MARLENE Chiedza Gadzirayi has been appointed the new Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (Zoc) chief executive officer, bringing an end to a five-month search for a substantive overseer of the day-to-day operation.Zoc has not had a substantive chief executive since February when Stephen Mudawarima vacated the post after a two-year tenure. Since then, the organisation’s head of…
THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has called on the government to invest in early childhood development in order to build strong foundations for the young. In a statement at the weekend, Unicef said the government should intensify its parenting programmes, early education and exclusive breastfeeding as these offer a critical window of opportunity…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday said it had printed some of its voter education material for this year’s general elections in Braille for the benefit of visually-impaired voters. Zec deputy provincial elections officer for Bulawayo, Pretty Gadzikwa made the announcement here at a pre-election training workshop for political parties, duty bearers and other stakeholders…
ZIMBABWE and Iran are expected to sign several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) during today’s one day state visit by Iranian President Seyyed…
FOLLOWING the extension of the validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) by a further six months, legal experts are advising Zimbabweans to…
STANBIC Bank donated 1 600 reusable sanitary pads and 800 undergarments to 400 girls at Nyava Secondary School in Mashambanhaka, Shamva District, at the weekend. Each of the 400 girls got a packet consisting of four reusable sanitary pads and two undergarments as Stanbic Bank consolidated its longstanding partnership with Talia Women’s Network in its…
LEADING hospitality group, African Sun Limited (ASL), has given a timely boost of US$21 000 to the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit (Vfapu)…
THE European Union has released €1 million to enhance community-based surveillance at some of Zimbabwe’s busiest borders to improve the country’s migration management. This comes as Zimbabwe was expected to receive thousands of its citizens from South Africa, whose exemption permits expired last month, but the permits have since been extended by a year by…
OPPOSITION Free Zimbabwe Congress leader Joseph Makamba Busha says the country needs effective solutions to its socioeconomic crisis. He believes he is…
THREE sites have been identified around the country for the development of solar power projects expected to generate about 500 megawatts (MW),…
