HEALTH experts at Mpilo Central Hospital have raised concerns over the increase in patients succumbing to kidney failure due to lack of medical supplies. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting yesterday, sister in charge of Mpilo renal unit Dartisiwe Nkomo said most patients could not afford full kidney dialysis. “It is very expensive to do dialysis….
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT directive for civil servants to wear African attire for the whole of this week has riled its employers who argue that they cannot afford such wardrobes owing to their low salaries. This comes as authorities last week ordered civil servants to wear formal attire of the national, African…
ZIMBABWEANS around the country have hailed Econet Wireless and Sasai Money Transfer’s recent initiative to scrap transfer fees on all remittances sent from to the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa to Zimbabwe. Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunications and technology company, achieved a first in Africa at the beginning of this month, by opening two…
AUTHORITIES have emphatically ruled out the formation of another government of national unity (GNU) in the country, like what happened in 2009. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said while President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been engaging in dialogue with opposition leaders, “absolutely nothing” warranted the setting up of another GNU. “What…
THE use of drones by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) at the country’s main port of entry, Beitbridge, has worked a treat in helping authorities to fight smuggling there. Addressing editors in Bulawayo yesterday, Zimra ICT director, Shami Moyo, said the drones were proving to be very effective in curbing crime. This comes after the…
THE government is optimistic that the country is going to be readmitted into the Commonwealth at this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs in Parliament on Monday, Foreign Affairs Frederick Shava said they had done their homework to ensure the country retains its…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL tertiary institutions have applauded the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s 2025 target to eliminate trans fatty acids saying it will reduce cases of non-communicable diseases in the country. Trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in foods. Trace concentrations of trans fats occur naturally, but large amounts…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says citizens should embrace its domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) drive as it is a positive shift in empowering locals towards economic sustainability. DRM is the generation of and spending domestically generated funds to provide public goods through Zimra’s collection of taxes and duties to finance government expenditure.This comes at a…
THE government has called on industry, business and the public to use electricity sparingly as the winter season commences. This comes as the country’s power supply has been improving steadily in the last few weeks with Hwange Power Station generating 989 megawatts, Kariba 625 megawatts while independent power producers were generating 45 megawatts and the…
ALL eyes in Zimbabwe and in other neighbouring countries are on South Africa as the regional powerhouse goes to its most tightly-contested polls tomorrow since 1994. This comes as pre-poll surveys have suggested that support for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s long-governing African National Congress (ANC) could drop to below 50% for the first time since the…
