WHEN the Warriors’ German head coach, Michael Nees, was sacked last month, there was a sense of good riddance among many local football stakeholders. They had become increasingly disillusioned over the course of his 14-match coaching stint. Nees managed just two wins in those 14 games — both against the same opponent, Namibia. Apart from…
IN A landmark move to address a growing health crisis, health professionals have inaugurated their first national association dedicated to combating obesity and its related chronic diseases, with a call for a unified, multi-sectoral approach to safeguard the nation’s future. Speaking during the inaugural Regional Summit on Obesity and Chronic Diseases in Harare yesterday, Vice…
Ashley Moyo SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER FASHIONISTAS have welcomed the inclusion of a Fashion Award category at the forthcoming National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), organised by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz). The new category, introduced alongside the Digital Arts awards, brings the total number of award categories to 44. “We feel honoured and appreciated….
Tapiwa Chirume THE Municipality of Chitungwiza has announced a new policy that will bar unregistered individuals from preparing or submitting building plans for approval. The move is aimed at tightening professional standards and enhancing public safety within the built environment. In a notice yesterday, acting town clerk Japson Nemuseso said the new enforcement measure would…
THE country is faced with serious healthcare challenges as the Health Resilience Fund (HRF) ends this year, leaving a US$90 million funding gap for essential health services, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care has revealed. Speaking during the 2026 National Budget seminar, legislator Discent Collins Bajila, representing the portfolio committee chaired by…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MINISTRY of Public Works district officer and director of Rota Cons Engineering, Kenneth Nyakujawa, has appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates Court facing allegations of diverting a school painting project to his own company. Nyakujawa, 40, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Richard Ramaboea charged with concealing from a principal a person interested…
Prisca Tshuma ZIMBABWE should accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in urban planning and public administration to drive the country’s transition toward smart, sustainable cities by 2030, experts say. Speaking at the Annual Zimbabwe Infrastructure Summit held in Nyanga earlier this week, director of Works and Estates at the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT),…
THE news that over 4 000 Zimbabwean nurses have applied for verification to work abroad is not a mere statistic, it is a profound national crisis and a stinging indictment of the authorities’ handling of the public health sector. As reported by this publication yesterday, the mass exodus, driven by desperation, is being met not…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE battle to avoid the drop enters its penultimate stage tomorrow with the pick of the clashes pitting the country’s most successful club Dynamos against city rivals Yadah. In-form Dynamos (37 points), who are the league’s second-best performing side in the last nine rounds of Castle Lager Premier Soccer League…
ZIMBABWEAN fintech company, EazzyPay, has launched a digital payment platform designed to simplify and unify the way individuals and businesses manage their financial transactions. The new innovation, dubbed “Payments Made Easy,” aims to enhance financial inclusion, reduce transactional inefficiencies, and meet the growing demand for seamless digital services across the country. Speaking during the launch…
