THE country’s festive season started on December 15 and will end on January 16, 2024. Between last Friday and Tuesday, more than 20 people perished and scores were injured in road accidents. During that period, there were two accidents that claimed the lives of a lot of people. The first one happened on the first…
By Nash Mkokwayarira FORMER Highlanders chairman Kenneth Mhlophe is set to bid for a return to the club’s board during Bosso’s next elective annual general meeting next year. Mhlophe was the Bulawayo giants’ chairman from 2018 to 2021 before he ceded the position to Johnfat Sibanda.And while he had previously stated that he would not…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER AT A time when Zimbabwe’s flagship cricket team, the Chevrons are at an all-time low, amid questions over their apparent decline in recent years, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has found solace in the Lady Chevrons, whose renaissance continued in Uganda where they secured a place at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup…
ABOUT 40 local employees at Sabi Star Mine in Buhera on Thursday graduated after completing a month-long electrical engineering and construction engineering…
STANBIC Bank has donated US$20 000 to the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) towards the purchasing of chemotherapy drugs for its members. This year is the 10th consecutive year in which the Standard Bank Group subsidiary has assisted with the acquisition of drugs for CAZ as the institution demonstrates that it values not only financial…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government is quietly confident that the nation will experience reduced load-shedding over the festive break. This comes as under pressure authorities have been scrambling to keep the lights on in the country owing to reduced water levels at Kariba Hydro Power Station and incessant technical faults at Hwange Thermal…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN an effort to ensure that there is adequate medicine supplies in public health facilities, the government has purchased nearly 500 tonnes of drugs. This comes as the government recently expressed concern about the country’s low stocks of critical drugs.Speaking during the 2024 National Budget debate in the Senate on…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMCARE Trust has appointed a new seven-member council to enhance the organisation’s efficiency in creating an enabling learning environment for children and adults with intellectual challenges in the country. The trust was formed in 1981 as a private voluntary organisation supporting people with mental health challenges.In a statement yesterday, Zimcare Trust…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo police officers have appeared in court on extortion charges after they reportedly demanded US$160 from a motorist who had parked his vehicle at an undesignated spot in the central business district (CBD). Arthur Bimbo and Sofia Zayime were yesterday not asked to plead to a charge of extortion when…
THE government through the ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is crafting a policy which is aimed at luring more Zimbabweans in the diaspora to invest in the country. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a pre-retirement workshop, Foreign Affairs ministry acting permanent secretary Rofina Chikava said it was the ministry’s mandate…
