its latest situation report released over the weekend. This comes as authorities are scrambling to stop the spread of the communicable disease which has mainly hit Harare, Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland…

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says the youth comprise the highest proportion of new prisoners across the country’s prisons. In its 2023 second quarter prison admissions and discharge statistics, the agency indicated that most of the new inmates, who had not completed any level of education, were in jail for theft, as[1]sault, burglary and…

AUTHORITIES have set up a technical committee to look into how it can end the water crisis that has hit Harare for over a month now, amid increase of cholera cases across the country. In a statement yesterday, Water minister Anxious Masuka said the members of the technical committee are from government ministries, Zimbabwe National…

BY RUTENDO NGARA AUTHORITIES must end the escalating mushrooming of informal urban settlements in the country to help avert recurring health crises such as the current cholera outbreak. So says Harare City Council (HCC) epidemiologist Michael Vere, who adds that the local authority is fearful that the fresh cholera flare-up in the capital will spread…

THE United Nations (UN) has called on all stakeholders in Zimbabwe to work together and address the negative effects expected from the looming El Nino-induced drought and other natural disasters in the 2023/23 summer season. Addressing delegates in Harare on Friday to mark the official end of the four-year Zimbabwe Idai recovery programme, UN resident…