AFTER a considerably long period on the sidelines, coaches of the big three clubs — Dynamos, Highlanders and CAPS United — hope the domestic football season will soon kick off amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as government revealed it is currently working on a roadmap with the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and other…
THE Health ministry has been sued over increasing mortality rates and maternal deaths that resulted from alleged closure of municipal clinics since July. The closure of health facilities followed an industrial action by nurses who had downed tools since May demanding better working conditions and remuneration. In the application filed before the High Court, Combined…
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed mobile network operator, Econet Wireless, was last night crowned the best performing company on the local bourse at the Financial Gazette’s Top Companies Survey 2020 sponsored by financial services giant, Old Mutual Zimbabwe. Leading beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation, was the first runner-up, while retail outlet OK Zimbabwe was crowned second runner-up….
CIVIL society organisations have expressed concern over government’s failure to provide promised coronavirus (Covid-19) cushioning allowances and social safety nets, a development which has left many vulnerable members of the community failing to meet their basic needs, the Daily News reports. This comes as the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that 8,6 million people…
TWITTER has automatically activated extra account protection for politicians and key figures in the forthcoming US election. A select group of election-related accounts will have to make immediate changes to improve their security. Twitter was the victim of one of the most significant hacks of a social network in history, in June. It said it…
ONE of the country’s finest guitarists and music producer Clive “Mono” Mukundu, has launched his third book titled Vacuum which looks at the rights of the boy-child. The launch was held online in line with lockdown measures which outlaw crowd gathering. The 115-page book talks of neglected men’s issues while much attention is being given…
THE Old Mutual Heath Streak Academy Trust has hired talented and now retired cricketer Tafadzwa Muzarawetu, pictured, to join their coaching department. The appointment of Muzarawetu, a former Mashonaland Eagles seamer, comes at a time the academy has been restructuring to enhance their development strategy. Muzarawetu, 29, who hails from Glen View in Harare, played…
THE MDC has directed its interim president Thokozani Khupe to stop being part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) until she gets the mandate from the party’s congress, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe joined Polad as the presidential candidate of the MDC-T that she formed ahead of the July 31,…
WOES continue to mount for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, after she was hit with a US$6 000 lawsuit for failing to pay for water supplied to her. Hesno Holdings, trading as Water To You, cited Marry as a respondent in the summons filed before the High Court and are demanding payment of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday renewed his calls for national dialogue after meeting Catholic bishops and other clerics in Harare, as he bids to end the country’s decades-old myriad challenges,” the Daily News reports. At the same time, Mnangagwa also hailed his party’s engagement with South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) — which recently dispatched…
