IN THE wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Agriculture Marketing Authority (Ama) has embarked on an ambitious digitalisation programme to effectively execute its mandate as set out in the Agricultural Marketing Act. Ama recently appointed Clever Isaya to spearhead the digital transformation of agriculture marketing in the country. Daily News on Sunday Senior Staff Write…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, fears that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is being sabotaged by his senior Zanu PF colleagues as he toils to fix the country’s myriad challenges. Gumbo — who was controversially fired from the ruling party in the run-up to Zanu PF’s sham…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw VETERAN actor, author and poet David Mungoshi, pictured, died on Saturday night after battling a kidney ailment. He was 71. David was a cousin of the late legendary bilingual writer Charles Mungoshi. Charles’ son, Farayi, confirmed the sad news to the Daily News yesterday. “He was suffering from a kidney…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s power crisis is worsening, with Zesa announcing yesterday its implementation of load shedding schedules lasting nearly 10 hours a day, the Daily News reports. The under pressure power utility said the increased power cuts had been caused by continuing breakdowns at two of its creaky electricity generation…
SUNGURA musician Peter Moyo will tomorrow throw a digital concert to celebrate his 31st birthday on Nash TV. “The actual birthday was held on August 18 but I have decided to celebrate the crucial event of my life with my fans who have collectively built the brand Peter Moyo,” Moyo said. He will be supported…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE GOVERNMENT has issued a stern warning to recalled MDC legislators who are refusing to return vehicles they got under parliament’s car loan scheme. Thokozani Khupe, who was declared the legitimate MDC acting president by the Supreme Court in April, has recalled 21 legislators believed to be rallying behind…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC Alliance has slammed the government’s plans to fast-track the Cyber Bill, which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once it becomes law. This comes against the backdrop of government plans to also introduce the Patriotic…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw WITH the 2022 Afcon back-to-back qualifiers against Algeria just two months away, Warriors coach Zdravko “Loga” Logarusic is desperate for his side to secure an international friendly before the clashes against the North Africans. The two matches against the reigning African champions were scheduled for March but were postponed after…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw GENDER equality advocacy group, Musasa Project, has teamed up with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to provide four additional gender-based violence (GBV) response lines as part of efforts to fight the increasing scourge amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the Southern African Development Community Gender Protocol…
Government should ratify United Nations conventions against torture or inhuman treatment as well as the international convention for the protection of all persons against enforced disappearances, civil society organisations have said. ZimRights and Heal Zimbabwe Trust, in statements marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances which is commemorated annually on August 30, raised…
