POWER utility Zesa has embarked on another countrywide blitz which will see it disconnecting all defaulting customers, as it seeks to recover more than US$110 million it is owed in unpaid bills. Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) confirmed the blitz yesterday, while also advising all defaulting customers to clear their…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is collaborating with the government and National Aids Council (Nac) in stepping up efforts to raise awareness on the risk of the disease among youth in high risk areas. This comes as Zimbabwe has achieved 95-95-95 percent 2025 target to end…
A TRADITIONAL healer has appeared before a Harare magistrate for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman several times during the time they were travelling around the country performing cleansing ceremonies. The healer is said to have ruined the woman’s marriage after he confronted her husband over her unborn child.Darlington Mabudo, 49, of Epworth was charged with…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged stakeholders in the education sector to dedicate their efforts towards implementing “heritage-based education”. He was speaking in Harare at the launch of Heritage Based 5.0 book, “Redefining Zimbabwe’s Education System: ED Mnangagwa’s Vision and Transformation”.The education model uses new technologies to provide more humanised teaching…
THE Supreme Court has, for a second time, dismissed an appeal filed by the first batch of recalled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs in October last year. The former opposition lawmakers, who include Prince Sibanda Dubeko, Fibion Kufahakutizwi and Bright Vanya Moyo, among others, filed an appeal against High Court judge Munamato Mutevedzi’s November…
AN AMERICAN who was awaiting deportation after illegally entering Zimbabwe broke out of the temporary holding cell at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and fled, a Harare magistrate heard. Austin Lenard Ray, 50, appeared in court yesterday before magistrate Ruth Moyo where he was charged with contravening the Immigration Act.State prosecutor Nomsa Kangara told…
HUMAN remains, possibly dating back centuries, have been unearthed at a housing development project in Bulawayo, an official has said. The remains…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER PREMIERSHIP champions Ngezi Platinum Stars have taken a giant step towards meeting the Caf/Fifa club licensing requirements after establishing a women’s soccer team, Ngezi Platinum Queens, that will ply its trade in this year’s Northern Region Women’s League. Having an active women’s football team is a prerequisite for any club to…
THREE Zimbabweans are among 31 professionals from across Africa who have graduated from an elite conservation leadership and management fellowship co-facilitated by The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the United Nations. Environment Programme (UNEP). The Zimbabwean graduates are Environmental Management Agency (Ema) legal advisor Linda Masudze, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) environmental governance officer Graham…
YESTERDAY the country marked the national youth day in Masvingo. The day was initially meant to celebrate the birth day of the late president and nationalist Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Mugabe is now late, but his legacy, both good and bad, is still with us. One of his good policies was to introduce a national youth…
