HARARE – Absa Premiership outfit Cape Town City were forced to make a last-minute signing of Zimbabwe international goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva following freak injuries to two of their senior keepers. The Citizens confirmed the signing of Mkuruva earlier this week, whose contract with Dynamos expired at the end of last season and with club owner…
HARARE – There was all-round agreement yesterday that the much-anticipated 2018 presidential election would be another titanic contest between popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe — or a nominee of the increasingly frail nonagenarian. Zanu PF insiders and political analysts who spoke to the Daily News said with former Vice President Joice…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s collapsing public health sector could plunge into total chaos this week, after long-suffering State doctors issued a warning to go on strike on Wednesday — unless President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government honours its promise of improving their conditions of work. This comes as hundreds of thousands of civil servants, who include teachers,…
HARARE – At least 110 million condoms were distributed in 2016 alone a figure which ministry of Health officials say shows that Zimbabweans are now playing it safe. In a statement ahead of the International Condom Day tomorrow, the ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) said the female condom was slowly gaining popularity. This…
HARARE – Stakeholders have called upon government to drop the new education curriculum until there are adequate resources to implement it. Several education experts who spoke to the Daily News said although the country’s education sector has lurched from one crisis to another, with teachers striking over poor working conditions and children dropping out of…
HARARE – In an effort to deal with increasing smuggling and drug trafficking, government is planning to introduce drones to patrol the country’s porous borders, deputy minister of Home Affairs Obedingwa Mguni revealed to Senate last week. Speaking during last week’s question and answer session, Mguni said they were targeting to improve the country’s weak…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Radio Day today, the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (Zacras) has bemoaned government’s failure to license “people-centred” community radio stations. Zacras chairperson John Chirinda, said community stations are crucial in promoting development, freedom of expression and access to information rights….
HARARE – Danhiko project has been praised for providing the ladder that helps disabled and disadvantaged Zimbabweans to reach the summit of their aspirations and ability. An official from cement manufacturer PPC Zimbabwe, Kelibone Masiyane said this as his company donated 100 desks and 100 chairs to Danhiko Secondary School. “In the task to educate…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is currently touring the country’s provinces holding consultation meetings with community leaders has claimed that chiefs who are known Zanu PF surrogates are now ready to work with him. Speaking to the Daily News through his spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka, while in Masvingo, Tsvangirai, said the level of support…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF youth league boss and the leader of war collaborators Pupurayi Togarepi has thrown lavish praises on President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 next week, claiming that the nonagenarian is actually fitter than most 50-year-olds. In a wide ranging interview with the Daily News, Togarepi also rejected suggestions that he is…
