MINISTRY of Health has recently been travelling across Zimbabwe training health workers on mental health and provision of psycho-social support services because people have been emotionally affected by Covid-19. This has also seen an interfaith virtual workshop taking place so that religious leaders and other stakeholders can explore how they can offer compassion to grieving…
IN REMARKS that are guaranteed to spark fierce political debates in a staunchly polarised Zimbabwe in the coming days, presidential spokesperson George Charamba says a heavy shellacking awaits the country’s opposition in the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday — in the wake of the comprehensive defeat of the former president of Zambia,…
THE government launched a new trading platform for agriculture products yesterday, in a bid to eliminate malpractices and distortions which have historically disadvantaged small-scale farmers. Speaking at the launch of the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX), Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the development would also ensure easier access to markets, finance and credit for farmers. This…
AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuku has said Zimbabwe has been able to cover significant ground in ensuring food security for the masses despite the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Masuku made the remarks during the third stage of the Zimbabwe Food Systems Dialogue held yesterday in the capital as the country prepares for the UN…
AS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in October for a crucial global summit, Whitehall says it is working to increase trade between Britain and Zimbabwe despite the uneasy relations between London and Harare over the past two decades. In its latest assessment of Zimbabwe’s political and economic environment, the UK…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is hopeful that Zimbabwe and Zambia’s relations will get stronger following the election of Hakainde Hichilema as Harare’s northern neighbours’ new leader. Hichilema was declared the winner by the Zambia Electoral Commission in the just-ended poll after garnering 2 810 777 of the votes against former president Edgar Lungu’s 1…
ZIMBABWE appears to have won the Covid-19 third wave war amid a remarkable decline in the number of new infections with the government and health experts urging citizens to remain vigilant to avoid a fourth wave. This comes as the country was almost overrun by the virulent respiratory disease from the beginning of the winter…
LOCAL black empowerment lobby group, Affirmative Action Group (AAG), has partnered Empower Bank in a development that will see the financial institution providing youth with loans at affordable terms. According to the youth-centred bank’s head of treasury, Shadreck Mhembere, the financial institution was keen on helping the country achieve Vision 2030 of becoming a middle-income…
A HARARE man, who allegedly went on a robbing and raping spree in the Kuwadzana-Crowborough area, has been denied bail by the Harare Magistrate’s Court following his recent arrest. Bessam Mahosi, aka Kudzania Gwaze Ambewe, is alleged to have pounced on different women walking along a paddock in the area before raping and robbing them at…
ZANU PF politburo member and Cabinet minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has joined his colleagues in laying bare the ugly wars that continue to ravage the ruling party. Addressing the Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) at the weekend, an exasperated Ziyambi revealed how his elevation to the politburo in June had spurred the party’s…
