By Hazel Marimbiza HEALTH authorities in Bulawayo say public hospitals in the city are facing blood shortages with some patients dying due to haemorrhage, while those with anaemia cannot undergo lifesaving surgical procedures. Bulawayo provincial medical director Maphios Siamuchembu told the Daily News yesterday that 2022 had been a bad year for patients in need…
By Nyasha Dube CHITUNGWIZA North MP Godfrey Sithole who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly inciting violence, was yesterday granted bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts’ after spending 149 days in remand prison. Sithole was arrested last June together with fellow Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala and 13 other party activists…
THE country’s major political parties with parliamentary representation — Zanu PF, the MDC and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — have been engaging in low-key talks in a bid to ensure dispute-free elections next year, the Daily News can report exclusively. According to a draft electoral reforms Bill seen by the newspaper yesterday, which…
By Brandon Josphat CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Mbare constituency Starman Chamisa is seeking a stakeholders meeting with the police, vendors and residents to find a lasting solution to the on-going turf wars pitting the police and the local community over the control of Mupedzanhamo Flea Market. The popular flea market is under…
By Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE on Tuesday recorded its first confirmed case of cholera in Chiredzi, Masvingo province, as neighbouring Malawi and Mozambique are battling with what has been described as climate change-induced outbreaks of the communicable disease. Chiredzi is along the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border.Masvingo provincial medical director Amadeus Shamhu yesterday confirmed to the Daily News that…
By Regis Chingawo THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has intensified its blitz on corrupt local council officials and has started the process of having those implicated prosecuted, the graft-bursting agency has confirmed. Although Zacc spokesperson Thandiwe Mlobane failed to provide the Daily News with the number of council officials under probe or who were facing…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat EFFORTS by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to drive up the numbers of registered new voters ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections are probably too little and too late, political analysts say. In addition, the analysts also warned yesterday that the demand that sitting legislators and councillors who…
By Regis Chingawo FIVE motorists lost their vehicles to carjackers at the weekend, prompting the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to raise alarm yesterday over the sharp increase in these crimes across the country. In this regard, police are also warning private motorists against offering rides to commuters. At the same time, law enforcement agents are…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hailed the launch of the country’s first space satellite, ZimSat-1, as a proud moment symbolising a nation on…
THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority’s (ZimParks) bid to curb poaching in the mid-Zambezi Valley has received a major boost after the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) invested over US$10 million to develop infrastructure. The funds will also help the authority to digitalise radio communication equipment, provision of new vehicles for anti-poaching patrols and…
