HIGHLANDERS are not short of suitors with former West Ham coach Hassan Oktay making himself available for the vacant post following Mark Harrison’s departure last week. Harrison returned to his native England last Saturday following a mutual agreement with the Bosso executive to suspend his contract due to the uncertainty brought about by the coronavirus…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has lamented the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak for derailing their renovations at Rufaro and Gwanzura. The two venues were all condemned by the First Instance Body (Fib) which has left all Harare-based teams in a spot of bother. The 2020 Castle Lager Premiership season should have…
©️ DOCTORS have expressed surprise about Zimbabwe’s indefinite coronavirus lockdown, which they say is futile in the absence of an expanded testing and contact tracing programme for the disease, the Daily News reports. This comes amid rising positive cases of coronavirus in the country, which experts believe thrives the most in winter — which is…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has appealed to the government to set up a fund to assist media outlets that have been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the Covid-19 pandemic has hit hard various economic sectors in the country,…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO THE City of Bulawayo must revise downwards its figures for the proposed water intervention projects as the US$74,25 million council is asking for is too high, an engineering contractor has said. This comes after the city director of engineering Simela Dube told an inter-ministerial delegation on Friday that the city requires…
STRIVE MASIYIWA – Writing on his popular Facebook blog following his appointment by the African Union as a Special Envoy to Coordinate the Africa Private Sector Initiative for the Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment and other Essential Supplies, Masiyiwa says the key to stopping the disease in its tracks is to adopt the formula #ITTIT;…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Sunday night said he had ordered the police to institute a full-scale investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of three MDC youth leaders. MDC MP Johanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Christine Marova were allegedly abducted on Wednesday after staging a flash demonstration in Harare’s…
ZANU PF politburo member and former secretary for youth affairs in the ruling party, Absolom Sikhosana, pictured, has died. Sikhosana died at a Bulawayo hospital on Friday night, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu confirmed yesterday. He was 71. “We have just received the news and we are deeply saddened by the passing of…
AS ZIMBABWE celebrates World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, the government is expanding its Information Communication Technology (ICT) reach to all corners of the country. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is commemorated on May 17 annually. ICT minister Jenfan Muswere said Zimbabwe would continue exerting efforts towards ensuring universal broadband connectivity through fostering an…
THERE are disagreements over the state of the water crisis here after independent engineering consultants contracted by the government to offer a second opinion disputed council’s position. Consultants said the three remaining supply dams, namely Insiza Mayfair, Inyankuni and Mtshabezi have adequate water that can last the city for up to 14 months. This comes…
