ZIMBABWEANS showed little appetite for yesterday’s planned national shutdown, with analysts calling on activists to adopt new strategies to push authorities to…
MEN are at the top of the list for mental health patient admissions at Ingutsheni Central Hospital, at 75 percent of the total cases at the country’s biggest referral hospital for such conditions. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ingutsheni Hospital clinical director Wellington Ranga said men who get admitted at the hospital presented multiple mental health…
A Zimbabwean woman, Josphene Mudzingwa, was recently elected as the councillor for Benton, United Kingdom (UK) under the Labour party ticket. The Chirumanzu-born Mudzingwa garnered 1577 votes with the Conservative party candidate getting 534 votes. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Mudzingwa, who has lived in the UK for 22 years, said getting elected as a councillor in a…
THE Zimbabwe Passengers Transport Organization (ZPTO) is targeting to buy 1 300 buses this year after the authorities said they are liberalising the country’s transport sector. Zupco has been enjoying monopoly in the transport sector since 2020 after the government gazetted Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020 putting a blanket ban on commuter omnibuses on the…
VICTORIA Falls City Council is struggling to keep its operations afloat ostensibly because the ongoing loss of value in local currency is immensely eating into its annual budget. This emerged during last Friday’s stakeholders’ consultation over fluctuating economic headwinds which have left the council operating with a deficit of more than $15 million from its…
ZIMBABWEANS are keeping their fingers crossed that the raft of measures announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the weekend will stabilise prices of basic goods, calm the parallel forex market and end the country’s transport blues. This comes after consumers, labour unions and business cautiously welcomed the new policy pronouncements yesterday, while former Finance minister…
THE Johane Masowe sect has committed itself to ending early child marriages among its members, amid rising cases of young girls being…
The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), an umbrella body for civil service servant unions, has called for an immediate review of salaries. In a letter directed to Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Paul Mavima, ZCPSTU) has called for an urgent National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting to consider a…
MAYORS and council chairpersons from across the country have signed performance contracts before local government minister July Moyo. However, some councils did not sign performance contracts, with some saying they needed to consult with their councils first. Bulawayo Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni said he could only make a decision on signing after attending the full…
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume, pictured, accused of influencing council employees to allocate residential stands to his sister and workmate is upping his fight for freedom and will today file an application for quashing of the charges. Mafume initially made an application for further particulars arguing that land allocation is not part of his duties…
