AUTHORITIES say they are working on retaining human capital skills, which currently stand at 32 percent as most skilled personnel have left the country in search of greener pastures. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Skills Audit minister Paul Mavima said surveys made by his ministry since 2018 show that Zimbabwe has a 68 percent…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A HERD boy from Inyathi, Matabeleland North Province, has been sentenced to an effective 17 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing his employer’s daughter on three separate occasions. Mukuli Nleya, 39 appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mnkandla facing rape charges. He denied the charges and…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA A FORMER police officer, Manas Mbano, 43, from Hwange in Matabeleland North Province has been sentenced to an effective seven months’ imprisonment after being found guilty of stealing bricks. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), a local magistrate sentenced the accused to 12 months’ imprisonment of which four months were suspended…
THE Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) on Tuesday clarified that it has not invited or accredited Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party…
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is set to hold its elective congress soon after President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave them the green light. This comes as the last congress was held in 2013, in Masvingo where Christopher Mutsvangwa was elected as the substantive chairperson. The ZNLWVA elective congress was supposed to be held…
By Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw ZIFA Normalisation Committee (NC) boss Lincoln Mutasa has revealed that Fifa has committed to paying a foreign coach for the country’s senior men’s national football team who will be assisted by local coaches. The Zifa NC are in the hunt for a substantive coach to lead the Warriors for the upcoming…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF youth league boss, Tino Machakaire, has quashed fresh tittle-tattle in the country about President Emmerson Mnangagwa staying in office beyond 2028. This comes after the ruling party’s youth structures in Masvingo reignited national debate on the subject at the weekend after it once again urged Mnangagwa to extend his…
THE move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a commission to probe Harare City Council affairs was long overdue and expectations from ratepayers and ordinary residents are very high. Mnangagwa on Friday appointed retired High Court judge, Justice Maphios Cheda, to investigate alleged corruption and financial mismanagement in the municipality dating back to 2017. A…
By Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zwZIMDANCEHALL star Killer T, who was born and bred in Mbare, will retrace his footsteps to Harare’s oldest suburb this weekend. Killer T, currently riding the crest of a wave thanks to his latest single Kana Ndanyura, is scheduled to share the stage with Zimdancehall and Zim Hip Hop stars at…
DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual, recently hosted a financial literacy training session for women at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Showgrounds in Harare. The training was held in collaboration with the Audacious Women and Old Mutual said the programme showed the group’s unwavering commitment to championing financial education for previously marginalised groups.“In collaboration with Audacious Women,…
