By Nyasha Kunyiswa JAPAN has disbursed US$$774 000 to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) for an emergency cholera response in Manicaland Province. This comes as latest figures from the Health ministry show that 21 835 suspected cholera, 2 387 confirmed, 21 134 recoveries cases, 71 confirmed deaths and 416 suspected deaths have been recorded…
AUTHORITIES have lifted the suspension of duty for various basic goods, including mealie meal, cooking oil, rice and flour, with immediate effect. This was announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in an extraordinary Government Gazette published this week. Last May, the government suspended duty on some essential commodities to cushion consumers against rising prices and…
TWO brothers are on trial at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after they allegedly robbed and assaulted a motorist before robbing him of US$5 500. The complainant is Ashley Mlambo, 21, who was allegedly robbed by Marcelle Temai Masvikenyi, 21, and Lovemore Panganaye Masvikenyi, 53. According to the State, Mlambo was driving near Village Walk in…
By Ashley Moyo DOZENS of students from China Zimbabwe Friendship High School in Harare have impressed delegates at this year’s edition of Spring Festival after showcasing various local dances. The festival, also known as Chinese Lunar New Year, celebrated every year between January 21 and February 20 according to western calendars, was graced by top…
Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITERfusirec@dailynews.co.zw MULTIPLE title-winning coach Norman Mapeza has turned down an approach from Malawian giants Silver Strikers who are seeking to end Kalisto Pasuwa coached Nyasa Big Bullets’ five-year dominance of top-tier football league. This comes after the eight-time Malawian champions parted ways with Dutchman Pieter de Jongh, who came agonisingly close to ending…
THE sale of 70 personal items and treasured gifts belonging to the late former president Nelson Mandela has been suspended again, as…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a “Churches against crime” campaign which seeks to rope in churches in the fight against lawbreaking in the city. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said churches were influential in changing behaviours in the community. “Churches have a very big role in the fight against…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER SEASONED tennis players Benjamin and Courtney Lock once again headline the Zimbabwe Davis Cup squad that is set to do battle with Hong Kong in a World Group 2 play-off tie this weekend. The duo, who have been the mainstays of the country’s Davis Cup team, will battle Hong Kong alongside…
By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THERE is no let up to the turmoil ravaging the country’s main opposition, amid fresh damaging accusations and counter-accusations of widespread infiltration by State agents. So serious are the allegations of government moles running amok within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), that it emerged yesterday that a major reason why…
A FRESH plunge in the value of the Zimbabwean dollar means that everyone in the country with US$100 is now a millionaire…
