AFRICA University (AU) has forged a partnership with NCUK, a consortium of leading universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Canada, as part of efforts to give local students access to international qualifications. NCUK, which attracts students from five continents and over 100 nationalities every year, has helped over 35 000…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zwZESA Holdings executive chairperson Sydney Gata has accused Energy minister Fortune Chasi of undermining efforts to curb corruption at the power company and of working in cahoots with people being investigated for graft, the Daily News reports. This comes after Chasi suspended Gata and ordered the Zesa Holdings board to…
THE Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) has postponed the two-day International Conference on Peace and Security (ICPS) which was scheduled to begin at Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, on October 9. ICPS aims to highlight and discuss emerging trends and interrogate challenges to peace and security in Africa through providing a platform for diverse stakeholders…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FOREIGN embassies and civil society organisations have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to implement the recommendations of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission which he set up to probe the violence that left at least six people dead after the July 2018 elections. Two years after civilians, mostly innocent, were…
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has hiked bus and kombi fares for intra-city routes, citing rising operational costs. Passengers on local routes will now pay $16 for kombis and $8 for buses for a one-way trip. Zupco chief executive Evaristo Madangwa confirmed the development to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday. He said the…
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure has on several occasions claimed abduction by State security agents for fighting for better conditions of service for teachers. He has also been accused of being one of the Trojan horses of the United States and the West to effect regime change in the country….
THE month of July was marked by an exponential increase in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Zimbabwe. The country’s confirmed cases jumped from less than 500 to more than 3 000, while deaths increased from below 10 to over 50. The month also witnessed a dramatic shift in the trajectory of Covid-19 as local transmissions have…
THE MDC Alliance has laid a formal criminal complaint against Zanu PF acting secretary for information Patrick Chinamasa for allegedly inciting violence, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Friday’s protest against corruption, which had been called by opposition parties and civil society organisations, flopped after the police and the army tightened Covid-19…
Dakarai Mashava Features Editor mashavad@dailynews.co.zw THE Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain for the Future (TranZDVC) project, which aims to address the root causes of under-performance in Zimbabwe’s dairy value chain, has identified the participation of women and youth farmers as a strategy to address succession issues. TranZDVC is a partnership between We Effect, Zimbabwe Association…
POLITICAL analysts have blamed a combination of poor planning and the escalating infighting consuming the country’s main opposition for Friday’s failed anti-government protests, the Daily News On Sunday reports. However, MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti vowed yesterday that the opposition would mount more potent protests going forward, in a bid to oust President…
