adminMPs bemoan low budget allocation for health, Parly
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Debate on the 2018 National Budget resumed yesterday, with legislators imploring Government to reconsider its withdrawal of funding of Early Child Development (ECD) teachers given the importance…
Typhoid resurfaces in Harare
Paidamoyo Chipunza and Sibongile Maruta Typhoid, a highly contagious bacterial disease, has resurfaced in Harare with about 200 new suspected cases having been recorded throughout the city barely two months…
Fifa lift lid on banned ref
LONDON. — FIFA has explained why Ghanaian soccer referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life, saying he tried “to make certain bets successful” in a World Cup qualifier. Lamptey aroused suspicion…
Let the Zimbabwean child enjoy reading
If Zimbabwe is to maintain its high literacy rate, it has to intensify nurturing a reading culture in the children and youth and this requires a syncing of efforts by…
Maid (19) steals $9 800, jailed
Munyaradzi Doma in Zvishavane A domestic worker stunned a Zvishavane court last week when she claimed she stole $9 800 from her employer at the instigation of her husband whom…
SA-based DJ heads for the stars
Arts Reporter ZIMBABWEAN turntable queen DJ Winnie is rocking the scene in South Africa, getting many gigs and attracting the interest of some of the top producers across the Limpopo. Winnet…
‘Decentralise weather forecasts’
Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Crops in most parts of Chiredzi are now suffering from severe moisture stress following a prolonged dry spell, amid calls for the Meteorological Services Department to…
Nyamakate hailstorm victims receive help
Noah Pito in Hurungwe Government has started assisting 308 Nyamakate families, whose crops and property were destroyed by hailstorm last week, while the Hurungwe Civil Protection Unit has called for…
Beef prices fall
John Murwira and Blessings Chidakwa butcheries and meat processing companies in Chinhoyi have reduced beef prices, which had nearly doubled in recent weeks. One of the country’s biggest retail outlets, Texas…
SA rand rises
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand rose to its strongest since July 2015 yesterday as it crossed crucial technical points and ignited offshore buying interest. At 1508 GMT, the rand was up…