HEALTH experts are concerned about Zimbabwe’s growing obesity problem, which they say is caused in the main by dietary changes, reduced physical activity and socio-economic shifts. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the experts said yesterday that the health issue now demanded a well-thought-out, multi-stakeholder approach to deal with…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored the country’s youth to openly communicate their challenges to authorities, adding that they must shun all forms of social ills. In his speech during the official opening of the 33rd Junior Parliament session and the commemoration of the Day of the African Child at the new Parliament Building yesterday, Mnangagwa…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF central committee member and ex-deputy minister of Finance, David Chapfika, has died. He was 68. He died yesterday morning in a tragic road accident along the Harare-Murehwa road, near his farm, Hurudza, in Mashonaland East. Chapfika, a former executive director of the collapsed Universal Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd (Unibank), was first elected legislator for…
THE minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, yesterday said the government has started to gather views from stakeholders to be included in the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS 2) set to be launched in November. This comes as the NDS 1, which was launched in 2021, ends in December. The NDS 2 is aimed at realising…
LEGISLATORS want authorities to urgently push through Parliament the Road Accident Fund Bill for public hearings on the proposed Bill to start. This comes as the government recently approved the principles of the Road Accident Fund Bill, which seeks to compensate injured and deceased road accident victims. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the chairperson…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has made significant progress in addressing some of the critical issues that were negatively affecting the country’s economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. In this regard, IMF senior economist, Silvia Domit, urged authorities on Monday to work even harder, and to implement more needed reforms to foster long term and sustainable…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Mobile Sanitation Association (ZMSA) has engaged the Zimbabwe Prisons Correctional Services (ZPCS) to empower serving prisoners with rehabilitation and skills training programmes. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the ZMSA president, Boston Muteya, confirmed the mooted partnership, adding it would assist inmates with technical skills and ease their reintegration into communities on…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has moved to address the chaos on the country’s roads after Cabinet yesterday approved the proposed smart traffic management system developed by TelOne. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenafan Muswere approved the rolling out of the concept to address unwarranted traffic congestion, road accidents and traffic law violations….
THE government confirmed yesterday that the United States of America was set to deport 25 Zimbabweans soon, on account of their alleged violations of the USA’s immigration and visa regulations. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raphael Faranisi, said they…
THE Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife is set to upgrade the Meteorological Services Department (MSD)’s radar sites with solar power systems. This, the ministry said, is aimed at ensuring a reliable and sustainable energy supply for the country’s weather monitoring infrastructure. “The ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife wishes to invite companies registered with…
