AUTHORITIES say Zimbabwe is preparing high-level engagements next month with the United Kingdom in a decisive push to stem the exodus of health professionals and drive their return to strengthen the country’s healthcare system.This comes as the country continues to grapple with the loss of skilled health workers to better-paying foreign health systems, a trend…
FOUR hundred Kariba families are dicing with death, living directly beneath high-voltage power lines that trigger constant electric shocks.The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has issued this chilling warning following a recent fact-finding visit to Kariba’s Mahombekombe suburb.Residents reported that a 340 KV line, which transmits power from the Kariba station to the national grid,…
IN THE hallowed halls of Africa’s presidential palaces, the air is thick with the scent of absolute power — a fragrance that, for the children raised within those walls, often turns into a toxic incense.While their fathers stood as the “Founding Fathers” or “Strongmen” of their nations, many of their offspring have struggled to navigate…
THE 14-year-old girl who was found with two-year-old Asanda Ndhlovu on Thursday, after the child had been reported missing in Bulawayo two days earlier, says she took the toddler to show her to her 36-year-old boyfriend, intending to return her afterwards.Praise Promise Moyo of Upper Rangemore allegedly took the child from a city centre mall…
BELLARMINE Chatunga Mugabe and a co-accused are set to appear in a South African court tomorrow following a shooting at the Mugabe family’s Hyde Park residence that left a 23-year-old gardener seriously injured on Thursday.Gauteng provincial police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi told the Daily News On Sunday that Chatunga and his co-accused, initially detained for…
ZIFA has unveiled ProBottlers as its official hydration partner in a landmark agreement valued at US$ 120 000, reinforcing growing private-sector confidence in the future of Zimbabwean football.Under the partnership, ProBottlers will supply water and energy drinks to support all national teams, including the senior men’s, senior women’s, and junior representative sides, as well as…
ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons have been the revelation of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.The Chevrons, for so long a team known for its tendency to collapse regularly, have been showing some newfound steel — refreshingly so.Indeed, it has been a long way back to the international cricket spotlight for…
AUTHORITIES will crank up the implementation of comprehensive lifestyle audits on high-net-worth individuals in the country, especially those whose showy spending raises questions about their declared incomes.Speaking during the tax review roundtable in Harare, that is hosted annually by The Financial Gazette — the country’s number one business publication and prime voice for industry and…
PREPARATIONS for today’s National Youth Day commemorations have reached the finish line, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa set to commission Zimbabwe’s largest Youth Service and Vocational Training Centre in Marondera.Youth minister Tino Machakaire confirmed that readiness for the landmark event stands at 93 percent. The occasion is being hailed as a decisive leap in the country’s…
JAMAICAN-AMERICAN singer Alaine Laughton has been confirmed as the latest international act to perform in Zimbabwe in the first quarter of the year.Laughton’s performance at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on April 4 alongside Jah Prayzah will follow appearances by other American singers, including rapper Rick Ross, and gospel stars Naomi Raine and Todd…
