ZIMBABWE’s Warriors, who made their return to competitive international football after a near two-year absence owing to the country’s global suspension by Fifa, gained six percentage points from 1138.56 up to 1144.56 to move up to number 124 on the latest world rankings released yesterday. The Warriors, who are unbeaten following the first two rounds…
HOW the mighty have fallen! This is probably the most appropriate way to describe just how far the Chevrons have fallen on the international cricket scene. A team that used to compete gallantly against the teams at the top table of global cricket, is now losing with regularity to the minnows of world cricket and…
By Ketty Nyoni THE country’s education sector has received a funding boost of nearly US$49 million from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) meant to ensure quality learning and improved access to educational opportunities. Unicef and Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) are the grant agents that would ensure effective and efficient programme implementation. Speaking at…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is ready to assist the country execute its economic reforms through a staff monitoring programme to enhance economic development. Addressing the media at State House, Harare, after paying a courtesy call on President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday, IMF director African department Abebe Aemro Sezassie said…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw DISABILITY Reform Coalition bemoaned lack of inclusivity in ensuring that children living with disabilities get access to education amid revelations that only 10 percent of them go to school. Speaking during an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the chairperson of the Disability Reform Coalition, Masimba Kuchera, highlighted a number of…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will not tolerate any form of corruption in the mining sector as this derails the country’s economic development. Speaking during the commissioning of the Bikita Mineral Spodumene and Petalite processing plants in Bikita, Masvingo, yesterday, Mnangagwa said the law would not hesitate to take its…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is among the countries in the region which will likely bear the full brunt of El Niño climate effects — with the resultant droughts worryingly set to continue until 2025. As a result, there are growing concerns that millions of people in the country and within Sadc will be food insecure…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has signed a US$5 million, 20-year deal with the Peace Parks Foundation (PPF) of South Africa for the conservation of Mana Pools National Park. The PPF, founded in 1997 by Anton Rupert, the late former South African President Nelson Mandela and Prince Bernhard of…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says there was limited participation of Civil Society Organisations (CS0s) in voter education ahead of the August 23 general elections due to new laws that censored their operations. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa passed the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act 2023, commonly called…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Aids Council (Nac) says the country’s health delivery system will benefit from the upcoming International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (Icasa). Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Nac chief executive officer Bernard Madzima said the conference set to be held next week would give…
