Tapiwa Chirume A WOMEN-LED initiative in Zvimba is pioneering heritage-based education and modern agricultural training to promote community development and economic self-reliance.Named KwaMasi Community Centre of Excellence, the hub, founded by food security specialist Linda Gabriel, regularly hosts school children in addition to organising community workshops on various issues linked to the local economy.“The name…
BIGHTON MURONZEREYI ZIMBABWE has secured admission as a borrowing member of the BRICS New Development Bank, unlocking vital alternative sources of long-term international development financing.In a statement yesterday, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, said the country’s admission provides an alternative source of development financing for economic growth.“Government wishes to advise that the Republic of…
Tapiwa Chirume HARARE will commission the Darwendale Pump Station next week, boosting capital water production from 350 to 520 megalitres daily to ease shortages.The commissioning follows the completion of major rehabilitation works at the Darwendale Dam Water Intake, where engineers were carrying out final mechanical and electrical tests ahead of bringing the upgraded facility into…
Cloud FusireSENIOR SPORTS WRITER THE country’s football fraternity remains in deep mourning following Thursday night’s catastrophic road crash which took the lives of three key Highlanders executives and a devoted female fan.The sudden and violent loss of the four victims did not only leave the Highlanders family completely broken, it has also plunged the entire…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER ZIMBABWE and China reaffirmed their strategic military partnership in Harare yesterday during celebrations to mark the 99th anniversary of…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER ZIMBABWE has successfully fortified its defence against polio, administering nearly three million vaccine doses across 27 high-risk border districts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.Backed by WHO and global health partners, the Ministry of Health and Child Care completed three rigorous rounds of synchronised subnational campaigns using the novel oral polio…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo SMALL and medium-sized enterprises have gained a capital-raising platform following the launch yesterday of the Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange (ZEEX) in Bulawayo.The exchange, established by Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Holdings, is a dedicated platform aimed at enabling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to raise capital through private placements and public listings.Officially launching the platform…
Hazel Marimbiza GROWING cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the public helped Bulawayo record a 10 percent decline in serious crime this year.Speaking at a Crime Awareness Campaign on behalf of officer commanding Bulawayo Province, commissioner Jasper Chizemu, assistant commissioner Tambudzai Gumpo said efforts to fight crime were commendable.“Police recorded 7 739 cases between January…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR NEXT Thursday’s mid-term budget review will reinforce the government’s current economic policies in an ongoing effort to protect vulnerable groups and to support the prevailing price and foreign exchange stability. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion,…
CHIEF WRITER CHURCH leaders have renewed calls for an inclusive national dialogue after meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House yesterday. The engagement brought together leaders from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and local church organisations, who reiterated the need for a church-led dialogue aimed at fostering national unity and addressing longstanding social and…

