THE government has challenged local authorities and other stakeholders across the country to scale up waste management efforts to ensure the environment is not polluted. Speaking at an environmental management strategic dialogue yesterday, Environment minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said it was unfortunate that stakeholders were failing to maintain cleanliness in their respective cities. “The major question…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s planned blitz to weed out informal trading in the city centre got off to a false start yesterday after State security forces reportedly requested a postponement of the exercise citing fears of anarchy. The move by the local authority, mainly targeting vendors, pushcart operators, street car washes and other informal…

THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) says it has partnered with churches to improve blood stocks, which diminished during the just-ended festive season owing to a number of fatal road traffic accidents. This comes after NBSZ has for a long time been experiencing blood shortages, a situation which has been worsened by lack of…

POLITICIANS in Bulawayo have blamed the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for failing to maintain order in the second capital following the council’s plea to have political parties assist the municipality in ensuring informal traders operating in the central business district (CBD) are removed. This comes after the BCC recently issued an ultimatum to the informal…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is scaling up its support for tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy in Zimbabwe by assisting the government and other relevant stakeholders to introduce a mobile application meant to ease screening of the disease. This comes after statistics by WHO indicated that Zimbabwe experienced a decrease in TB Preventive Therapy…

A LOCAL health facility has embarked on a campaign to provide free eye examinations for children under the age of 12. Speaking to the Daily News in Bulawayo yesterday, Qorax Vision Centre optometrist Farai Zinyembe said the initiative, which was recently launched, will run until the end of the year. “Our free eye examinations for…