By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw MEDECINS Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors without Borders, says Zimbabwe must prioritise improving the country’s water and sanitation systems to control cholera outbreaks. In a recent report, MSF said while cholera vaccines were beneficial, there were current global shortages of the jabs — which called for other…
THE United States (US) has lauded the move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure the government finally addresses the emotive post-independence Gukurahundi conflict. In February 2019, Mnangagwa kick started an internal and home-grown process led by traditional leaders to bring closure to thousands of civilians who were affected by the conflict which saw an estimated…
FOR the second time in seven months Zimbabwe will play a home football international match on foreign soil amid a stadium crisis that is showing no sign of ending. Stadium crisis? Yes, the country has got a number of stadia, talk of Rufaro and the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Barbourfields and Luveve in Bulawayo,…
ZIMBABWE’S largest telecommunications and technology company, Econet Wireless, has achieved an Africa first by opening two free remittance corridors into the country, completely eliminating the cost to both sender and receiver. Econet has partnered with its sister company, Sasai Money Transfer, to enable individuals and companies in the United Kingdom and South Africa to send…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE United Kingdom (UK) is optimistic that the country will soon overcome its political and economic challenges, British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Peter Vowles, has said. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Vowles also welcomed the increasing trade between the country and the…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH authorities say there is a marked rise in the number of people contracting flu as the country enters the winter season. At the same time, 2 000 cases of malaria were recorded countrywide this past week alone, leading to the death of three people.The ministry of Health said yesterday…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@daikgnews.co.zw A HARARE man Martin Tsvarai Mutenda, 55, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the wife of the late Transport minister Joel Big Matiza, Lilian, of US$2 million. Mutenda, who owns a construction company, Commerce Veritas, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei and was remanded in custody to today for bail…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw WEST Property (WestProp) says it is investing US$300 million into its Hills Luxury Golf Estate project in Harare. Speaking during the ground- breaking ceremony for the project yesterday, Westprop chief executive officer Ken Sharpe implored the private sector to develop the country through construction of modern houses that meet international…
AN AMERICAN lawyer Allen Gessen, 49, will serve 10 years in prison after he was convicted of hiring an undercover FBI agent to murder Zimbabwe Fashion Week founder Priscilla Chigariro — the mother of his two children. In addition to the 10-year sentence, a San Francisco-based federal judge also sentenced Gessen to three years of…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Blessings Mashaya NATIONAL unity and dialogue remain the only sustainable ways to move Zimbabwe forward and to resolve the country’s decades-long myriad challenges. So say labour unions, who added yesterday that without unity and sincere political engagements, it would be difficult to improve the lives of longsuffering workers and poor Zimbabweans….
