CENTRAL government is supporting the rehabilitation of Bulawayo’s water infrastructure, in a bid to improve its operational efficiency. Speaking to the Daily News, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, confirmed yesterday that authorities were providing both financial and technical assistance to the city, to perk up its water system. This comes after the Bulawayo City…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw The ruling Zanu PF will hold twocrucial meetings of its highest decision making bodies in Harare today and tomorrow, with the party’s leaders expected to take a definitive position on its much-debated 2030 resolution. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — said last night that one of…
KELIS Ndhlovu lived up to her status as one of Zimbabwe’s leading lights when she delivered an outstanding all-round performance to steer…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night removed Lieutenant General Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe as Zimbabwe National Army commander, and reassigned him as minister of Sport — replacing Kirsty Coventry who was recently elected to the International Olympic Committee president last week. In a statement last night, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya said the…
THE ministry of Health says the inconsistencies and delays in the disbursement of funds by the Treasury has negatively impacted the operations of the country’s health institutions. Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health yesterday, the director of Finance in the ministry, Lynette Tennis, said some suppliers were now holding onto their…
Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS URBAN grooves artiste Trevor Dongo, who sustained burns after his flat in Harare was set ablaze last week, is recovering well, his management confirmed. Following the incident, fellow musicians including Mudiwa Hood and Stunner among others pledged support to the Ndashamisika hit maker as part of efforts…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AMBITIOUS Agama FC have set their sights on winning the Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) title this year and fulfil their dream of playing in the Premier Soccer League. Agama FC, have firmly established themselves as one of the NRSL’s leading clubs and last year finished a commendable sixth in…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO suspected armed robbers, Maramba Vhiya and Takudzwa Maisvoreva, appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday for allegedly robbing prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s in-laws of US$74 000 in Marondera last week. Vhiya and Maisvoreva are facing two counts of armed robbery and were remanded in custody until April 10…
RUTENDO NGARA ZIMASCO (Pvt) Ltd has filed an urgent application at the High Court to bar prominent Harare lawyer Wilson Manase from asserting himself as the company’s corporate rescue practitioner. The company, one of the country’s largest mining and chromite ore smelting firms, is also seeking to set aside a High Court order that purportedly…
THE government has moved to suppress the continued spread of the African armyworm that has wreaked havoc in most parts of the country. To combat the outbreak, the government has availed one truck of chemical Carbaryl per district. The minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, told a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday that the government…
