POWERTEL Communications has taken its project — Transformer Anti-Intrusion System — aimed at safeguarding critical electricity and water infrastructure from increasing threats of vandalism to the southern region. A transformer anti-intrusion system is a security system designed to protect power transformers from theft and vandalism using systems that utilise various technologies like sensors, cameras, and…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE ongoing Zanu PF annual conference should focus on further lifting the country’s economy, rather than dwell on internal disputes that threaten the party’s unity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says. Addressing a Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare yesterday, which marked the official opening of the party’s conference, Mnangagwa also lashed “rogue…
Thabiso Mutirwara THE government has announced significant progress in its summer agricultural preparedness, with over six million plots already prepared by farmers under the Presidential Input Scheme. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services chief director Medelinah Magwenzi said the Pfumvudza/Intwasa conservation farming programme was not a mere input-supported initiative,…
SANDRA HOVE THE Harare Volleyball Association and Social Wellness Volleyball teams recently held the Pinktober Festival featuring 24 teams at the University of Zimbabwe grounds as part of efforts to raise breast cancer awareness. In the Harare Provincial Volleyball League (HPVL), Raven Claw made headlines by defeating the formidable Black Mambas in the final match,…
Tapiwa Chirume CABINET has approved the Inter-Governmental Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Inga 3 Transmission Lines Project, a regional energy initiative expected to enhance power trade and supply stability across Southern Africa. Information minister Jenfan Muswere told a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday that the project aims to transmit electricity generated from the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A POLICE officer who went viral in early August after claiming he was the new police boss and demanded the expulsion of all Chinese nationals has been indefinitely committed to the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Psychiatric Unit. Medical reports tendered in court yesterday before magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai proved that Simbarashe…
Tinashe Nekati THIS year’s edition of Miss Budiriro will be held on December 6 at Legends Village, located between Mufakose and Budiriro in Harare. Organised by the Zim Ngoma Entertainment Organisation, the pageant will run under the theme “Girl child against drug trafficking and abuse.’’ According to Tobias Chekufakusano, who founded the pageant in 2006,…
Takudzwa Dhambu SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe has counselled its nationals operating businesses in the country to comply fully with local laws. In this regard, the embassy made it abundantly clear to Chinese citizens resident in the country yesterday that compliance with Zimbabwean laws was a “non-negotiable foundation of all operations”. “In…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER OVER 400 swimmers from 23 clubs will make a splash at the EcoCash National Sprint Gala set to take place at Bulawayo City Pool from October 17 to 18. Zimbabwe Swimming chairperson Zanele Nkomazana said the upcoming event is a result of a strategic partnership between Zimbabwe Swimming and EcoCash. “The…
Thabiso Mutirwara THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) says the recent isolated showers in most parts of the country do not signify the start of the planting season, and farmers should not be tempted to sow their crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokesperson James Ngoma said the country had experienced generally sunny conditions…
