BY RUTENDO NGARA CONSTITUTIONAL law expert and opposition party leader Lovemore Madhuku says the reforms that will come out of the ongoing deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before Parliament might not help in this year’s general elections owing to a long gestation period of almost six months to implement. This comes as various…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) says Christopher Mutsvangwa is still their chairperson, despite claims by an interim committee that he has been removed. This comes after some association members last week announced that they had removed Mutsvangwa from his position as the chairperson of the organisation, accusing their leader…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA IN AN effort to increase access to healthcare services, the government says it is striving to ensure that the nation produces its own medications with the assistance of countries like Cuba. Speaking during the 13th Cuban Medical Brigade Awards in Harare last week, the deputy minister of Health, John Mangwiro paid tribute…
BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI THE Zimbabwe Research and Education Network (ZIMREN) says its consortium with 16 member countries is an initiative to support quality research in higher education and research sectors by providing affordable broadband connectivity. The high cost of bandwidth in Zimbabwe prompted local universities to form the ZIMREN that is under the UbuntuNet Alliance…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA SINCE the beginning of the year, the government of Japan has supplied Zimbabwe with medical equipment worth US$6 million for its public health facilities as part of the Asian nation’s commitment to assisting the local health sector. This was revealed on Friday at the launch of a quality-improvement project for health services…
By Emmanuel Marambe AFTER last week’s crucial Harare derby victory in which Dynamos dominated their fancied arch-rivals CAPS United, the Glamour Boys will be looking to build on that superb all-round display and register another statement win against Triangle United tomorrow. Having delivered largely uninspiring performances in a disappointing three-match winless run in the league…
By Emmanuel Marambe DEFENDING champion True Beauty is out of the running for the 63rd edition of the Castle Tankard horse race set for Borrowdale Race Course today, ensuring that the prestigious event will have a new champion yet again. True Beauty, who was one of the fancied horses in the initial 15-strong fi eld,…
THE performance by Zimbabwe’s upcoming athletes at the recently-concluded Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) U-18 and U-20 Championships in which the country failed to win any gold medals, but did manage three silver and four bronze for a total of seven, brought to light a number of deficiencies within our preparations. In general, the country’s…
TWO suspected armed robbers responsible for at least 25 robberies in Masvingo Province have been arrested, the police confirmed yesterday. The spokesperson of police, assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi, said Nelson Matsvange and Frank Tirivani had been arrested in connection with 25 armed robberies committed between March 2022 and May 2023. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping up his efforts to improve Zimbabwe’s economic and political ties with the United Kingdom (UK). So says Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba, who added yesterday that there were many things that bound the two countries together besides their differences. Speaking to the Daily News, Charamba said it was…
