HARARE – Three young Zimbabweans — Shantel Marekera, Itai Muzhingi and Tatenda Magetsi — will study at Oxford University next year under the 2019 Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholarship. The scholarship fund, which covers tuition and living expenses in Oxford, selected the three from a shortlist of eight. The other students on the shortlist considered by the…
HARARE – All Zimbabwean medical aid societies must introduce real time payments before the end of the first quarter next year, Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has said. Moyo has already communicated this position to all medical aid societies. “The vision and mission for government is for all medical aid societies to introduce…
HARARE – The National Assembly is hardly the place you would picture participants being dressed down for not dressing appropriately, but opposition legislators Job Sikhala and Trevor Saruwaka have had their bad days for getting on the wrong side of parliamentary fashion police. Last week, MDC Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala was…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans wake up tomorrow to celebrate the traditional Christmas Day, will the day be same as in past year? The Daily News’ Jeffrey Muvundusi and Pauline Hurungudo spoke to some Zimbabweans about this year’s Christmas. Junior Bhosha (65) – Murehwa Things are hard and only God is keeping us. Zimbabwe has shown…
HARARE – With two 20-litre jerry cans filled with petrol, Musa ducks traffic along Samora Machel Avenue, one of the biggest roads in Harare’s central business district. He gets into his battered truck and zig-zags his way to somewhere before he re-merges a few minutes later with nothing in his containers. Musa is one of…
HARARE – Calls for equipping the girl child with educational skills have been growing louder across the world with Zimbabwe being one of the countries to partake in the ‘‘every girl child in school campaign.’’ This development has seen most girls attaining tertiary education with greater hopes that the education will uproot them from poverty…
HARARE – The subject of prophecy has been a source of intense debate in recent times with some people, especially among non-believers, claiming desperation drove most people to consult prophets. However, the crowds seen at mega-churches run by a new breed of preachers tell a different story altogether. One such preacher is the founder of…
HARARE – One of the most innovative and business-minded groups are today’s religious organisations. Rather than waiting for donations and offerings, churches and religious organisations are coming up with income generating streams to sustain themselves and fulfill the mandate of preaching the word. Some have ventured into farming, having wedding venues, lodges, transport hiring, bookstores,…
HARARE – Zimbabweans observed the Unity Day holiday yesterday which went quietly unlike previous years when dozens of musicians celebrated this historical day with music and dance for the whole night. The musical performances which were free of charge used to rotate in all provinces and the showcases were screened live on national television for…
HARARE – “Black Panther” star Danai Gurira is in Zimbabwe to join a campaign aimed at protecting rhinos from poachers. The WildAid conservation group says Gurira, who mostly grew up in Zimbabwe, is participating in a publicity campaign called “Poaching Steals From Us All” that will run across Africa. Gurira appears in an anti-poaching video…
