HARARE – There are concerns that more young people are risking their health by indulging in unprotected sex. The Health and Child Care ministry says there has been an increase in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] This emerged as Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro was discussing…
HARARE – Those on medical aid cover must brace for steep increases in subscriptions as societies adjust their fees to keep up with soaring healthcare costs, the Daily News can report. In a statement, the Association of Health Care Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) revealed that providers of healthcare services have hiked their costs by between 30…
HARARE – Teachers staged a week-long strike last week but their union said yesterday they would now pursue talks with government to resolve a dispute over pay. Some schools were shut down and classes were disrupted after the walkout by teachers that began on Tuesday last week. [GoogleAd] Unions have now suspended the strike action…
HARARE – The wife of the late opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, pictured, has said Valentine’s Day is a poignant time for her, struggling to deal with the pain and grief of losing her husband. Still a tall, voluptuous, imposing and graceful figure, Elizabeth Tsvangirai (nee Macheka) told the Daily News at a memorial event she hosted…
Just under 14 months after assuming power from former president Robert Mugabe’s rule, the new administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing from the past. When Mnangagwa came to power in November 2019, his government immediately set out to win the hearts and minds of the international community which had…
Top National Prosecuting Authority lawyer Chris Mutangadura has been transferred to Guruve in a move that has shocked the legal fraternity. In an internal memorandum dated February 7, recently-confirmed Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi told the highly competent youthful lawyer — who is the director of the Economic Crimes Unit — that all cases that he had been…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has developed a knack for blaming everything that has gone bad in Zimbabwe on social media a default mode that has seen it shutting down the Internet recently. When angry Zimbabweans poured onto the streets to demonstrate against a 150 percent increase in fuel prices last month, government blamed social media for…
Armed soldiers are now a familiar sight at public schools throughout the country in the wake of an on-going strike by teachers, resulting in parents, guardians and learners living in fear. Teachers’ unions told the Daily News on Sunday this week that there has been a heavy presence of military personnel especially in high density suburbs…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has demanded a “credible, neutral, and recognisable” mediator to present a plan for negotiations with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the worsening political and economic crises ravaging what was once Africa’s most promising nation. On Thursday, Mnangagwa rejected a conditional offer from the opposition party to enter into formal talks under…
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emotions and cause great damage to the country. In a paper on the current political tensions in the country, two of the church’s senior officials also urged…
