SENIOR ENTERTAINMEMT WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw MUSICIAN Chipo Muchegwa was left shaken and immobile following a robbery incident which took place over the weekend. Muchegwa revealed she was still struggling to come to terms with the incident, during which she lost her wheelchair charger, an undisclosed sum of money, and a smartphone. “I was at the shops…
POPULATION Services Zimbabwe (PSZ) has reopened its Mbare clinic in a bid to reduce residents’ need for family planning, lower adolescent fertility, improve maternal and child health. Speaking during the relaunch of the clinic following years of closure in Harare on Monday, PSZ country director Pester Sirah said through Accelerating Change for Equity (ACE) in…
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) yesterday launched a debt relief programme under the Tobacco Inputs Credit Scheme (TICS), offering renewed hope to thousands of smallholders and communal tobacco farmers. TICS was introduced in 2017 as a strategic empowerment initiative to support tobacco farmers, especially those not under contract arrangements, by providing critical inputs…
Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are working on improving the public health delivery system with the government partnering with China to rehabilitate and provide medicine to Parirenyatwa hospital, the country’s main referral health facility. This comes as the government is struggling to make timely payments to companies supplying essential medicines to the nation’s beleaguered public health…
GOVERNMENT is working to address challenges being faced by healthcare workers, which include low salaries, transport and accommodation, the minister of Health, Douglas Mombeshora, says. Speaking to journalists after meeting with healthcare workers at Parirenyatwa hospital recently, Mombeshora said they had engaged with the hospital staff to hear their concerns. “Healthcare workers have also raised…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA Town Council is planning to capture and euthanise all unclaimed stray dogs, as the local authority intensifies its efforts to ensure the health and safety of its residents. Council spokesperson, Tafadzwa Kachiko, confirmed the move to the Daily News yesterday, emphasising that the municipality was taking the issue of feral dogs…
POLICE’S initiative to utilise technology in enforcing traffic regulations is a welcome move in the fight against road carnage. The publication on Monday night of a list of 290 vehicles captured on camera violating traffic light rules in Harare’s central business district (CBD) is a bold step towards promoting road safety. This development signals a…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Glen View North, Happymore Chidziva, was yesterday acquitted of rape by Harare regional magistrate Letwin Rwodzi. Chidziva was facing charges of raping a 17-year-old girl at three different locations in Harare after promising her a job. However, in acquitting the lawmaker, Rwodzi…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO FOUR Bulawayo men, accused of terrorising congregants on their way from church with machetes and axes, have been denied bail. Hardlife Sibanda, Nqobile Terrence Ngwenya, Leeroy Sibanda, and Shelton Ncube, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza yesterday facing 10 counts of robbery. In his ruling, Mabeza said the charges faced…
SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw AFTER a series of sold out editions, songbird Feli Nandi is billed to take the sixth edition of A Night With Feli Nandi to South Africa. She will be at the iconic Hard Rock Cafe in Sandton City. “Taking A Night with Feli Nandi’ to Johannesburg is a dream come true….
