BULAWAYO residents have heaped praise on the local council for the improved water situation in Luveve following an outcry over fears of another diarrhoea outbreak. Last year, at least 13 Luveve residents died of diarrhoea after allegedly drinking contaminated water, with the victims’ families now mooting taking legal action against the Bulawayo City Council (BCC). …
THE local football fraternity is convinced the Warriors have enough talent and arsenal to launch a serious qualification campaign for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the event the team has adequate preparations. Zimbabwe were pooled in a relatively fair Group G that also features West Africa giants Ghana, neighbours South Africa and rising East…
ZIMBABWE top tennis player Benjamin Lock and his partner Akiz Dougaz powered to victory in the final of the M15 Monastir men’s doubles final in Tunisia at the weekend. In the first round, the Zimbabwean and his Tunisian partner outclassed United States’ Evan Zhu and his Bahamas partner Justin Roberts 6-2,6-4 to progress to the…
North Korea has announced it will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics this year, saying the decision is to protect its athletes from Covid-19. The decision puts an end to South Korea’s hopes of using the Games to engage with the North amid stalled cross-border talks. In 2018, both sides entered a joint team…
A decade-long battle over copied code in Google’s Android operating system has ended in the US Supreme Court. Oracle, another tech titan, had sued Google in 2010 for copyright infringement over what it said was copied computer code. Android is now used in an estimated 70% of global smartphones, and damages could have run into…
UNUSUAL blood clots in the brain have been detected in a handful of people after they were injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. These “cerebral venous sinus thromboses” or CVSTs have led some countries – including Germany, France and Canada – to restrict who can be given the jab. The World Health Organization and the European…
Durban – The ANC says it does not see a need to be dragged into the now public speaking notes that former president Jacob Zuma used when he met with the Top 6 early last month. While the notes have outraged others, the governing party’s national spokesperson, Pule Mabe, said they met with Zuma and…
For instance, amidst COVID-19, Zimbabwe faces many challenges. ICT technologies have become an important means to address these difficulties.The CEO of HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Zimbabwe (Private) Limited has published an articleto illustrate its understanding of the current situation in the ICT field in Zimbabwe. RECOUNTING ZIMBABWE’S COLLABORATIVE ICT MILESTONES They say changes call for innovation and…
BULAWAYO-BASED gospel musician Calvin Mangena has, in his new album, warned people against false “prophets”. Mangena popular for his Sezabuya hit song in his new album dubbed Izbongo Ezimbili released a song titled Qaphelani, a Ndebele word meaning “beware” as he warns people against being tricked by false preachers. “This song is a warning to listeners that they should beware of…
AN ONLINE organisation – BrainCentral – has launched an e-learning platform for school children in an effort to cushion them from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as the government recently gave thumbs up to the e-learning strategy with 1 500 schools from across the country set to be connected to the broadband this…
