By Ketty Nyoni HARARE City mayor Jacob Mafume says there is a need to enhance and expand the health care facilities in the city to ensure that central hospitals are not flooded with patients who can be assisted at local levels. Speaking during a Harare health facilities tour yesterday, Mafume, emphasised on the need to…
WATER levels in some of the country’s major dams have started rising in response to the recent rains, Zimbabwe National Water Authority…
THE government says it is on the cusp of clearing a two million housing backlog as authorities bid to offer low affordable and quality housing to both rural and urban dwellers. This comes as the government has so far delivered 160 000 housing units out of the 220 000 target it seeks to achieve by…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says he is willing to meet and engage with his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) counterpart, Nelson Chamisa, to help unite the country’s divided opposition ahead of next year’s crunch national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora said he recognised that unity among opposition parties remained the most viable…
By Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 5 000 babies were born HIV-positive in 2021 as a result of their mothers’ resistance to taking critical antiretroviral (ARV) medication during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, according to the National Aids Council (NAC). The babies’ HIV infections jeopardised Zimbabwe’s goal of achieving zero mother-to-child transmissions.“Close to 5 000 children were…
THE in vitro fertilisation (IVF) programme which was reintroduced in Zimbabwe in 2016 by a team led by medical doctor Tinovimba Mhlanga has proved a great success with 197 live births recorded so far and more expected before the year ends. With almost 500 treatment cycles having been performed this gives an overall average success…
LACK of access to capital continues holding back women-led businesses and start-ups from growth, a local women in finance pressure group has said. Officiating at a Women in Leadership Roundtable meeting held in Harare at the weekend, the founder of New Faces New Voices, Graca Machel said the financial sector needed an overhaul to ensure…
MOBILE telecommunications companies have reviewed their bundle prices, both in domestic currency and United States dollars (US$), to align with rising operating costs. This comes two weeks after the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory of Zimbabwe (Potraz) approved a headline tariff adjustment effective November 1. The telecoms sector has struggled to upgrade infrastructure and provide quality…
THE growing convergence of minds on the need for dialogue by Zimbabwe’s major political parties — Zanu PF, the MDC and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — could finally see the end of the country’s long history of disputed elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the independent analysts also said the…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has warned that the country is facing serious shortages of blood. NBSZ chief executive, Lucy Marowa, told the Daily News yesterday that the national blood bank was severely depleted due to logistical challenges and critical shortages of blood testing kits.“Our stocks are critically low. We are…
