Patrick Mubwandarikwa SPORTS WRITER REIGNING Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions Scottland will face another stern test in their bid to extend their 11-match unbeaten run when they host TelOne at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow, with head coach Norman Mapeza confident his side can win a ninth game in succession. With the season entering a crucial…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A SUSPECTED land baron who allegedly swindled 57 people of over US$127 000 has been granted US$400 bail. Tererai Lois Mutasa appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday facing fraud charges and was remanded to August 3 for routine remand. It is alleged that sometime in January 2026, Mutasa…
Tapiwa Chirume GOVERNMENT has pledged to intensify support for women in agriculture through climate-smart farming, mechanisation, technology and financial access. Speaking at the Women in Agriculture Conference in Harare yesterday, ministry of Agriculture chief director Medlinah Magwenzi said empowering women farmers remained central to the country’s agricultural transformation agenda. “We know very well that women…
PATRICK MUBWANDARIKWA THE Women’s University in Africa (WUA) will stage its inaugural Chancellors Fundraising Golf Tournament at the Country Club in Newlands today, with organisers hoping the event will drive both sporting excellence and sustainable development under the theme ‘Empowering Women, Energising Tomorrow.’ The tournament is aimed at raising funds for the installation of a…
Tapiwa Chirume HARARE is targeting more than 227 000 children during a four-day polio vaccination drive to halt the crippling disease. The campaign aims to vaccinate 227 246 children under five, including newborns, with city health authorities targeting at least 95 percent coverage. In a statement, the City of Harare said vaccination teams would use…
GOVERNMENT says Zimbabweans returning from South Africa will receive long-term empowerment support to help them successfully reintegrate. Speaking while welcoming a group of returnees at the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) in Njube, the minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Judith Ncube, said the government was committed to ensuring returnees…
THE Civil Registry Department is expanding its services nationwide to eliminate the long distances that many families still have to travel to access key documents. Speaking during the ongoing National Child Protection Conference here yesterday, the department’s assistant registrar-general for births and deaths, Lettisia Zinengeya, confirmed the major initiative. “We are continuously establishing sub-offices. We…
CHIEF WRITER ZANU PF women’s league secretary Mabel Chinomona has called for stronger Zimbabwe-China cooperation to accelerate poverty eradication and sustainable economic development. Speaking during an international seminar in Ningxia, China, yesterday, Chinomona said Zimbabwe was keen to learn from China’s internationally- acclaimed poverty reduction model and adapt successful strategies to local conditions. “I am…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man has appeared in court for allegedly submitting forged company documents and a false affidavit in a US$3 million property dispute. Never Jofris, who is employed as organising manager at Kukura Mining (Private) Limited, is accused of defeating or obstructing the course of justice and he was granted US$400 bail by…
AUTHORITIES have launched a US$25 million Livestock Health and Infrastructure Facility to modernise production and accelerate national herd recovery. Chief director in the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Farm Infrastructure Development, Edwin Zimunga, yesterday in Bulawayo said the facility would finance critical livestock infrastructure needed to improve animal health, productivity and commercialisation. He said the…
