ZIMBABWE netball captain Felisitus Kwangwa made her long-waited debut in the Vitality Netball Superleague in Surrey Storm’s 40-42 win against London Pulse on Saturday. Storm got off to a winning start but could not complete the weekend double after going down 41-53 to Saracens Mavericks 24 hours later. “It was a dream come true…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in four new ministers at State House. The four include a Cabinet minister, a provincial affairs minister and two deputy ministers. Chikomba Central MP Felix Mhona took the oath of office as minister of Transport. The post was left vacant following the death of national hero Joel Biggie Matiza last…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO PENSIONERS in Bulawayo have implored the city council to revise new council rates which they say are beyond their reach. Pensioners told the Daily News that their payouts, which range between $400 and $1 500, are not enough to cater for bills that amount to almost $5 000 per month. Henry Lunga, a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has added two more weeks to the Covid-19 lockdown as authorities prepare to inoculate 60 percent of its citizens after receiving 200 00 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from China earlier today. MORE TO FOLLOW…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, yesterday urged the country’s political leaders to work in the interest of all Zimbabweans and emulate the spirit of magnanimity that was a hallmark of the late founding father of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai. Speaking on the third anniversary of Tsvangirai’s death, Mwonzora also…
Loyd Matare STAFF WRITER matarel@dailynews.co.zw THE government must formulate policies to support and increase the participation of women and girls in science, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said. ZLHR made the call on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science which is celebrated once every year on February…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PEOPLE with disabilities have been ranked the most vulnerable in Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 era as their monthly incomes have shrunk by 50 percent, putting them much lower than the poverty datum line, the United Nations has said. This comes as the government has been struggling to fulfil its…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A TSHOLOTSHO man is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed with a knife several times in the stomach, leaving his intestines protruding. The man, whose identity was not revealed, told the Tsholotsho Magistrate’s Court that he was stabbed when he tried to stop his attacker, Ndabezihle Matrabuli, 42,…
WHEN the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) signed agreements with the football federations of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Rwanda and Burundi back in 2015 , few would have guessed that this was the start of an era of football diplomacy that will result in the transformation of the beautiful game on the continent. Six years since…
Back Edward WHEN a colleague asked me the other day if I was willing to get a Covid-19 jab I didn’t hesitate to say “yes”. This was after learning that Zimbabwe was set to receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from China. Who wouldn’t want a jab knowing that a vaccine helps a person…
