Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names
Pathisa Nyathi NOT that long ago we paid a visit to the Mabhenas at Singwangombe in Nkayi District. The place is close to the border with Lupane District with Sindombe…
Government avails $15m for CDF
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau GOVERNMENT has this year availed $15 million to empower Zimbabweans under the Community Development Fund. The fund, which is being administered by the Ministry of Women Affairs,…
IDs, birth certificates to be issued at church
The Registrar-General’s Office will start issuing civil documents such as birth certificates and identity cards at large church gatherings using its mobile units to make it easier for people to access key documents.
The initiative is also part of measures to decentralise the process.
Damaged Fakane Dam to be rehabilitated
Mollet Ndebele, Sunday News Reporter MANGWE Rural District Council and the District Development Fund (DDF) in Matabeleland South have partnered to rehabilitate Fakane Dam, in the district, that breached early this…
Bulilima builds primary school in Masendu
Sinokuthaba Dube, Sunday News Reporter BULILIMA Rural District Council in the Matabeleland South province has started constructing a new primary school in Masendu, a development set to reduce the distance for learners. The…
Hwange to demolish 50 houses
Fairness Moyana in Hwange HWANGE Colliery Company Limited is set to demolish a section of its condemned houses in a bid to force out illegal occupants, a development that will leave…
SA-based pair in buy-a-pad campaign
Sinokuthaba Dube, Sunday News Reporter TWO Zimbabweans based in South Africa have started a buy-a-pad-campaign, aimed at raising funds to assist underprivileged girls in Matabeleland provinces with sanitary pads. The campaigns…
Letters to the Editor: Suspended youths are no saints
L Makombe, Harare We are all sinners and fall short of the glory of God. If one says he is without, he is liar. The suspended Zanu-PF youths are no…
800 Zimbabweans in coronavirus lockdown
Lincoln Towindo and Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporters ABOUT 800 Zimbabweans are part of the 60 million people that are living in Hubei province — the epicentre of the coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Govt, partners scale up food distribution
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will be scaling up its food distribution programme to cover 3,5 million people in Zimbabwe, it has been learnt.
The efforts are expected to complement Government’s ongoing efforts to support the 7,7 million Zimbabweans that are considered to be food insecure following the worst drought in 40 years.









