MORE than half of Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s lettable unit shops in the Central Business District (CBD) are operating without valid licences, resulting in significant revenue losses for the local authority. According to minutes from a full council meeting held yesterday, only 34 percent of the 1 323 lettable unit shops inspected were found to…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER HANDE High School beat off competition from 11 other schools to claim back-to-back Govasberg Schools Soccer Tournament crowns in Chikomba. St Francis of Assisi, Kwenda, Riversdale, Chapwanya, Mahusvu, Daramombe, Murambinda B, Buhera and hosts Madzivire were among the teams that competed in the tournament in which Hande secured a nervy…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER THE Roland Park Open, one of the Zimbabwe Golf Association’s major tournaments, gets underway in Zvishavane today with a host of the country’s leading amateur golfers set to take part. With the two-day tournament carrying World Amateur Golf Ranking points, Alex Mawere, president of the Midlands Provincial Golf Union is anticipating…
Yvonne Ncube In BULAWAYO POLICE in the Midlands Province are investigating three separate murder cases that occurred between August 3 and 5, all of which stemmed from violent altercations during beer-drinking sessions. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed that in one of the cases, which occurred on August 4 at Chibhon’ashuro Business Centre in…
THE office of the Auditor-General has raised serious concerns over widespread fuel mismanagement and financial irregularities in several of the country’s public health institutions. In a report recently tabled in Parliament, acting Auditor-General Rhea Kujinga flagged critical weaknesses in fuel and expenditure controls across eight health institutions, including Provincial Medical Director (PMD) offices in Mashonaland…
By Emmanuel Marambe ZIFA’s revenues have vaulted to US$4,1 million for the year ended December 2024, as a sense of stability, good governance and confidence in the local soccer regulating body sweeps across its corridors. Although the Eastlea-based institution has continued to encounter a few teething problems in so far as catering for its national…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER MANY Castle Lager Premier Soccer League teams will fancy their chances against struggling Dynamos but not defending premiership champions, Simba Bhora. Despite currently sitting second from bottom of the league with a meagre 19 points, lowly DeMbare have beaten log leaders Simba Bhora twice this season. The Glamour Boys opened…
SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw THE Queen of amapiano, Sha Sha has promised to deliver an electrifying performance at the Fiesta Fiesta Festival at Belgravia Sports Club in Harare tomorrow. Sha Sha, who won the BET Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act award at the 2020 BET Awards, making her the first Zimbabwean to receive this…
WHEN the government introduced a sugar tax on soft drinks in 2024, the aim was double-pronged — discouraging excessive sugar consumption while at the same time raising funds for healthcare improvements, particularly for cancer treatment. The importance of the sugar tax was underscored in Parliament recently by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube in his 2025 mid-term…
By Brandon Josphat jophatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will continue to act with great care going forward to maintain the current relative ZiG and prices stability, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said yesterday. Speaking in Harare during a highly-subscribed midterm budget review forum that was hosted by the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Ncube vowed…
