© URBAN poverty continues to ravage Zimbabwe, with 93 percent households living below the poverty datum line, a situation that is projected to worsen by January 2020, a World Food Programme (WFP) report has revealed. The report, which analysed the food security situation in the country, showed that many households were increasingly failing to access…
© POLICE in Plumtree have arrested a suspected con artist who allegedly swindled 40 people of more than US$400 000 at Plumtree Border Post. According to national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi,pictured, the suspect, identified as Semkelwe Maphosa (51), committed the crimes between January and July 2019. [GoogleAd] “The suspect defrauded… US$400 000 by forging customs…
© PEOPLE with disabilities are still suffering serious discrimination and stigmatisation, with some mothers being forbidden to breast-feed their babies due to their deformities, it has emerged. Unesco senior programme specialist and head of the education sector, Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo, revealed this during World Disability Day recently, adding that most people do not want to understand…
VARUN Beverages, a subsidiary of India’s RJ Corp, is set to expand into the agricultural sector as part of its investment and expansion plans. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa indicated that he would provide land for free to Varun Beverages upon its request. Speaking on the sidelines of Varun Beverages’ US$20 million phase two plant…
© THE government is set to build over 30 hospitals in a $200 million partnership with a private company, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. [GoogleAd] Ncube revealed this during a Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) conference recently, adding that the hospitals will be built across the country. “We are going to build 30…
© Fc Platinum…….… 0 Etoile du Sahel…… (1) 3 FC PLATINUM were taught a football lesson by visiting Tunisian giants Etoile du Sahel in an African Champions League Group A match yesterday. [GoogleAd] A goal in each half from Karim Aribi and another from substitute Hazem Haj Hassen was all the Tunisians needed to dismiss…
© SIMUKAI Child Protection, an organisation that shelters abused children and rape survivors, has raised the alarm over the increase in child labour and marriages in Chipinge, saying the situation is exacerbated by the economic situation in the country. [GoogleAd] While in 2015 child labour was rampant in Chipinge in the form of Children in…
© CAPS United midfielder Joel Ngodzo was composed and answered reporters’ questions with unbelievable humility. Just like the way he plays football. [GoogleAd] Ngodzo had just won the 2019 Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year award in Harare on Friday night after beating Triangle United’s Ralph Kawondera and Highlanders’ Prince Dube into second and…
© MDC Senator Elias Mudzuri said Cabinet ministers are disrespecting senate after they came late to attend a question and answer session last week. [GoogleAd] Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi were the only two ministers who were early. This prompted Mudzuri to raise a point of privilege arguing that the…
© DYNAMOS forward Evans Katema wants to cap his outstand- ing season, which saw him being named as one of the 11 best players of the year on the land, by winning the Golden Boot award. Katema trails current top goal-scorer Clive Augusto, who was formerly with Chicken Inn before joining South Africa’s Absa Premiership…
