Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWEANS face starvation amid revelations that the country’s national cereal production for the 2019-2020 season has failed to meet national demand by a massive 50 percent, the Daily News reports. This comes as the World Food Programme (WFP) has said the country is facing its worst hunger crisis…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE national cattle herd decreased by 5,7 percent from 5 774 525 in 2018 to 5 489 364 in 2019, after the average national cattle mortality rate increased from 5 percent in 2018 to 9 percent in 2019, the Daily News reports. According to the country’s Second Round Crop…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO ©️ Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has issued a stinging response to some hardliners in the ruling Zanu PF who have questioned his loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership following his recent robust suggestion for Mnangagwa to form a government of national unity (GNU) with the opposition to end the country’s…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw RENOWNED sculptor Dominic Benhura has caused the arrest of a fellow sculptor who was an apprentice at his gallery on allegations of reproducing four of his copyrighted art works and exhibiting them without his consent. Clever Muzvondiwa, 42, appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guuriro on allegations of violating the Copyright…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed concern over the deplorable state of living conditions for internally displaced person (IDPs) in Cyclone Idai-affected areas, saying these are exposing them to the risk of contracting the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as the country’s…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw UNDER-SIEGE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has appealed to Local Government minister July Moyo to thwart efforts by acting MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe to recall his party’s councillors, the Daily News reports. This comes as the MDC Alliance has also approached the High Court seeking an order stopping the…
Three MDC officials Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa have been denied bail for allegedly stage managing an abduction last month. MORE TO FOLLOW….
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw THE A-list of local gospel musicians is today set to “break the fast” during the Day of Prayer and Fasting to be aired live on national television and other social media platforms. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared today as the Day of Prayer and Fasting in response to…
Tinashe Sibanda LIFESTYLE WRITER sibandat@dailynews.co.zw UNITED KINGDOM-based Robert Maweni recently officially launched a new mobile game called Afro Eights, available for free on Android and iOS. Maweni, who is an ear, nose and throat surgeon (otolaryngologist) based in the Oxford Deanery for Surgery, is part of a Zimbabwean team that developed this first commercially available…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO VETERAN disco musician Khulekani Bethule, aka Khuxxman, has posted a single track featuring multi-award-winning dance group Iyasa. The track, titled Jelemana, is now available online. The new song comes less than two months after Khuxxman’s sabbatical when he released an eight-track album titled Makhushukhushu. “The new track is a purely Zimbabwean…
