ZIMBABWE’S Davis Cup team begin their Africa Group III campaign against Namibia in Pretoria, South Africa today with the sides facing off in a best-of-three contest. Team Zimbabwe, whose platinum sponsor is Econet Wireless, comprises of non-playing captain Takanyi Garanganga, Benjamin Lock, Liberty Nzula, Benedict Badza and Takura Mhwandagara are in Group B of the…
IT IS encouraging to see that the government is bolstering its mechanisms in an effort to stop undocumented minors from moving between Zimbabwe and its neighbours. Too many children encounter abuse, confinement, poverty, and prejudice during the movement. This shouldn’t be happening. In fact, children face numerous challenges in transit, at destination and upon return,…
IN a bold move aimed at enhancing customer experience, Econet has added a new feature on its YoMix mobile application that allows subscribers to buy airtime in United States dollars. The new feature is available to all Econet customers registered on YoMix. YoMix is a feature-rich application from Econet that offers a comprehensive range of…
OVER 200 child marriages were recorded in South Africa in 2021, Statistics South Africa has revealed. Seble Worku, Stats SA’s director of…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora’s name will remain on the presidential ballot despite his withdrawal from the race, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after Mwonzora formally quit the election, Zec deputy chairperson Rodney Kiwa said it was too late for the Nyanga senator’s name…
By Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 65 000 pupils dropped out from both primary and secondary schools last year as a result of absconding and financial challenges, the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said. According to the latest report by the ministry of Education, males constituted the majority of yearly dropouts at the primary…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE World Food Programme (WFP) has set new Zimbabwe objectives for 2023-26, which include focusing more on resilient building projects in a bid to minimise dependency on humanitarian aid. Resilience programmes involve beneficiaries doing their own projects to sustain themselves as opposed to entirely depending on food handouts for their survival….
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government is set to distribute lime as part of the pfumvudza\Intwasa input package to promote crop growth and increased productivity. This comes as the government has said 70 percent of the country’s soils are too acidic, hence the need for a lime application to neutralise the soil. In the same…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER NOAH Ferenando has been re-elected to serve a second term as Zimbabwe Table Tennis Union (ZTTU) president following the local sports body’s elective annual general meeting held in the capital over the weekend. Ferenando, who along with secretary general Tinashe Duri retained his position in the ZTTU executive, has promised to…
THE government at the weekend announced that Covid-19 is no longer a huge issue in the country. Cases of coronavirus have gone extremely down with the nation going for days on end without recording even a single case. This implies we are out of danger of the respiratory virus which ravaged the world from December…
