By Ketty Nyoni AUTHORITIES have blacklisted 13 companies for trading on the resurgent parallel foreign currency market, amid a jump in the prices of basic goods as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken. Yesterday, the under pressure local unit was trading at between $1 300 and $1 700 to the much-coveted United States greenback on…
By Brandon Josphat PARLIAMENT has summoned Education minister, Evelyn Ndlovu to explain why authorities are not providing free sanitary pads to underprivileged girls in schools around the country. This comes amid deepening period poverty in the country, which has seen many women and girls using cow dung and sadza during their periods. MDC vice president…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has refuted allegations that his MDC party is afraid of going for elections, indicating that the party has already done much in terms of preparations, including setting primary elections date. This comes after the opposition leader recently took the government and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court…
By Shamaine Chirimujiri chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw NATIONAL Building Society (NBS), in partnership with Naldine Trading, is completing the construction of 120 semi-detached Tynwald Sunset Villas cluster houses in Harare, at a total cost of US$6 million. The houses are expected to be ready for occupation on April 30. The Sunset Villas project is one of NBS’ efforts…
OVER 3 000 sexual offences were committed across the country between October and December last year, statistics realised by the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) show. Presenting the 2022 fourth quarter crime statistics report yesterday, ZimStat director-general Taguma Mahonde said the recorded crime figures exclude crimes that have not been reported to the police. “The…
By Cloud Fusire UPCOMING bodybuilder Milton Zawe won the second edition of the Tryssups Zimbabwe Novice Bodybuilding Championships held at the Zimbabwe Music of College in Harare at the weekend. More than 60 novice bodybuilders from across the country took part in the championships in which Zawe reigned supreme in the senior men’s bodybuilding category…
B y Ashley Moyo ZIMDANCEHALL artistes Freeman, Qounfuzed and Bazooker were some of the musicians who made it to the podium at the Zimdancehall Awards ceremony held at Woods Gardens in Harare recently. The Zimdancehall awards are annual honours conferred on outstanding artistes, producers, DJs, media practitioners, video producers and other associated stakeholders. The award…
REVELATIONS hat women belonging to ultra-conservative apostolic groups in Masvingo Province have resorted to seeking primary health care nicodemously, for fear of admonishment from husbands who believe in divine healing make for sad reading. While the country’s laws recognise freedom of worship, it is high time that authorities took a stand against such religious groupings…
Croco Motors unveiled the next generation Ford Ranger and Everest at a colourful event at Sam Levy Village Borrowdale in Harare on Saturday. In a stylish unveiling of the next generation models, Croco Motors used the mysterious box concept and wrapped the new gen Ford Everest in black box which attracted the attention of curious…
ZIMBABWE has secured at least 10 flight routes over the past two years, as the government moves to revive the sector to…
