THE country’s public health sector is struggling to provide adequate medical resources, but the mooted National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) could be a gamechanger. This was revealed by the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health, Josiah Makombe, during a digital dialogue platform hosted by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ). “The government is failing to…

KUDZANAI GEREDE CAPACITY utilisation in the mining sector is projected to reach 90 percent this year from 84 percent in 2024 on anticipated increases in production across all mineral subsectors, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has said. In its 2024 annual report released last week, the chamber said mineral output is expected to…

RUTENDO NGARA THE government officially opened the naturally cured Virginia tobacco marketing season in Marula, Matabeleland South Province, on Friday. The bulk of the Zimbabwean grown tobacco is flue-cured, but due to high levels of deforestation and climate change, the government has introduced air -cured tobacco which does not need firewood or gas to dry….

BRANDON JOSPHATChief Writer GOVERNMENT has defended the US$88 million charged by Tefoma Construction for the construction of the Trabablas Interchange, asserting that the seemingly high cost was a result of “various interventions required”. This comes as the government has received brickbats on social media with critics questioning the pricing, particularly in light of the Mount…

Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat PARLIAMENT will soon start gathering views from all key stakeholders, including members of the public, on the proposed compulsory registration of political parties in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Edison Zvobgo Jnr,…

THE Bulawayo City Council says it lost US$1,6 million due to leakage and theft of treated water in the first three months of this year alone. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting here yesterday, the city’s finance director, Tennyson Mpunzi, said other challenges were also worsening the loss of water in the metro. “The average percentage…