EVERY year, Zimbabweans benefit from scores of scholarships offered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). This was revealed last Tuesday at a Harare hotel by Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Rungsung Masakui during ICCR foundation day celebrations held annually to honour ICCR alumni. [GoogleAd] “Today is the day we honour ICCR alumni and I…
WATER rationing in Zimbabwe’s second largest city of Bulawayo has been halted ahead of the opening of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). [GoogleAd] The ZITF, to be opened this year by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, is an annual multi-national expo which provides a convenient trade hub for the region, and welcomes both trade and…
PARLIAMENT’s output of Bills during 2018 was affected by government’s failure to achieve a sustained flow of Bills to the legislature, legal watchdog Veritas has said. [GoogleAd] This failure may have been a reflection of the general stasis in normal government activity associated with infighting in the ruling party over the succession of then president…
Econet Wireless has commissioned a 466KW solar power plant at its Willowvale industrial complex in Harare, the largest commercial and industrial carport and roof mount installation of its kind to be deployed in the country. The solar plant was engineered and designed by Distributed Power Africa (DPA), Econet’s solar business in line with the company’s…
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, pictured, could make a sensational return to Zanu PF — one-and-a-half years after the frail nonagenarian was swept from power by a military coup — if the party’s overtures to him yield positive results, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reaching out to many…
WEEKS after holding a meeting with key stakeholders on the Gukurahundi massacres of the early to mid 1980s, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday moved to deal with the highly-emotive issue — saying the government would okay the exhumation and reburial of thousands of people who died during that dark era. Apart from reburying the victims…
THE Health and Child Care ministry has procured drugs worth RTGS$80 million after stitching a partnership with local companies. The forex-parched ministry made arrangements with local companies to get medical supplies and pay them through RTGS dollars in a desperate bid to address critical medicine shortages in hospitals. [GoogleAd] Companies agreed to the partnership after…
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has retained the Chitungwiza Municipality mayoral seat, following elections held yesterday. This comes after the resignation of former mayor Gift Tsverere and his deputy Jabulani Mtunzi in February this year. [GoogleAd] The two MDC officials resigned after an application by Kiven Mutimbanyoka challenging their appointments, which resulted in the High Court…
A NUMBER of lawyers and pressure groups in Bulawayo have questioned the government’s sincerity in bringing closure to the emotive Gukurahundi issue. [GoogleAd] This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s pronouncements on the burning matter on Tuesday, which saw many of the 66 civil society organisations coalescing under the banner of Matabeleland Collective cautiously welcoming the moves…
PASSENGER Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) says it is lobbying government for the upward review of passenger compensation for medical and funeral insurance cover. The organisation which represents the interests of the commuting public told the Daily News that while the cost of living has shot up road accident victims are now reeling from medical arrears…
