GERALDINE Roche Drama, a Bulawayo-based group is set to perform the play Rendition of Les Miserables today and tomorrow at Harare’s Theatre in the Park. The play, written by Victor Hugo and directed by Khally Sibanda, will be performed between 5:30 PM and 7 PM. In the play, after 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean is…
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) must be proactive and deal with the striking Ordinary and Advanced Level examiners’ allowances issue or risk further damaging its reputation. Since taking over from the United Kingdom-based Cambridge examination body in 1995, Zimsec has been under fire over recurring exam leakages putting a spotlight on its credibility. That…
OPERATION of Hope Worldwide has announced plans to resume a $4 million free cleft surgery project in May. The organisation provides free, life-changing surgery and health care for children living with the condition across Zimbabwe. A cleft is a gap or split in the upper lip and or roof of the mouth (palate). The gap…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says Zimbabwe’s military has suffered significantly from the West’s sanctions against the country. Speaking in an interview with a Belgian newspaper, La Libre, during his recent visit to Brussels, Mnangagwa said the sanctions had, for example, made it difficult for the military to acquire sufficient equipment to help fight bandits terrorising Mozambique. In…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya CABINET has approved local mining firm, Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) as the investment partner for resuscitation of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco). Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo, said KMH was recommended as the investment partner under the guidance of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida)….
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on global economies and sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West are stalling the country’s efforts to meet the global sustainable development goals on road traffic safety, Transport minister Felix Mhona has said. Addressing the 84th session and 75th anniversary of the inland transport committee being…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya TEACHERS in Harare generally heeded the government’s call to return to work yesterday, ending their two-week-long strike for better remuneration. This comes after the government gave teachers up to yesterday to end the strike or be deemed to have resigned. A survey carried out by the Daily News yesterday in Harare, noted that normalcy had…
TWO police officers are believed to be part of a gang on the run from SAPS following Monday’s deadly shoot-out in Rosettenville, south of Johannesburg. It is alleged that at least 25 heavily-armed men were on their way to carry out a cash-in-transit heist when they were intercepted by police. The 25 gunmen from KwaZulu-Natal,…
THE recent call by Africa CDC director Dr John Nkengasong, for donations of Covid-19 vaccines with a longer shelf-life of three to…
Hazel Marimbiza AT LEAST 30 percent of horticultural produce in Matabeleland North Province is lost during post-harvest handling, resulting in farmers incurring losses, an Agritex official has said. Speaking to the Daily News in an interview recently, Matabeleland North Agritex provincial officer, Dumisani Nyoni said farmers needed to acquire knowledge on post harvesting processes. “Horticulture post harvesting…
