HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Mugg and Bean (M&B) franchise owner Shingi Munyeza, has shut down one of the exclusive restaurant’s joints — Avondale branch — following non-renewal of its lease. Munyeza — who also holds the seafood-themed Ocean Basket and pub-restaurant News Café franchises — told the Daily News that they were looking around for a…
HARARE – The Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) has called for foreign-trained medical students to register with the body, so that the professionals get familiarised with the local health system. This comes as Zimbabweans are increasingly seeking medical training in other countries. In a statement, the Council said: “It has come to…
HARARE – The health sector’s $520 million 2018 budget allocation remains too low, despite Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa having increased it from $454 million, Health minister David Parirenyatwa said. He said there was a lot of damage, wear and tear at the hospitals that needs to be fixed. “Our target was $1,1 billion, it’s still…
HARARE – The number of cholera cases in Chegutu has risen to 73 from 18 recorded on January 19, this year. A recent visit by the Daily News to the town last Friday, led by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society, revealed that health officials have escalated intervention efforts, with several organisations working day and night…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga last Friday mocked graduates, saying some of them have more than two degrees but had never been on a plane, while he hailed comical Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba. In a speech read on his behalf by Lands minister Perrance Shiri at Harare City Library during the launch of…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is still pursuing plans to change the city’s roads from tar to concrete roads. The move is part of plans to rehabilitate the city badly damaged 6000 km road network. In an interview, the local authority’s roads operations manager, George Munyonga, said the city was still figuring out…
HARARE – Power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is considering introducing a scheme that will see users contributing to the maintenance and repair of their communities’ electricity infrastructure. This comes as Zesa’s efforts to replace vandalised equipment are being hampered by financial challenges, against increased vandalism of transformers and power lines. Speaking in the National assembly…
HARARE – Health minister David Parirenyatwa has said drugs shortages in the country’s public hospitals will soon end as government has managed to secure medicines through money collected from the airtime levy. Parirenyatwa made the revelation in the National Assembly last week after Zanu PF MP for Bindura North Kenneth Musanhi asked the minister about…
HARARE – Government has suspended private-public partnerships for hospitals, arguing the arrangements were not viable. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Health minister David Parirenyatwa said they were going to review the programme and see whether they can continue or not in the future. “The issue of private-public-partnership started long ago but it was…
HARARE – In the wake of Operation Restore Legacy, the ranks of the young, educated and angry is swelling. The economic boom they anticipated when they marched on that historic November 18 Saturday has remained pie in the sky. Armed with honours degrees, better educated than their parents, wired to the world and sceptical of…
