THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Kupakwashe Muranda, who calls herself “Cake Engineer,” is set to represent Zimbabwe at the African Kids Kidpreneur event in Uganda.The event will bring together young entrepreneurs from across Africa to showcase their talents, share ideas and build networks that promote innovation and business growth.“I love baking and decorating cakes, and I saw a need…
POLICE say they are decentralising the Criminal Investigation Department’s Drugs and Narcotics Unit to provincial level and all ports of entry in a bid to curb the proliferation of drug and substance abuse in the country.This comes as the government recently revealed that it has apprehended more than 3 000 drug peddlers and suppliers as…
FOREIGN exhibitors at this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) are using the platform to unlock strategic investment opportunities.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the Zimbabwe Country Window Coordinator for German company GET.invest, Johan van den Berg, said the platform provided a strategic opportunity to connect investors with viable projects.“We expect the trade fair to…
POLICE in Chimanimani have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly shot his wife, sister-in-law, and a shopkeeper on Independence Day.National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said Francis Makuma Magirayano, 30, who is based in South Africa, is evading arrest.“The suspect, believed to have recently returned from South Africa driving a silver Toyota…
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) yesterday called for an urgent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over worsening welfare concerns.A survey carried by the Daily News in Harare and Bulawayo yesterday showed nurses from major hospitals — Parirenyatwa, Sally Mugabe Central, and United Bulawayo — protesting outside hospital premises holding placards, dancing, and chanting songs against…
ZIMBABWE has launched a targeted polio vaccination campaign in collaboration with neighbouring Sadc countries in a coordinated effort to interrupt poliovirus transmission across the region.In a statement yesterday, the ministry of Health and Child Care said the initiative was being implemented alongside Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia as part of a wider cross-border response to…
THE government has upgraded Mphoengs Border Post in Plumtree as part of efforts to modernise infrastructure and digitalise operations. Speaking during the commissioning of the upgraded facility on Sunday, regional immigration manager for Plumtree, Mphoengs, Maitengwe and Mlambapele border posts, Memory Mugwagwa, said the project marked a major milestone in transforming the border into a…
THE Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) founding chief executive officer, Mandas Marikanda, has stepped down from her position with effect from March 25, 2026.In a statement yesterday, ZWMB board said Marikanda’s departure marked the end of a significant chapter for the institution, which she helped establish and grow since its inception in 2017.“Marikanda has played…
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) will host a technical seminar in Victoria Falls to enhance customer-centricity and digital transformation.The International Social Security Technical Seminar, running from today to Friday, brings together 80 delegates from Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa, and Seychelles.Discussions would focus on building customer-centric institutions by leveraging technology…
ZIMBABWE’S state-linked gold portfolio, now aligned under the Mutapa Investment Fund through Kuvimba Mining House, is vast by any measure. Its operations…
