HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was pleased by Milton Ncube’s performance during Sunday 2-1 win over Nichrut FC in a Castle Lager Premiership match at the National Sports Stadium. Ncube was instrumental throughout the afternoon as he provided assists for both goals scored by Wisdom Mutasa and Hardlife Zvirekwi. Makepekepe took the lead…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers and deploy them at Zanu PF headquarters — as he comes under growing pressure to dump the deadwood that worked for decades with ousted former leader Robert Mugabe. At the same time, the Daily News has reliably been told that the ruling party…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) yesterday broke with its past tradition of looking for a high-profile leader, after it elected into office unassuming Glen Norah councillor Herbert Gomba as its 45th mayor and 12th since 1980. While this is not written in law, the position of mayor of the capital city has traditionally been…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government’s donation of 10 white rhinos to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and have since launched an online petition for the reversal of the decision. According to the online petition started by the Zimbabwe Tourism Centre, Zimbabwe needs to protect the country’s resources. “The government of…
HARARE – MDC Youth Assembly chairperson Happymore Chidziva was yesterday arrested for allegedly inciting public violence during a preelection campaign rally in Gweru. to a statement released by MDC, Chidziva was detained at Harare Central Police Station before being transferred to Gweru. “National Youth leader…Chidziva has presented himself at the Harare Law and Order where…
HARARE – Harare Central Hospital is struggling to cope with a surging number of women seeking free maternal health services — creating bed shortages in the process at one of the country’s major referral centres. This comes as some council-run polyclinics are still charging maternity fees, eight months after government policy to scrap them. Health…
BULAWAYO – Family members of the late Kiliyon Sonke Babuyile Bhebhe, 90, are not happy that Zanu PF has shot down proposals that he be declared a national hero. Bhebhe died in Chinhoyi last Tuesday. The party’s politburo turned down an application by Zanu PF’s Mashonaland West province to honour the liberation war veteran who…
HARARE – Parents have expressed concern over the current economic crisis characterised by liquidity challenges and price hikes, as schools open for a new term today. At the same time, teachers have also warned of a bleak term that lies ahead for both scholars and themselves if government ignores their plight and welfare. Most of…
HARARE – A survey into the employment costs of Zimbabwe’s five major cities indicates that more than 50 percent of their expenditure goes towards salaries. The report titled “Cities in Distress Municipal Budgeting and Financial Management Survey” showed that service delivery gravely suffered because of this. The report findings come as councils are failing to…
HARARE – In the aftermath of the announcement of the presidential results, independent electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) publicised its sample based observation (SBO) results projection. The SBO results were consistent with the official results as announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) with a margin of error of plus or minus…
