By Rutendo Ngara AT LEAST 63 percent of Zimbabweans have no access to a balanced diet, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) poverty, income, consumption and expenditure survey (PICES) reveals. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a balanced diet consists of at least 10 percent of proteins, five to 30 percent of fats,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged parents to instil discipline in their children. Speaking at the chiefs’ conference here yesterday, Mnangagwa said disciplining children would go a long way in curbing rising juvenile delinquency and substance abuse among the youth in the country.“We owe it to our forefathers who preserved our culture, and so it is…
Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Civil Protection Department (CPD) says the country remains on alert despite the weakening of Tropical Storm Freddy, which made landfall in the country for the second time, last weekend. This comes as one person was swept away on Monday in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, while panning gold in a flooded river and the…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged consumers to invest in renewable sources of energy, especially solar, as there seems to be no immediate respite to the current rolling power cuts in the country. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare yesterday, CCZ chief executive Rose Mpofu, pictured,…
AFTER a long journey from a farming region, Shylet Muzveba was waiting impatiently in a truck in Harare to offload her bales…
AIRPORTS Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is reviewing its ‘Collaborative Arrangement for Management and Prevention of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (Capsca)’ and evaluating its capacity to coordinate public health disasters. Capsca is an international civil aviation mission focused on preventing and managing public health emergencies such as Covid-19 and Ebola. Speaking on the sidelines…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora wants the Constitutional Court(ConCourt) to annul the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(Zec)’s recently gazetted delimitation report, and stop it from being used in this year’s crunch national elections. In an application filed at the apex court yesterday, Mwonzora said Zec’s delimitation exercise was unconstitutional and should thus be done afresh, incorporating the final…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says its ongoing final voter registration blitz ahead of the upcoming general elections is being hampered by power outages and bad weather. This comes as the elections management body is targeting to register over 400 000 new voters nationwide during the 10-day period which started on Sunday. Zec yesterday said…
By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw TROPICAL storm Freddy has left a trail of destruction in some parts of Manicaland, where it swept away a gold panner and also damaged key infrastructure and many homesteads. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy director of the Civil Protection Department (CPD), Farai Hokonya, confirmed that one person was missing…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) received 255 complaints and managed to resolve 186 cases in 2022 while the remainder is still under investigation. This was confirmed by acting Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday while speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare.“The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) received 255 complaints and finalised…
