BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer THE country continues to battle with diarrhoea with six more people having succumbed to the disease over the past week, the Health ministry has confirmed. This comes after 10 more people succumbed to diarrhoea at the beginning of last month. This brings the country`s cumulative figures for common diarrhoea to 267…
RELIGIOUS leaders from diverse denominations say there is a need for all stakeholders to collectively mobilise resources to come up with sustainable…
AUTHORITIES have deployed across the country six air ambulances to ferry patients in critical conditions and in need of emergency medical service. This comes after Zimbabwe last year took delivery of 18 medical air, policing, search and rescue helicopters from Russia. It also comes as the country expects to receive another fleet of 32 air…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has unveiled an interactive and educational tool designed to foster a love for learning while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills among children. The new kids’ gaming platform makes education fun by offering a rich collection of games with educational content, carefully curated to support children’s cognitive growth in engaging ways. Econet…
POLICE are investigating a case in which armed robbers got away with US$4 million in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon. The robbers allegedly pounced on a security transit vehicle on the corner of Fife Street and 9th Avenue that was delivering money to a financial institution. Police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident in a statement….
BULAWAYO councillors have shot down a proposal to extend the city’s gruelling water shedding regime from the current 120 hours to 144 hours per week. This comes as two of the city’s six supply dams have been decommissioned with the total dams’ capacity having fallen to below 30 percent. The city’s existing 120-hour water shedding…
By Stella Madzivanyika THE RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe, in partnership with the Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust (ZADT) and the British Embassy, on Wednesday launched the more than US$1 million “Causeway Revolving Fund” for women and youth in agribusiness. Speaking at the launch of the event in Harare yesterday, Karen Maturure, the ZADT communications officer said…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government says it is making efforts to implement compulsory standard measures to curb counterfeits and substandard products on the market. This comes after the Consumer Protection Commission recently said that at least 15 percent of the products sold in many retail shops across Zimbabwe are counterfeit. Speaking during the commemoration…
THE government has called for the capacitation of the media to enhance practitioners’ understanding of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are key in driving development across the country. Speaking to journalists at a media workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Public Service, Simon Masanga said the media had to be…
BULAWAYO city’s water crisis is set to worsen following the decommissioning of Upper Ncema Dam. This becomes the second dam to be retired in less than a year following the decommissioning of Umzingwane Dam in November 2023. In a statement yesterday, acting town Clerk Tennyson Mounzi warned that the decommissioning of Upper Ncema Dam would…
