CHEVRONS coach Dave Houghton, pictured, is looking for a victorious ending to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B when they take on Netherlands in the final at Queens Sports Club this afternoon. The locals beat Papua New Guinea by 27 runs in a semifinal played at Queens on Friday while Netherlands accounted for…
POLICE have dismissed a report circulating on social media alleging that they intercepted a large shipment of weapons in Matabeleland that were…
THE mushrooming of Shebeens in the country’s high density suburbs is contributing to teen pregnancies and early marriages in Zimbabwe, the National…
POLICE in Matabeleland North Province have arrested a pharmacist for theft of family planning pills at Victoria Falls Hospital. Tafadzwa Mudyiwevhu, 41, was arrested after he cunningly devised a plan to steal family planning tablets which he intended to later sell for personal gain. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said: “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)…
AS Zimbabwe inches towards next year’s much awaited harmonised elections, professor of world politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies Stephen Chan predicts that Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa could win the presidential poll, with Zanu PF once again recording a parliamentary landslide. In a wide-ranging interview…
THE ruling party’s Generation 40 (G40) faction is regrouping and has launched a breakaway party called Zanu PF Original, which is in the process of persuading self-exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere to lead the organisation and challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next year’s crunch elections. Addressing a media conference at Flame Lily Lodge in…
PARLIAMENT has raised concern that the government is acting outside the law by releasing devolution funds and signing agreements without its approval. This comes after the deputy minister of Local Government Marian Chombo presented a ministerial statement on the procurement of fire tenders from Belarus, after legislators summoned her to explain how the decision to…
THE government has embarked on a 10-day mass treatment of trachoma in an effort to prevent the public from getting blind. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by bacteria chlamydia trachomatis, and if it is left untreated can cause blindness. In a statement yesterday, the ministry…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced a 48-hour water shedding schedule owing to maintenance works at one of its reservoirs. BCC town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said the introduction of the schedule was meant to allow the repair of burst pipes that had resulted in huge water losses. “We will be introducing an emergency…
THE government is set to provide 1 000 people with disabilities in the country with revolving loans and special grants amounting to US$1 000 per individual. Speaking in the National Assembly last week after parliamentarians enquired what the government was doing with regard to supporting persons with disabilities making a living through begging on the…
