GWERU – Former Gweru United player and current Zimbabwe Under 23 team manager Kisdo Matsika has died. He was 61. Matsika is survived by his wife Phillis, four children and three grandchildren. [GoogleAd] He is reported to have collapsed at his Mkoba residence in the early hours of yesterday morning and taken to hospital where he…
HARARE – Legendary footballer George “Mastermind” Shaya afforded to put a golden smile on his face on Tuesday after a heaven-sent samaritan came to his rescue at his hour of need. Shaya, 72, a prolific footballer in his heyday, who made his name at Harare giants Dynamos, has been battling ill-health for a long time now….
HARARE – The government yesterday introduced a battery of measures aimed at bringing down the high prices of goods in the country, as well as growing the economy — including opening up foreign currency trading by banks and bureaux de change. Presenting his monetary policy statement (MPS) in Harare, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor —…
HARARE – The Daily News will host a breakfast meeting at Cresta Lodge’s Sango Conference Centre tomorrow where Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya will discuss the monetary policy statement (MPS) he presented yesterday. Over 250 guests are expected to attend the high-profile event where Mangudya and his team from the central bank would…
HARARE – Borrowdale Police Station officer-in-charge Simbarashe Sibanda was yesterday slapped with four years’ imprisonment for scalding his lover with boiling water. Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa convicted Sibanda of attempted murder charges and sentenced him to four years before suspending one year on condition of good behaviour. [GoogleAd] The complainant was Stella Ruswa, a police…
BULAWAYO – An Advanced Level student who is part of eight suspects arrested for looting at Choppies Supermarket in Luveve suburb yesterday claimed that police raided groceries that had been sent by his mother from South Africa. Desmond Pendamazuva, 22, testified before magistrate Ngoni Nduna at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. [GoogleAd] Pendamazuva and his seven…
HARARE – National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) executive director and his deputy have appeared in court on allegations of corruptly allocating each other more than 18 000 litres of fuel. NMMZ executive director Godfrey Mahachi, 59, and his deputy Darlington Munyikwa, 52, were released on $100 bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai…
MUTARE – MDC Alliance senior official Robert Saunyama, popularly known as Jack Roberts, and his younger brother and Chikanga-Dangamvura’s ward 6 councillor…
PENHALONGA – Corrupt officials are feasting on illegal artisanal miners in Penhalonga, allegedly extorting money from them to avoid arrests, a leading anti-graft agency has said. Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) official Tracy Mutowekuziva told journalists in Mutare this week that her organisation was pushing for the formalisation of the sector to plug the corruption loopholes. [GoogleAd]…
MUTARE – There has been an anthrax outbreak in Mutare and Vumba with confirmed cases at Leopard Rock and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service(ZPCS)’s Mutare Prison Farm, which has been forced to temporarily close its abattoir. SPCA’s Lynne James confirmed that all the animals at the ZPCS’s farm have been vaccinated and their horses are…
