By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE recently won a global award for its eff orts to eliminate Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in a programme which was sponsored by the United Nations-European Union (UN-EU) Spotlight initiative. The awards were held last month in Cancún, Mexico. In a statement, UN-Zimbabwe communications specialist Sirak Gebrehiwot said the Zimbabwe Spotlight Initiative programme…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, has increased its transaction limits by an average of 230 percent, allowing wallet holders to send money, pay bills or buy goods and services with greater ease. According to a transaction schedule released by the EcoCash Holdings unit, mobile money users can now send up to $350 000 a…
MULTI-AWARD-WINNING gospel musician Michael Mahendere will launch his latest album titled ‘Getting Personal with God Volume 4’ at the City Sports Centre in Harare on Saturday. The highly-anticipated launch will be graced by some of the country’s top gospel musicians who include South Africa-based Takesure Zamar Ncube, Everton Mlalazi , Worshipper Larry Gunda, Psalmist Hubert…
YESTERDAY we carried a report about the recent arrest of five alleged robbers in Bulawayo over 11 heists that took place from last year until last month. The five suspects were nabbed after a tip off at their hideout in Pumula in a development that many believe marks an upturn in the police’s fight against…
AT LEAST 52 workers have died in work-related accidents between January and August this year, National Social Security Authority’s (Nssa) acting director…
By Cloud Fusire WITH one hand firmly on this year’s Castle Lager Premiership title, log leaders FC Platinum have now shifted their attention to equalling the long-standing points record in the topflight league held by fading Harare giants CAPS United. The platinum miners continued their march towards a fourth straight title following a deserved victory…
By Brighton Muronzereyi JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has welcomed recent calls for national dialogue and peace by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa but wants him to do more to move the country forward. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ziyambi also said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was consistent about national unity and dialogue,…
NEARLY 450 000 children were born in the past 12 months in the country, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) has revealed. Announcing the 2022 preliminary census results on fertility, Zimstats director general Taguma Mahonde said there was a slight increase in total fertility rate since the last census in 2012 from 3.7 to 3.8 percent. “A…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE government has approved proposed architectural designs for phase II of the National Heroes Acre, pictured, extension works to accommodate more graves amid revelations that the shrine was almost full. Addressing a post cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said at its establishment, the National Heroes Acre had…
By Hazel Marimbira AS THE country marks breast cancer awareness month, the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) says men should also get tested for these malignant tumours as the disease does not only afflict women. CAZ information officer, Lovemore Makurirofa, also told the Daily News yesterday that the late detection of breast cancer was a…
