Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi WHILE key Western countries want Zimbabwe to implement more political and economic reforms, they have welcomed the country’s recent efforts in this regard. Speaking in Harare earlier this week, ambassadors from the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA) and Canada also said their countries would continue to…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE deputy minister of Health Sleiman Kwidini yesterday revealed that at least 35 000 people are affected by Tuberculosis (TB) yearly in the country. Speaking at a Zimbabwe national TB conference in Harare, Kwidini said they were facing a lot of challenges trying to combat TB which has become…
THE government must come up with a legal framework under which it will be obliged to provide free menstrual products to all girls in schools and tertiary institutions, Parliament has said. This comes after the parliamentary portfolio committees of Primary and Secondary Education, Women Affairs and Tertiary Education carried out a fact-finding mission on the…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Aids Council (Nac) is implementing HIV/ Aids prevention strategies at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge targeting youths aged 15 to 24 years. Nac district Aids coordinator Doreen Jambaya told journalists in Chipinge yesterday that HIV/Aids prevention programmes sought to educate young people in the camp, which currently has a population…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has committed to continue assisting Zimbabwe in strengthening its healthcare management systems. Addressing delegates at the 35th Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Programme (JOCV) anniversary in Harare, Jica Zimbabwe representative, Shigeki Furuta, said the Japan government, and through its agency, had dispatched over 570 experts to provide…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITERS ALL eyes will be on the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, tomorrow when he presents the 2025 National Budget — as many Zimbabweans continue to experience serious economic hardships. In this regard, representatives of consumers and workers who were interviewed yesterday prayed that Ncube would do much more…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw MOTORISTS with vehicles unlicensed for the past two years have been given a month ultimatum to do so or risk total deregistration. This comes as police have intensified their blitz against unlicensed vehicles and those unregistered, warning drivers of these cars they would not hesitate to impound them in order…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A ZANU PF Uzumba MP, and his accomplice, a local councillor, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts on allegations of stealing 10 tonnes of donated mealie meal worth US$12 000. The mealie meal was meant to be distributed at a rally that was set to be addressed by President…
RUTENDO NGARA HIGH Court judge Justice Lucy Mungwari last week convicted and sentenced a woman from Ushewokunze, Harare, to 15 years in prison for killing her husband in January this year after he had demanded to visit a nearby bar. According to the State, Memory Marira used an empty bottle to strike her husband, Lovemore…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE is noticing an increase in oral cancers due to poor dietary and smoking, a medical aid society and health service provider, Cimas, has said. As a result, Cimas has opened a dental laboratory in Bulawayo to improve the oral health of local patients. Oral cancer, also known as mouth cancer,…
