Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES and medical experts are worried about gatherings during the upcoming Easter holidays, amid fears that these could trigger a local third wave of the lethal coronavirus. The concerns are heightened by the fact that winter is also fast approaching — a time when other respiratory diseases like influenza are…
ECOSURE, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe’s micro-insurance business, has included tents and mobile ablution facilities to its funeral policy as the company beefs up its mobile insurance package with convenient add-ons. The move will ensure that for a small addition to their monthly premiums, bereaved families receive guaranteed shelter at funeral gatherings and that mourners can have…
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) recently discussed the link between census data and voter registration data and explained this during a Delimitation Virtual Workshop with the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe uses voter registration data as its population base for delimitation. Census data is used to project the number of registered voters and to provide…
BULAWAYO residents have expressed fear that Zimbabwe’s second largest city could be hit by another outbreak of diarrhoea due to the municipality’s failure to attend to sewer blockages. Speaking during a World Water Day meeting hosted by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) at the weekend, secretary for water Joseph Nkomazana said there was an…
Electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) hosted a virtual event to unpack principles of delimitation representativeness, equality of voting strength, non-discrimination, impartiality and transparency. Zesn expressed that under representativeness, there should be considerations relevant to representation such as administrative boundaries, geographic features and other factors related to communities of interest. On the quality…
NYARUTOMBO Primary School in Mbire District has completed the construction of classrooms, teachers’ accommodation and ablution facilities funded by the Japanese government. The school now has a greatly improved educational environment as a result of the facelift which cost US$88 616. The new educational facilities were funded through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security…
Following the announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) on the resumption of voter registration, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) commended Zec for adhering to the dictates of the law as espoused in the Electoral Act on the need for continuous voter registration. Zec announced the resumption of electoral activities through a Press statement….
The government has launched an ecosystem-based management project aimed at utilising inland fisheries resources for food security in Kariba recently. This is a technical cooperation programme between the government of Zimbabwe and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) for enhancing community resilience and sustainability of small-scale fisheries of Lake Kariba. The project is set to undertake poverty reduction…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development has revealed that the country’s airports needed urgent refurbishment as they are in a bad state. Zimbabwe has eight major airports namely; Robert Gabriel Mugabe International, Victoria Falls, Joshua M. Nkomo International, Masvingo, Hwange, Kariba, Charles Prince and Buffalo Range. “The committee on its visit to…
JUDICIAL manager Cecil Madondo, who is accused of selling the same exclusive mining rights to three firms causing one company to lose US$260 000, has had his bail conditions relaxed. Madondo, who is Tudor House Consultants director and corporate rescue practitioner of Redwing Mining Company, is now free to visit the mine at the centre…
