THE government, in partnership with Unicef, has capacitated 74 schools in Matabeleland and Harare provinces through its Water and Sanitation Hygiene Project (WASH) to fight Covid-19. The schools received water tanks to be installed at entry points, hand sanitisers and soap for use by learners as part of the country Covid-19 prevention measures. This comes…
THE property market is looking very promising this year with award winning property developing company West Property increasing the number of projects from five last year to 14 this year. The affordable lifestyle property developer is promising “never to be missed opportunities in 2023” under its “Bringing Dubai to Zimbabwe” mantra. Company CEO and award…
By Cloud Fusire DEFENDING Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum have embarked on a two-week training camp, as they set their sights on a record fifth successive top-flight title. The Zvishavane-based side travelled to Bulawayo for an intensive 14-day camp ahead of the upcoming season that is set to kick off in March….
DEBATE on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) preliminary delimitation report will go a gear up today and tomorrow in Parliament. The report attracted controversy, some bordering on triggering a constitutional crisis, after some stakeholders felt it was compiled un-procedurally. A parliamentary ad-hoc committee which went through the report and presented its findings on Friday in…
By Ashley Moyo -RIDING Zimbabwean dancehall star, Winky D added another feather to his cap after he won the Best Male Artist (Southern Africa) at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) held in Dakar, Senegal at the weekend. AFRIMA, dubbed Africa’s biggest music event, which is held in partnership with The African Union (AU), seeks…
Ashley Moyo COMEDIAN Taurai Boora, better known as Gringo Junior, took home the People’s Choice Award sponsored by Zimbabwe’s leading privately-owned national commercial television station, 3Ktv at the Jakwara Short Film Competition, which took place on Saturday in the capital. The Jakwara Short Film competition, organised by Nhaka Productions in partnership with the Cinema Society of Zimbabwe,…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has shifted its focus and will now only investigate fraud cases involving over US$100 000. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda Moyo said: “Zacc will be going for cases where potential or actual prejudice is a minimum of US$100 000, that means in our investigations, we are…
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is set to pay US$15 000 in damages to a 13-year-old boy who was electrocuted in 2019 and suffered severe electrical burns. This comes after the family wrote to the company requesting compensation for damages caused by the gross negligence of ZETDC employees. The young boy is…
Regis Chingawo and Brighton Muronzereyi CONCERNS are growing that the country could witness fresh sharp hikes in the prices of basic goods if authorities don’t deal urgently with the resurgent foreign currency parallel market, which has seen the Zimbabwe dollar weakening markedly in recent weeks. This comes as the seemingly jinxed local currency has now gone…
Ketty Nyoni UNICEF says it needs about US$47.8 million to, among other things, offer humanitarian assistance to three million people, which includes two million children in the country. In a report at the weekend, Unicef said of those two million children who needed humanitarian aid, 1.1 million would be in need of lifesaving health, HIV…
