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New capital city plan adopted

Tapiwa Chirume THE Local Government Ministry has adopted the long-awaited Harare City’s draft master plan, setting in motion the development of a modern administrative and commercial capital on the outskirts of Harare, centred around Mount Hampden. In a notice issued by the Ministry of Local Govern­ment, it was announced that the draft master plan would…

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Life & Arts

Glamis Arena hosts HKD fest

Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu ZIMDANCEHALL star Freeman will host his HKD Festival, which made its debut last year, tomorrow at the Glamis Arena in the capital. The event will feature an array of performers from Baba Harare who recently announced his return to Jiti music, Killer T, Feli Nandi, Voltz JT, Bagga and Atenda…

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Government goes flat out to end power cuts. . . sanctions private firms to source, sell power to consumers

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have now taken a definitive decision that allows private companies to source and sell electricity directly to consumers, in an effort to improve energy supply and ease the country’s relentless power cuts. This comes as the nation has experienced severe power shortages over the past few decades — caused in…

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Sport

Zifa seeks new Warriors coach

Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER ZIFA is acting with haste to appoint Michael Nees’ successor as Warriors head coach with the local football mother body’s president Nqobile Magwizi saying the deci­sion will be made within a few days. Nees, who was appointed Warri­ors head coach in July last year, was sacked on Wednesday night follow­ing…

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Business

Stanbic bridges China health investment

LEADING financial services institu­tion, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, recently undertook a successful trade and busi­ness exchange mission to China for players in the health sector, reaffirming its commitment to support the indus­try’s growth and modernisation. Stanbic Bank executives with sector-specific knowledge on trade and health accompanied delegates drawn from Zimbabwe’s health sector, includ­ing managing directors, chief…

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Editorial Comment

Nees is gone, focus on Afcon

THE long-anticipated expulsion of Warriors coach Michael Nees, barely a month before the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), is a necessary, if belated, act of accountability. The decision by Zifa signals that simply qualifying for a major tournament is no longer enough. The period of unacceptable mediocrity is finally over, and frankly, this move was…

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‘Teachers are in serious distress’

Tapiwa Chirume TEACHERS’ unions have sounded the alarm over an apparent worsening mental health crisis among the country’s educators. In this regard, they have also warned that the deteriorating psychological state of many teachers is crippling learning in schools and, as a result, threatening national development. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers…

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Sport

Zifa, ministry to transform grassroots football

Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER LOCAL grassroots foot­ball development is set to undergo a major transfor­mation after the Zim­babwe Football Association (Zifa) and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education signed a his­toric memorandum of understand­ing (MoU) that seeks to mainstream football education in schools across the country. The MoU was signed in the capital yesterday,…

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Conductor killed over kombi fare

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in the Mid­lands Province are investigating a case of murder after a kombi conductor was fatally stabbed with a broken beer bottle following a dispute over fare payment with passengers on Wednesday. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident, which occurred at…

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