By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw YOUNG people from Epworth yesterday, among other things, urged their local council to do more to fight drug and substance abuse. This emerged at a community level engagement forum organised by the Zimbabwe Youth Decide, where the youth interacted with senior Epworth Local Board (EPL) to present their concerns ahead of…
BY RUTENDO NGARA FIFTEEN alleged Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists who were arrested in Budiriro, Harare for allegedly participating in an unsanctioned gathering were acquitted yesterday by a Harare magistrate. They were arrested at the home of then Budiriro MP, Costa Machingauta, who is currently in remand prison on another charge. The 15, were…
FIVE people died on Saturday when Nissan Premeira vehicle travelling along Harare-Mukumbura Road in Mashonaland Central Province veered off the road and hit the victims as they were walking on the road side. National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident which occurred at the 90 kilometre peg. “The ZRP confirms a fatal…
METRO Cash and Carry, has opened a new branch in Bulawayo as part of a move by the leading wholesaler to ensure that affordable products are readily available. The wholesaler’s national head of sales and marketing for Metro Cash and Carry, Carl Kusada, told the Daily News on the sidelines of the official opening of…
THE Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) flagship event wrapped up on September 26, 2024, in New York, successfully concluding a two-day summit…
SELF-STYLED communications activist Rutendo Matinyarare has “backed down” from his epic fight with Innscor Africa (Innscor) co-founder Zinona Koudenaris and his group. At the height of the war, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe joined the “defamation fight” — centred on the South Africa-based activist’s x posts alleging the distribution of some genetically modified foods…
AUTHORITIES say they are conducting a mop-up vetting exercise for collaborators in the country’s liberation war, which will end this Friday. Liberation Struggle Affairs minister, Monica Mavhunga said the mop-up exercise was targeting applicants who did not participate in the 2022 programme for various reasons. ‘’Following the launch of the nationwide vetting programme for veterans…
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (Fao) has launched the digital village projects in Zimbabwe under which villages are converted into digital village hubs in which a variety of ICT-enabled services (farm and non-farm) will be offered. According to Fao, the project aims to transform agro-food systems in rural areas using effective…
THE ministries of Defence, Home Affairs and Justice have partnered with the Health ministry by seconding their health personnel to assist patients in rural communities. Health deputy minister, Sleiman Kwidini told the National Assembly recently that the partnership was part of efforts to ensure people in rural areas have easy access to medical doctors in…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE World Health Organisation (WHO) recently donated a wide range of medical equipment worth US$1, 8 million to the Health ministry. The equipment was funded by various donors and partners, including the African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (UNCERF), USAid and Japan. Among other things, the donated material…
