MAURITANIA’S former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and “illicit enrichment”. Abdel…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday physically capped 305 graduates out of 2996, with three students graduating posthumously at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo. Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Nust vice chancellor Mqhele Dlodlo said the university had developed a new construction model which used over US$200 000. “The university developed a…
Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw AS the cancer burden increases in the country, the government says it is currently working towards introducing a cancer fund. Speaking during an International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa (Icasa) high level policy dialogue on HIV sustainability in Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the proposed two cents per…
THE Zimbabwe Tobacco Growers Association (Zitoga) says farmers who depend on rain-fed tobacco farming are counting losses as the golden leaf is now wilting in seedbeds owing to the current heat wave. This comes as most southern African countries were yet to receive rainfall with others now recording incidences of water shortages and livestock dying….
By Ketty Nyoni AS THE country continues to grapple with the cholera outbreak, statistics from the Health ministry show that 22 people died from the disease in the past one week alone. The statistics show that on Wednesday last week, two people died, five on Thursday, one on Friday, three on Saturday, five on Sunday…
THE government is pushing for legislative reforms to fight violence against women and girls, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Ziyambi said the legislative reforms were aimed at creating a society where women and girls can live free from the fear of violence and exploitation. “We are also…
THE Zimbabwe Association of Microfinance Institutions (Zamfi) executive director, Godfrey Chitambo, says the country should consider adopting Islamic banking and economics to lift ordinary people out of poverty. Islamic banking, Islamic finance, or Sharia-compliant finance is banking or financing activity that complies with Sharia (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic…
AFRICA Cup of Nations-winning South African striker Shaun Bartlett and former Italian footballer Amedeo Mangone are set to oversee the upcoming WWS Soccer Scouting Camp that will be staged in the country from December 14-15. The Zimbabwe leg of the WWS scouting mission will be the second of three legs across the continent, with South…
BY CLOUD FUSIRE DYNAMOS could lose up to 10 players amid indications that the majority of the first team squad are yet to be paid their signing-on fees, while their contracts are due to run out at the end of this month. The Glamour Boys, who are still celebrating their maiden Chibuku Super Cup, are…
THE Civil Registry Department has extended its working hours to deal with increased demand for passports after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last week proposed to hike the travelling document’s acquisition fees with effect from January 1. In his 2024 National Budget presentation in Parliament, Ncube proposed to hike the fees for ordinary passports from US$120…
