PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter Tariro features in a movie titled Gonarezhou which is set for a world premiere this month in Los Angeles on the 17th and 21st. The anti-poaching film has also been nominated for the Best First Feature Narrative at the Pan African Film Festival. Tariro has a traceable record in the fight…
MEMBERS of Highlanders’ squad from last season will have to convince new technical manager Mark Harrison that they deserve a place on the roster for the 2020 Castle Lager Premiership campaign. The Briton, who officially started his job with the Bulawayo giants last week after finally securing his work permit, has been assessing the current…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) says the government must ensure mobile operators accept infrastructure sharing concept for the country’s telecommunications industry to develop. Speaking after touring the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (potraz) base station in Maitengwe on Tuesday, the chairperson of the ICT committee Chalton Hwende, pictured, said…
HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday revealed that Zimbabwe now has 300 testing kits for the 2019 Novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation says is now officially referred to as COVID-19. Previously, Zimbabwe was relying on neighbouring South Africa to diagnose suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus as its laboratories did not…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, lost her application to be allowed access to her matrimonial Borrowdale home, pending the hearing of a Supreme Court appeal filed by her husband. Marry — who is facing fraud, attempted murder, externalisation and money laundering charges — is currently out of custody on bail. Her application was…
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday warned newly sworn-in magistrates to uphold professionalism to improve the justice delivery system. Hodzi’s sentiments came a few days after he publicly admitted that corrupt cartels had captured State and private institutions, including the judiciary, stifling the fight against corruption. He was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of 16 magistrates at…
THE government has revealed plans to introduce a coupon scheme to assist the vulnerable to purchase mealie meal which was recently increased from $50 to $70. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube briefed Cabinet on the action taken to normalise the roller meal supply situation. “Government thus moved in to redress the…
A TOTAL of five schools in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central yesterday received 50 state-of-the-art laptops from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) meant to boost e-learning in rural areas. Among the five schools that benefited were Chomutukutu Primary and Secondary schools, Gwangwava High School, Magaranhewe Secondary School and Maswaire Primary with each school…
IN A dramatic turn of events, it has emerged that the newly-installed leadership of Zanu PF’s youth league may now be pushing for the expulsion of the wing’s suspended executives from the ruling party, the Daily News reports. This comes as details are emerging that the suspended youth league leaders apparently approached intelligence chiefs and…
FLOODS have killed one person and left more than 20 families stranded, after torrential rains pounded Matabeleland North this week, the Daily News reports. The floods came exactly a year after Cyclone Idai battered Zimbabwe and killed hundreds of people in Manicaland and parts of Masvingo. The floods which hit Matabeleland North followed a deluge…
