December 2020

Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping in to try and end the widening fallout from Zanu PF’s chaotic district coordinating committee (DCC) elections, which have raised political temperatures higher even in his Midlands home province. So concerned is Mnangagwa, it has emerged, that he has asked to meet the ruling party’s…

Blessings Mashaya in Beitbridge LONG-DISTANCE truck drivers have raised fresh concerns over undue delays that they are continuing to endure at the Beitbridge Border Post, the Daily News reports. Apart from having to spend days in serpentine queues which sometimes stretch more than 10 kilometres, the truckers also complained about the proliferation of criminals at the border…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 12 000 farmers in Mhondoro-Ngezi and Chegutu districts will benefit from the Agricultural Centres of Excellence (ACE) established at Chibero Agricultural College, Mhondoro and Chegutu by the European Union-funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Services (ZAKIS) project. ZAKIS recently completed the refurbishing and upgrading of learning facilities…

Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TWO bribe demanding cops were arrested after allegedly conducting unauthorised traffic duties where they  arrested and demanded money from a motorist on flimsy charges. Osivinda Maphosa, 25, and Prisca Nyadongo, 43, were arrested on charges of criminal abuse of duty while another officer escaped. They were not asked to…