By Pepertua Rojasi UNESCO, in partnership with the Primary and Secondary Education ministry and Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec), has launched a WhatsApp-based application to disseminate academic resources to students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during the launch of the platform titled Dzidzo Pamhatso, Unesco’s regional advisor for education for health and wellbeing Patricia Machawira…
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirai Kwenda yesterday reserved judgment until tomorrow in the case in which the parents of the late socialite Mitchelle “Moana” Amuli, are arguing over her burial arrangements. Moana, who was also popular in showbiz and fitness circles, passed away on November 8 in a horrific accident that also claimed the lives…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE State’s wish to have the MDC Alliance youth leaders Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa tried separately has been by the Harare Magistrates court. This follows the State’s application for separation on the basis that Mamombe was still undergoing treatment for a mental health disorder and could…
Comment: WE RECKON that even Donald Trump — the fibs-addicted, master of conspiracies and troubled outgoing leader of the United States of America — would marvel at the level of lying that has followed the issuance of six television licences by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) last week. For example, a few fantastical…
BEVERLY Sibanda’s husband Mufudzi Chambuka is not pleased with Twitter’s delay in pulling down a parody account in the name of his wife, which he claims is causing “harm” to the exotic dancer. There are a number of accounts on the microblogging platform purporting to be Bev’s and have in recent weeks been posting…
THE International Trade Centre (ITC) has called on East Africa’s young people to embrace e-commerce and tap into global online sales worth $26 million as the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) gets off the ground in 2021. “Online marketplaces could drive inclusive growth across Africa, with e-commerce likely to create as many as 3…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, the Daily News reports. This emerged in Harare at the weekend when Auditor General Mildred Chiri, pictured, spoke to legislators, where she revealed that she…
Blessings Mashaya CABINET ministers in charge of security ministries have pleaded with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to avail more resources to security forces when he presents his 2021 national budget this week, the Daily News reports. Speaking at a pre-budget seminar at the weekend, both Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe implored…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man, who murdered his girlfriend before attempting to commit suicide, has escaped a jail term after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the offence. Richard Nenhowe had invited his girlfriend Angela Dapi to Elizabeth Hotel in Harare for a sex romp, but…
Tarisai Machakaire THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has been joined to a case in which Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande had been personally slapped with costs after she ordered MDC Alliance MP Joana Mamombe to be detained for mental examination. Mamombe is on trial for allegedly falsifying her own abduction and on September 24…
