By Rutendo Ngara SOME parts of Manicaland province have experienced the effects of the resurgent, but now dissipating tropical storm Freddy, after some schools’ roofs were blown off by strong winds. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Civil Protection department deputy director Farai Hokonya said although most parts of the country received some rains, there…
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri says more than 47 000 ex-liberation war combatants and war collaborators were not vetted with others due to various reasons, including failure to travel to certain district offices. This comes as last year the government embarked on a vetting exercise for non-combatant cadres and war collaborators to ascertain the deserving beneficiaries…
By Yvonne Ncube POLITICAL parties and civil society organisations are focusing on and mobilising potential voters, notably young people, in an effort to take advantage of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) final 10-day voter registration blitz. The exercise started on Sunday and is expected to be completed on March 22. It is the final voter…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has partnered with Unicef to scale up immunisation efforts in rural areas where some children have been left out. In its recent report titled; “Reaching communities at risk of vaccination”, WHO said they were supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to increase vaccination coverage for vaccine-preventable diseases. “Unicef and WHO are…
Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITERS TITLE-WINNING gaffer Norman Mapeza is convinced that the fourtime Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum now have depth in their forward line after two recent arrivals at the club, Jarrison Selemani and Perfect Chikwende made a big impression in the Castle Challenge Cup win over Bulawayo Chiefs at the weekend….
VETERAN gospel musician Amos Mahendere has called out his “self-centered” brother-the award-winning Minister Michael Mahendere-for “stealing” his plans to set up a…
THE 10-day final mobile voter registration before the August harmonised elections commenced nation-wide yesterday with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) targeting to register 400 000 new voters. Zec has deployed 1 970 officers to 4 474 mobile voter registration centres across the country. Voter registration is intended to ensure that everyone entitled to vote can…
A HIGH school pupil who, with a friend, allegedly faked his own kidnapping in a bid to make his parents cough up…
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said his generation of African leaders, including those before him, only won political freedom – it was up to…
FORMER Health minister Obadiah Moyo has been invited to make a presentation as a guest speaker at the International Conference on Nephrology to be held in Spain this October. Nephrology is the subspeciality of internal medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the kidney. The theme of the conference would be…
