WHEN Khama Billiat scored the leveller for Yadah in the one-all draw with four-time champions FC Platinum at The Heart Stadium, it marked another day when his contribution had rescued the Miracle Boys. At 34, Billiat, alongside experienced striker Evans Rusike, have been vital cogs in a Yadah side that is slowly beginning to find…
By Ketty Nyoni ALL-INCLUSIVE national dialogue involving all key stakeholders such as political parties, the church, labour, business and civil society players remains the best way to resolve Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. So says the administrator of one of the two main factions of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Jameson Timba — who adds that…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) is targeting Bulawayo’s high risk veld fire areas in awareness campaigns to reduce fire outbreaks as the season approaches. The veld fire season starts in July. Speaking at a National Fire Week launch yesterday, the Ema planning and monitoring officer, Oppah Ruzawe said its awareness campaigns were crucial in the…
SENATORS have implored authorities to subsidise patients seeking renal treatment at public hospitals, as many people are failing to access these services due to the astronomical costs involved. Raising a motion in the Senate last week, Sessel Zvidzai of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said the treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) was too…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE POWER utility Zesa and the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) are engaged in finding ways to curb rampant vandalism of the State-owned company’s electricity infrastructure across the country. Speaking yesterday at a mitigating power and energy vandalism symposium at the UZ, Higher Education minister Amon Murwira applauded the engagement between the two institutions….
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE Sports Writer DYNAMOS gaffer Genesis Mangombe faces a tough test when he leads his troops into battle against FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium today in a match whose result will determine his future at the country’s most successful club. Mangombe has been increasingly under pressure in recent weeks after an indifferent start…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced that he had approved the licensing of Starlink’s highspeed Internet by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz). Starlink is a low earth orbit (Leo) satellite operator owned by global conglomerate Space X run by the US-based multi-billionaire Elon Musk. Starlink’s local partner is IMC…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE government has called on the private sector and civil society to support in providing assistive technology to persons with disabilities. Assistive technology are products or systems that support and assist individuals with disabilities to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Speaking at the launch of the government’s assistive…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has implored the government to improve its resource distribution mechanisms in delivering basic services to ensure the ordinary citizens benefit from the country’s development projects. In a statement yesterday to mark the 11th anniversary of the adoption of the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe, the ZHRC said the State should…
BY BRYN MATONGO AUTHORITIES say they are not going to introduce price controls in the market as this will destabilise the economy to the detriment of ordinary people. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to protect citizens and the recently introduced new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), from the harmful activities of foreign…
