A MAN from Filabusi, Matabeleland South Province, who teamed up with his sister to assault his former girlfriend accusing her of infecting him with a sexually transmitted infection (STI), was yesterday lucky to escape a custodial sentence after he was ordered to perform 350 hours of community service. Mqondisi Sibanda, 25, and his sister Lindiwe…
SOUTH Africa’s poultry farmers and retailers have warned residents to brace for higher egg and chicken prices, as millions of chickens continue…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading telecommunications and technology company, is leveraging its ongoing network upgrade to boost customer experience by improving roaming services for both outbound and inbound roaming customers. “We are taking advantage of our ongoing network upgrades to work with our roaming partners around the world to improve our customers’ roaming experience…
THE much-awaited appointment of the senior men’s national team coach was finally concluded on Thursday with veteran Portuguese expatriate Baltemar Brito being handed the reins on an interim basis until at least June 2024. Given the current local football governing body, the Normalisation Committee’s status as an interim management body that is effectively laying the…
FOLLOWING the success of the recent concert he hosted in the United States (US), award-winning arts promoter Bevan Makaka has promised to host two high profile gigs in Zimbabwe. The US-based promoter said the country is awash with talent but more promoters are needed.“I am now working on bringing a big Jamaican artiste to Zimbabwe.“The…
SCORES of arts groups will descend on Bangira village in Chipinge district today for the 10th edition of Ndau Festival of the Arts (Ndafa).The annual event, to be hosted by Paiyapo Arts Development and Heritage Centre in Bangira village under Chief Musikavanhu, seeks to celebrate the uniqueness of Ndau culture.Running under the theme ‘Ndau Culture:…
THE Church continues to implore Zimbabweans to move away from the country’s polarised politics, as well as the recent elections, and focus more on nation building. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), Tryvis Moyo, said the country’s political leaders should not allow politics and elections to…
By Rutendo Ngara THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has hailed Zimbabwe for continuously increasing and improving demand for integrated sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV services. Local women are receiving comprehensive packages of family planning services such as contraceptives and HIV prevention and treatment services. According to WHO, the one-stop-shop project for HIV and…
THE Rural Electrification Fund (Ref) says it has so far installed electricity at over 10 000 public institutions countrywide. Ref is a statutory body created by the government through an Act of Parliament with a mandate to facilitate provision of energy infrastructure in rural communities for socio economic growth and the general development of rural…
ECONOMIC shocks are the main drivers of food insecurity in Zimbabwe and other southern African countries, an alliance of humanitarian and development actors, the Global Network Against Food Crises has revealed. In its mid-year global report for 2023 released yesterday, the organisation said more needed to be done to stabilise economies in the southern African…
