AFRICA University (AU) has forged a partnership with NCUK, a consortium of leading universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada, as part of efforts to give local students access to international qualifications. NCUK, which attracts students from five continents and over 100 nationalities every year, has helped over 35 000…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zwZESA Holdings executive chairperson Sydney Gata has accused Energy minister Fortune Chasi of undermining efforts to curb corruption at the power company and of working in cahoots with people being investigated for graft, the Daily News reports. This comes after Chasi suspended Gata and ordered the Zesa Holdings board to…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Golf Association (ZGA) has embarked on an ambitious initiative to make the sport more accessible to the general public. The association has set up its new offices at the Country Club in Newlands in Harare and hope from there they will be able to further the game’s development….
THE Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) has postponed the two-day International Conference on Peace and Security (ICPS) which was scheduled to begin at Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, on October 9. ICPS aims to highlight and discuss emerging trends and interrogate challenges to peace and security in Africa through providing a platform for diverse stakeholders…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE decade-long battle for the Murinye chieftainship in Masvingo rages on after an elder brother of the incumbent chief obtained a High Court order compelling the provincial assembly of chiefs to reconvene and decide on the leadership contest. In response, the chief, Ephias Munodawafa, has now sued his brother Milton…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FOREIGN embassies and civil society organisations have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to implement the recommendations of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission which he set up to probe the violence that left at least six people dead after the July 2018 elections. Two years after civilians, mostly innocent, were…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw CHANCES of the 2020 soccer season start are increasingly becoming slimmer by the day, at least judging by the rising number of positive coronavirus cases. The Premier Soccer League (PSL) and the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) had earmarked next month for the 2020 season to start. However, the PSL fears…
ASSISTANT EDITOR THE arrest on Friday of Tsitsi Dangarembga, pictured, an award-winning Zimbabwean author and Booker Prize nominee, has been condemned by fellow artists and social commentators. Dangarembga was on Saturday released on bail after her arrest during an anti-government demonstration. She was ordered to return to court on September 18. Dangarembga was charged with…
EDITOR — The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) continues to receive numerous reports from its Long Term Observers (LTOs) across the country of members of the public who are not maintaining the required social distance, not wearing face masks or washing/sanitising their hands as recommended. Reports from Glen View North, Chitungwiza North, Harare East, Kuwadzana…
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has hiked bus and kombi fares for intra-city routes, citing rising operational costs. Passengers on local routes will now pay $16 for kombis and $8 for buses for a one-way trip. Zupco chief executive Evaristo Madangwa confirmed the development to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday. He said the…
