STAFF WRITERS A NATIONAL shutdown will harm business and the economy at large as it will cause revenue losses, damage fragile investor confidence, and disrupt supply chains, key stakeholders warned yesterday.Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — business leaders, economists, vendors, transporters and fearful workers added that a day of…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo ZIMBABWE’S digital transformation agenda must extend beyond urban centres to improve service delivery and livelihoods in rural communities, the government has said.Speaking during an engagement with councillors in Victoria Falls yesterday, the deputy minister of Local Government and Public Works, Albert Mavunga, said innovation should benefit every Zimbabwean, regardless of location, and…
FOR decades, popular narrative has insisted that political polarisation is the primary disease destroying Zimbabwe. That argument is wrong. The true, lethal cancer bleeding this nation dry is unbridled, systemic corruption.While ordinary citizens endure crumbling infrastructure, dilapidated health facilities, and substandard roads, a predatory class of “tenderpreneurs” and complicit public officials has been systematically plundering…
Angela MtombeniENTERTAINMENT WRITER ZIMBABWE will this Friday and Saturday host the inaugural Asian Cultural Festival, bringing together seven Asian nations to showcase their rich cultural heritage through film, cuisine and exhibitions.The two-day festival, aimed at strengthening cultural ties between Asia and Zimbabwe through the arts— organised in collaboration with the embassies of China, India, Indonesia,…
Emmanuel MarambeDEPUTY NEWS EDITOR ON Sunday, reigning Castle Lager Premiership champions, Scottland FC, played South Africa’s most followed football club —Kaizer Chiefs —in the Toyota Cup at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.Situated in the North West Province, in Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, was a fitting venue for a match pitting an ambitious Zimbabwean side against a team…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER THE African Development Bank (AfDB) is availing a US$4 million grant to Zimbabwe to help the country to clear its debts and to re-engage with international lenders.This follows yesterday’s launch — in Harare — of the country’s three-year Arrears Clearance Dialogue Enhancement Project (ZACDEP).Speaking at the launch, AfDB country manager, Webster Gondo,…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA TREASURY has committed increased devolution investment to improve essential services and close infrastructure gaps in Bulawayo’s rapidly expanding Cowdray Park suburb.This comes after the government has identified the high-density area as a priority zone as population growth continues to strain existing infrastructure, prompting the allocation of additional devolution and Constituency Development Fund (CDF)…
Ashley MoyoSENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER AWARD-WINNING musician Jah Prayzah will add his star power to this year’s Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Festival (CNTDF) national finals at Harare Gardens on Saturday, emerging as the event’s biggest attraction.The contemporary music star will top an entertainment line-up that also features Baba Harare, Nisha Ts and Chillspot Records, whose performances…
Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITERZIMBABWE has launched a five-year national strategy to strengthen child protection institutions, improve welfare, and enforce stronger laws and social services.Speaking at the launch of the National Action Plan for Children IV (2026-2030) at the weekend, the minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Edgar Moyo, said the strategy provides a comprehensive…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER GURUVE Rural District Council has no functional ambulance for 153 000 residents, exposing patients to life-threatening delays, the Auditor-General’s report reveals.The audit, released recently, found that the local authority had failed to provide an operational ambulance despite the Rural District Councils Act requiring rural district councils to provide and operate ambulance services…
