By Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF has dismissed calls for next year’s general elections to be supervised by the United Nations (UN), saying the organisation only does so upon invitation by the government. This comes after the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party claimed recently that it had approached the world body to supervise next…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration has created a fully-fledged procurement management unit and risk and loss control departments as part of aligning the institution to good corporate governance practices, the organisation’s chairperson George Manyaya has said. Zinara created a procurement management unit in 2020 from which the institution is operating under Class A and most…
By Cloud Fusire FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza is not getting carried away despite the fact that his team is well placed to successfully defend the Castle Lager Premiership and Chibuku Super Cup titles. At the weekend, the platinum miners knocked out Harare giants Dynamos from the Chibuku Super Cup via a penalty shoot-out to…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government has finally managed to clear a staggering 170 000 passport backlog dating back to 2019, thanks to the availability of consumables and the introduction of electronic travelling documents. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, registrar general Henry Machiri said Zimbabwe no longer had a passport backlog and that they hope…
By Dionne Kanyowa AN INCARCERATED bar owner, who was convicted by the High Court of murdering a drunken customer by strangling him with a shoe lace over rowdy behaviour, has taken his freedom bid to the Supreme Court. Talent Nyamombe, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail in June by Justice Moses Foroma, maintains…
FLOOD victims in Zvishavane who were last year displaced by council in Mandava after their houses were destroyed have claimed that council has “forgotten” them. The residents claimed that the council had promised to renovate their houses but for over a year now they still live in squatter like areas.Contacted for a comment Zvishavane mayor…
POLICE in Gweru have banned the use of dangerous weapons in public for the second time this year amid reports that the crime rate in the city is on the rise. The banned weapons include machetes, knives, knobkerries, swords and catapults among others. Gweru chief superintendent Tambudzai Gumbo told the Daily News yesterday that the…
By Rutendo Ngara MORE than 120 000 Zimbabweans died of various ailments in just one year, according to the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) report. Announcing the 2022 population and housing census preliminary results on mortality and orphan-hood yesterday in Harare, Zimstat director general Taguma Mahonde said the deaths, which occurred between May 2021…
ROBBERS continue to terrorise the nation with a group of assailants pouncing on a Mt Pleasant, Harare, home and making away with US$56 000 and a Toyota Fortuner (GD6) vehicle on Sunday. The vehicle, which had foreign number plates, was later found dumped at an intersection and two cellphones were also recovered. The police have…
By Ashley Moyo SUCCEEDING like her second name Success, South Africa-based make-up artist Elinah Mangena is up for Best Make-up Artist of the Year gong at the Zikomo Africa Awards which will take place in Lusaka, Zambia this year. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Mangena in her journey as a makeup artist has made it…
