ZIMBABWE, like the rest of the world, has to come up with new strategies to fight gender-based violence (GBV), especially against women and girls. The media in the country has reported several cases of rape, assaults and other ills against women and girls despite several eff orts and measures put in place by the government…
GRAMMY-NOMINATED American gospel singer Travis Greene, 39, is set to return to Harare for a show to be held at Celebration Centre…
PIUS ‘Jamba’ Mukandi, who allegedly murdered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali and dumped her mutilated body in an abandoned well in Beatrice, will know his fate on December 4. High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba was set to deliver his judgment yesterday, but postponed the matter to next week. “The court has…
By Ketty Nyoni and Brandon Josphat THE government is taking urgent new steps to deal with resurgent price hikes of basic goods — including striving to provide more foreign currency to productive sectors and pursuing unscrupulous traders. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Thomas Utete…
ZIMPLATS yesterday commissioned and handed over two classroom blocks and ablution facilities that were constructed at a cost of about US$380 000 to Turf Primary School in Mhondoro Ngezi District as part of its corporate and social responsibility initiatives. The project is part of the country’s largest platinum producer’s efforts to decongest the elementary school…
STATE prosecutors are set to call Vice President Constatino Chiwenga as their next witness in the case in which his ex-wife, former model Marry Mubaiwa, is accused of attempting to kill him. Mubaiwa allegedly tried to murder the former army general in 2019 while he was receiving treatment at NetCare Hospital in Pretoria, in South…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) says its infectious diseases hospitals have been operating without tuberculosis (TB) drugs for the last two months. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, HCC epidemiologist Michael Vhere said they were expecting to start receiving drugs this week from the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm). “As…
THE Midlands State University has established a 10th faculty, the Built Environment, Art and Design, which aims to address skills shortages identified…
THE United Nations (UN) says there is a need for Zimbabwe to mobilise and commit more financial resources to women’s organisations to curb gender-based violence (GBV). This comes as the country has joined the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (GBV) amid concerns of increased cases. Speaking…
A HARARE man was arrested over the weekend in Chitungwiza after he allegedly incited people to rise and topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power. Blessed Mhembere, 22, stands accused of committing incitement to subvert a constitutional government after he allegedly moved around Makoni Shopping Centre, asking people to join his ’revolution’. Mhembere was brought before…
