By Brandon Josphat and Hazel Marimbiza A PLANNED demonstration by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) failed to take place yesterday after police maintained a strong vigil in Bulawayo central business district (CBD). This comes after disgruntled CCC members who felt aggrieved by the recent recalls of scores of their MPs by self-proclaimed party…
POLICE have arrested a Harare man for illegally possessing two pieces of ivory weighing 22kg. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the police had acted on information from the public. “Detectives from Central Investigations Department Minerals, Flora and Fauna unit, Harare, acted on received information and arrested Godfrey Eliam, aged 22,…
By Rutendo Ngara ACTING Auditor General (AG) Rheah Kujinga says inadequate funding is crippling the operations of the organisation, which is man dated to promote transparency in government ministries and para statals. Tabling her office’s expectations from the 2024 National Budget before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Kujinga noted that they had been given…
By Freedom Mashava The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has appointed Yvonne Mapika Manwa as the new chief executive officer with effect from next month. The media shy- Manwa took over the role which was left vacant following the expiration of Joseph Mamutse’s contract in August this year. In a statement today, Zifa Normalisation Committee Chairperson…
IT makes a sad reading that cancer cases are on the rise while authorities are doing little to fight the scourge. In a gripping interview on popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, last week, Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) spokesperson Lovemore Makurirofa said it was time the country…
ZIMBABWE authorities are targeting Harare car dealers selling smuggled luxury vehicles to unsuspecting motorists in the country in a bid to weed out the culprits evading paying duty for the vehicles. Through sophisticated cartels, several car dealers have smuggled in thousands of luxury vehicles into the country by manipulating various loopholes to ensure that the…
Cloud Fusire fisirec@dailynews.co.zw SHADRECK Nyahwa was the matchwinner at Nyamhunga Stadium yesterday, as Harare giants Dynamos edged ZPC Kariba one-nil to keep their title hopes alive. The Glamour Boys, who now have 49 points, however remain eight points behind log leaders Ngezi Platinum Stars, who continued their title charge with a narrow 1-0 victory over…
By Beaven Dhliwayo Group Feature Editor THE second edition of the Zimbabwe Chinese Enterprises Job Fair to be held under the theme…
By Ketty Nyoni AUTHORITIES say lessons learnt in managing Covid-19 are proving handy in the fight against the cholera outbreak that has killed over 130 people since the start of the year. Speaking at a media briefing in Harare at the weekend, Health ministry’s head of genomic sequencing Kenneth Maeka said a multi-country project, which…
THE recent announcement by Health minister Douglas Mombeshora in the Senate that the number of deaths associated with cholera now stands at 148 is another telling reminder on the need to decisively act to end the scourge. Amid official reports confirming that the country has recorded 5 256 suspected cholera cases and 981 confirmed cases…
