HARARE – The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for the review of the cholera vaccine following revelations that the infectious disease which broke out in Harare this month is multi-drug resistant. WHO’s disease prevention and control officer Anderson Chimusoro told the Daily News yesterday that the specialised health agency of the United Nations had…
HARARE – Government will provide $500 and two bags of rice to cater for funeral arrangements for each family that lost loved ones in a bus accident which occurred in Polokwane, South Africa. At least nine Zimbabweans perished in the Limpopo Province of South Africa in a road crash involving an Intercape bus travelling from…
HARARE – CBZ Holdings Limited has successfully raised the $75 million required by government to fund the purchase of maize from farmers for the 2018 buying season. In a notice issued yesterday, the bank which is the financial advisor to the Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama), said the grain bills were fully subscribed for. “The Agricultural…
HARARE – Members of the public have been invited to submit information on the politically-motivated violence that rocked central Harare on August 1, resulting in the death of seven people. In a statement, the secretary to the commission, Virginia Mabiza, said the submissions would be protected by law and will be received on a “without…
HARARE – Government will continue to train teachers at various tertiary institutions despite its failure to absorb them owing to a recruitment freeze placed by the Public Service Commission. This was revealed by Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira during a question and answer session in the Senate on Thursday. He was responding to…
HARARE – Lactating female inmates will soon benefit from an open prison system to be introduced by government, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. The new system is meant to ensure that the incarceration of mothers does not infringe on the rights of their children. “I want to advise that those are…
HARARE – Government is mulling prohibiting commuter omnibuses from operating in central business districts (CBDs) in order to restore sanity in city centres, the Daily News can report. The move was first initiated by the Harare City Council (HCC) in February this year only to be reversed by the Local Government ministry, citing inadequate consultations…
HARARE – The election dispute between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will derail the country’s chances of moving forward, outgoing British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing has said. Speaking to journalists at Munhumutapa Offices soon after meeting acting President Kembo Mohadi, Laing beseeched the presidium to work towards ensuring that all stakeholders’…
HARARE – The election dispute between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will derail the country’s chances of moving forward, outgoing British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing has said. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Government is yet to start producing translated versions of the Constitution in the 16 national official languages, five years after the enactment of the law. Speaking in Senate on Thursday, Beitbridge Senator Tambudzani Mohadi queried why the so-called “minority” languages had not yet been given full effect. She said it was saddening that…
