LEGISLATORS have now formally tabled a motion in the Senate pressing for the urgent mitigation of the country’s worsening public health crisis. This comes as lawmakers are also pushing for the health emergency to be declared a national disaster, to spur the mobilisation of resources to ease the untenable situation. Debating a motion on the…
By Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw STRAY buffaloes that escaped from a wildlife conservancy are suspected to be behind the spread of a foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreak in Buhera, Manicaland Province. This has forced authorities in the district to quarantine livestock in the area. FMD affects cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and other cloven-hoof ruminants, and has for…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) has pledged €33m to Sadc countries within the Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) to enhance their conservation efforts for wildlife and natural resources. This was said yesterday by the EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst von Kirchmann, while addressing regional ministers responsible for environment, natural resources and tourism at the…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THERE is a need for all political players to temper their expectations to make sure that the country’s mooted national dialogue takes place successfully. So says prominent opposition figure, Tendai Biti, who adds that approaching the much-debated talks with a “winner-takes-all” mentality would doom the dialogue. This comes after the…
AFRICA Engineering Week (AEW) last Friday launched a social media campaign to drive technological innovations for sustainable economic development. The AEW is a flagship initiative by engineers that celebrates the important role engineering plays in shaping the future of Africa. Speaking at the social media launch of AEW, its steering committee chairperson, Martin Manuhwa, said…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst von Kirchmann, says reforms being implemented by the government in various sectors will attract foreign direct investment and boost the country’s economy. Speaking in Harare yesterday during the first-ever European Union-Zimbabwe Business Forum, Kirchmann hailed the country’s reform process saying it would boost agriculture exports and…
AUTHORITIES are intensifying the drive to attract offshore capital to fund key infrastructure projects, with the listing of the Eagle Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) being described as a major milestone. The listing of the first REIT to be floated on VFEX is expected to mobilise foreign currency…
SOUTHERN EDITOR THE country’s food security is under increasing threat from invasive alien species (IAS) owing to a growing ecological crisis with serious consequences for agriculture, biodiversity and rural livelihoods, the Environmental Management Authority (Ema) has warned. IAS are native plants, animals and organisms that establish themselves in new environments that are spreading fast across…
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) yesterday launched a debt relief programme under the Tobacco Inputs Credit Scheme (TICS), offering renewed hope to thousands of smallholders and communal tobacco farmers. TICS was introduced in 2017 as a strategic empowerment initiative to support tobacco farmers, especially those not under contract arrangements, by providing critical inputs…
Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are working on improving the public health delivery system with the government partnering with China to rehabilitate and provide medicine to Parirenyatwa hospital, the country’s main referral health facility. This comes as the government is struggling to make timely payments to companies supplying essential medicines to the nation’s beleaguered public health…
