RUTENDO NGARASenior Staff Writer ZIMBABWE is experiencing a decline in desired fertility rate as educated and affluent women are making a bold choice, no to more babies. In a report released last week, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) noted that although the use of contraceptives was also a major contributor to low birth-rate, most…
RUTENDO NGARA THE minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, says there is a lot of overfishing happening in Kariba and plans are underway to regulate fishing in the area. This comes as the country has been putting in place several programmes to improve fish production in the country, which saw a slight increase in fish production…
BRANDON JOSPHATCHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have issued a warning against the illegal sale and use of Ozempic, a diabetes medication, for weight loss purposes. The Medicines Control Authority Zimbabwe (MCAZ) and the Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe (HPA) on Friday cautioned against the dangers of using this medication without medical supervision. “Recent reports indicate an increase in…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s long-running power crisis will start easing noticeably from next year onwards, when new electricity plants that are under construction come on stream. So says prominent economist and chairperson of the Intensive Energy User Group, Eddie Cross, who added yesterday that the new plants by independent power producers (IPPs)…
Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER THE minister of Home Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe, yesterday issued a notice banning alcoholic drinks manufactured using ethanol, popularly referred in the streets as “kambwa or musombodhiya”. He made the announcement in the Government Gazette. “The minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, in terms of Section 8(2) of the Harmful…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged war veterans to guard against “malcontents bent on advancing neo-colonialism interests”. He said this while addressing thousands of former freedom fighters in Harare at the launch of the Presidential War Veteran’s Empowerment Revolving Fund, where he donated US$2 million. Mnangagwa said Zanu PF members and war veterans needed to remain…
Rutendo Ngara A DOMBOSHAVA man, Succeed Mukaro, was yesterday sentenced to two effective years in jail by Harare provincial magistrate Ethel Chichera for stealing mobile phones valued at US$15 000 from an upmarket shop owned by Miniyothabo Chiwenga, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Mukaro was convicted of unlawful entry. In handing down the…
Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the Sadc chairperson, yesterday described the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu as a dedicated “servant and an astute leader” who pushed the interests of the people. Lungu died on Thursday at the age of 68 at a medical centre in South Africa. In his condolence message…
NEWS EDITOR tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw IT IS crucial that the government acts decisively against pervasive corruption in the country, the United States of America ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, has reiterated. Speaking during her country’s early Independence Day celebrations in Harare on Wednesday, Tremont said corruption was depriving Zimbabweans a better life, while also hampering foreign investment…
Mishma Chakanyuka PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has bemoaned the Harare waste collection crisis, saying the behaviour has to end forthwith as it impacts the public negatively. Speaking during the commissioning of the Geo Pomona Waste Management sorting plant and refuse collection trucks in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the waste crisis has had “dire consequences, ranging from…
