AFTER many years of being sidelined from the ODI side, Zimbabwe wicketkeeper and batsman Regis Chakabva is pleased to be back playing international white ball cricket for his country. [GoogleAd] Chakabva’s last ODI appearance had been November 2015 with the Zimbabwe selectors opting to use him more in Test matches. However, due to a number…
CHICKEN Inn coach Joey Antipas is not reading much into Ngezi Platinum Stars’ slow start to the season as the two teams prepare for a potentially-exciting Castle Lager Premiership clash at Baobab Stadium tomorrow. [GoogleAd] The ambitious Mhondoro-Ngezi-based side have had a nightmarish start to the 2019 campaign. Madamburo have already lost twice in three…
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), in collaboration with the ZRP, has launched a training programme to equip their members with investigative skills. Twenty-three law enforcement agents are taking part in the two-month long programme to equip them with knowledge on how to handle reports, compile dockets, manage suspects, principles of criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence…
Harare City Council has conducted more than 10 out-of-town workshops in blatant defiance of a ministerial directive proscribing the costly training programmes. Over the last two weeks, councillors and senior management have been at a three-star hotel in Kadoma conducting strategic workshops which residents argue can be done in Harare. The Local Government ministry has…
THE Education Amendment Bill, which is aimed at placing the responsibility of funding basic education on the State, is dogged with a number of defects, which will eventually scuttle its effectiveness, analysts have said. In an analysis, Veritas — a legal and parliamentary watchdog — said the Bill is saddled with a number of challenges….
THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) yesterday said it is able to meet the country’s demand for blood throughout Independence and Easter holidays. This comes amid a flurry of accidents on the country’s highways ahead of the holidays. [GoogleAd] NBSZ Planning, Information and Research manager Tonderai Mapako said all their five branches are fully…
CHAOS reigned supreme during the MDC Masvingo provincial congress after the party disqualified Tongai Matutu from contesting for the post of provincial chairperson. [GoogleAd] Matutu, who was squaring off against James Gumbi, was disqualified because he doesn’t have five years in the party after he defected to former MDC secretary general Tendai Biti’s People Democratic…
GOVERNMENT says it intends to develop a project implementation manual for the 132-kV Alaska-Karoi Power Transmission Rehabilitation project. [GoogleAd] In a statement, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company said they have received grant funding from African Development Bank (AfDB) and intends to apply part of the grant to boost Alaska-Karoi Power Transmission Rehabilitation project. “Government…
THE late liberation war hero and army commander General Vitalis Zvinavashe’s son has been dragged to court for allegedly mistreating his father’s 56-year-old widow. [GoogleAd] Richard Zivanashe, 50, is accused of chasing his step mother Margaret Zivanashe from the Tynwald plot she inherited from the late liberation war hero. Richard and his friend Ellington Kanengoni…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will have to go back to the drawing board after stakeholders, including residents and vendors, rejected its plans to hike rates by a whopping 57 percent. [GoogleAd] This comes as the city’s fathers have been holding consultative meetings with various interest groups, in the hope of getting support for the upward…
