NETHERLANDS BASED Zimbabwean contemporary musician Vimbai Zimuto’s controversial music video Handigone and gospel star Janet Manyowa’s video for the song Many Blessings have made it onto the playlist of the continent’s top music channel —Trace Africa. Making it onto Trace Africa is a big deal for local artistes as the channel is widely regarded as…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday announced that voter registration will now resume starting next month after having suspended the exercise due to Covid-19 pandemic. Zec chief executive officer Utloile Silaigwana said all the registration activities will be held in line with the Health ministry’s Covid-19 measures. “Zec would like to announce that following the…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says Zimbabwe is now battling to eradicate drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) at a time when the health delivery system is stretched by the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed that globally, 1,4 million people from over 80 countries faced challenges in accessing TB treatment in…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking at least US$365 million for emergency food security and nutrition interventions in the country. Though the country expects a record bumper harvest this season, WFP said the recent increase in prices of food in the country remained a key driver of food insecurity in urban populations. In a…
THE challenges affecting the operations of healthcare funders and healthcare providers will be the subject of discussion in a webinar to be co-hosted by the Daily News on March 31, with a view to coming up with interventions to rescue the sector. To be held in partnership with Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas), the…
TWO directors of a local company accused of altering a presidential scholarships advertisement by referring prospective applicants to their mobile number before posting it on their website have been granted $10 000 bail each. Etinos and Julius Mudzamba, who are charged together with their company Vacancy Mail Media, spent the weekend in jail following their…
SUSPECTED land baron Felix Munyaradzi has accused police commissioner Erasmus Makodza of causing his arrest in a bid to avoid paying his debts. Munyaradzi is in custody after surrendering himself to the police last Friday and appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guuriro yesterday on allegations of interfering with a witness in a case in which…
THE government will embark on ambitious Internet connectivity projects as it sets out to establish 13 more telecommunication tower sites, 1 187 mobile network sites and connect additional health centres and schools. In his policy statement yesterday at the virtual International Telecommunications Union World Summit on the Information Society forum, Information, Communication Technology (ICT) minister…
ZANU PF has been hit by fresh chaos, with the party’s highly divisive and recently restored District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) at the centre of the latest commotion. The DCCs — which were scrapped in 2012 at the height of Zanu PF’s factional, tribal and succession wars, in the twilight of the late former president Robert…
SOUTH Africa faces more travel restrictions than any other country in the world to approximately 120 countries is either completely prohibited or strictly limited to emergency exemptions in line with the global Covid-19 pandemic. As the world continues to grapple with Covid-19 containment measures amid fears of a resurgence, international travel remains severely restricted. The…
