By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FARMERS in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, have received a shot in the arm after the United States Agency for International Development (USaid) released more than US$1 million towards hunger alleviation. This comes as the country is experiencing an El Nino phenomenon which led to the drying up of most crops and…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is reigniting the opposition’s push for dialogue with Zanu PF, in a bid to help fix the country’s myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, CCC spokesperson Nqobizitha Mlilo said it was pointless at this stage to focus on politics when the majority of Zimbabweans were…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN AN effort to address disparities in terms of internet connectivity between urban and rural schools, the government says it is rolling out internet-in-aBox across rural learning institutions. This comes as schools in rural areas are lagging behind when it comes to technology and infrastructure development which has negatively affected student…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has called on farmers to consider reducing the number of their livestock in view of the prevailing El Nino induced drought conditions. This comes also as the authorities have urged farmers to do hay bailing from the maize stalks which dried up so that they can stock some forage…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants have rejected the recent salary increments granted to them by the government. The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) — the umbrella body for government workers’ unions — told the Daily News yesterday that it was “very disappointed by the token increment”. This comes after authorities slightly…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A CHITUNGWIZA couple, Stephen Charakupa and his wife Anymore Munyaradzi Mauru, are facing theft and fraud charges after they allegedly duped two individuals of more than US$11 000 in two botched deals. Charakupa is an assistant operations manager at Real Star Security Company and Mauru is said to be employed by…
BY RUTENDO NGARAStaff Writer THE United States of America (USA)’s recent partial lifting of its sanctions against Zimbabwe will not help the country and ordinary citizens in any way. So argues veteran economist and former opposition stalwart, Eddie Cross, who further accuses President Joe Biden and his administration of acting in bad faith. Speaking on…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE carnage on the country’s roads is continuing unabated, after 14 people perished at the weekend in horrific accidents. Apart from claiming the lives of the deceased, the two crashes behind the deaths also left 37 other people fighting for their lives. In the first accident which happened along the Harare-Bulawayo highway,…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT IN a major boost for the country’s ailing education sector, the government has received more than US$2 million from Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the construction of schools in rural areas. This comes as the country has a shortfall of nearly 3 000 schools which has resulted in learners in some…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer THE government has pledged to escalate the fight against drug and substance abuse by channelling US$1.5 million towards the nation’s drug and substance abuse programmes. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up the national taskforce on drug and substance abuse in April 2022 which is chaired by Defence minister…
