Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE United States of America (USA) has announced significant fresh funding to help tackle the HIV/Aids pandemic in the country. The US$123 million funding will come through Washington’s humanitarian aid organisation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Speaking at the launch of the latest assistance in Harare yesterday, USAID acting…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw FORMER NetOne boss, Reward Kangai’s efforts to claim employment benefits from his former employer at the Constitutional Court were quashed after the High Court ruled that he was using the wrong recourse for relief. Kangai, who was the company’s chief executive officer, approached the High Court requesting to be allowed to approach…
EDITOR — Living in Zimbabwe is becoming difficult with each day. Looking at the situation in the country I am now convinced most of us have come to realise that it is only God who can change the course or fortunes of our country. As Zimbabweans, I believe we have the education to turn the…
Ketty Noyni HARARE City Council (HCC) has threatened to remove or take over unmaintained and dilapidated billboards in the capital saying they are a potential hazard to the public. In a notice signed by the Harare acting town clerk Phakamile Moyo, and shared on their social media sites, the local authority raised concern over the…
AUSTRALIA raced to an eight-wicket victory in Townsville as the second ODI lasted less than 43 overs after Mitchell Starc had blown Zimbabwe’s top order away to leave him on 199 wickets, and the visitors dismantled for 96. On a pitch that offered considerable help to the fast bowlers, Starc claimed 3 for 15 in…
IT’S hard to sugar-coat an ODI loss that comes in less time than the length of one innings, but Zimbabwe are determined…
IN RECENT months South Africa has witnessed a new wave of anti-immigrant protests, mainly targeted at foreigners from neighbouring countries without papers. The protests are being spearheaded by a new movement calling itself Dudula, meaning force out. The latest protest was at a hospital in western Pretoria at the weekend where suspected foreigners, either patients…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) is targeting to vaccinate more than 200 000 children aged between six months and five years during the on-going vaccination blitz against measles. This comes at a time when Zimbabwe has been hit by a measles outbreak which has so far claimed 157 lives with over 2…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZUPCO has increased its fares by 100 percent with effect from today. In a statement yesterday, Zupco said buses operating within a radius of one to 20 kilometres will charge $300 up from $140, while those within 21 to 30km will charge $400 up from $180 and those transporting in 31-40 km…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka has called for more cooperation between private players and the government to promote the growth of the agriculture industry. This comes as the government introduced an input scheme for farmers in a bid to ensure that the country’s food security situation improves in the face of climate change…
