AT LEAST 26 families in Gweru have been evacuated from their homes after they were affected by flash floods following heavy rains that have been pounding the Midlands capital. This comes as heavy downpours have been experienced in most parts of the country, destroying homes and infrastructure, including roads and bridges, since the start…
Donald Trump has left the White House for the final time of his presidency, ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden. Mr Trump has taken a helicopter to the nearby Andrews base, where he is now speaking, and will then board the Air Force One plane for Florida. He is the first president to snub…
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango is not allowed anywhere near Town House or within 100 metres of any council office as part of his bail conditions set by a magistrate court yesterday. Chisango was arrested last week for allegedly going on a victimisation spree at the local authority, attempting to sabotage an investigation into council…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw ENGINEERING works to enhance the structural integrity of the Kariba Dam wall for more efficient power generation is 60 percent done and on schedule for completion by end of 2024, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) says. The dam wall rehabilitation, which started in 2015, seeks to reshape the plunge…
REAL estate agents are pushing to operate as essential services during the lockdown period, which is likely to be extended given the spike in Covid-19 infections. In terms of Statutory Instrument (SI) 10 of 2021, institutions frozen out of essential services privileges can lodge applications for exemption with the government. This follows the imposition of…
EMIRATES will increase its flights between Harare, Lusaka and Dubai to four times a week from February 6. The expanded schedule of services would offer better connectivity for customers in Zimbabwe and Zambia to Emirates’ growing destination network via Dubai of more than 100 destinations. Emirates will operate its fourth flight on Wednesdays, using a…
TWO suspects jointly charged with suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya for allegedly attempting to smuggle gold out of the country have approached the court seeking bail on changed circumstances. Gift Karanda and Stephen Tserai were arrested together with Rushwaya when she allegedly attempted to board a Dubai-bound plane at RGM International Airport with…
UGANDA’S government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has accused the United States (US) of trying to “subvert elections”. US ambassador to Uganda Natalie Brown was on Monday stopped from visiting opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, at his home in the capital Kampala. “What she has been trying to do blatantly is to meddle…
TANZANIA’S President John Magufuli has rallied farmers in the country to increase food production, predicting global food scarcity later in the year caused by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He urged farmers to take advantage of the reduced production by the largest foodproducing countries in the wake of health restrictions imposed across the world….
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man lost US$10 000 and a mobile phone and sustained severe injuries after being attacked by a “drunkard” on his way home. Larry Manuel from Thorngrove was attacked by Prince Thembani Tshuma, who was allegedly drunk and coming from a beerhall. Manuel sustained injuries as he tried to fight…
