Dionne Kanyowa A CONVICTED robber’s freedom bid hit a brick wall yesterday after the High Court dismissed his application for appeal against his 17-year custodial sentence. Tendai Leanne Muza was initially sentenced to 20 years when he appeared before a magistrate‘s court facing two counts of robbery.The other three years were suspended on condition that…
THE State has called for an investigation of a local bank staffer who allegedly transferred US$636 200 instead of the same amount in local currency. This follows the arrest of the bank’s client Itai Mazambani on theft charges, dealing in foreign currency and money laundering, after moving the amount that had been converted to $74…
By Cloud Fusire FORMER Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambwa, pictured, has described the death of Charles Yohane as a huge loss to the country’s football fraternity. Yohane was shot dead by alleged armed carjackers while working as a part-time Uber driver in South Africa. The former CAPS United defender played for Zimbabwe 23 times, quickly establishing…
Gerald Mutsvairo OFF-THE-FIELD issues have characterised the build up to thehighly-anticipated Castle Lager Premiership derby which sees Chicken Inn hosting high-riding Bulawayo Chiefs at Luveve Stadium tomorrow. Chiefs are walking with a spring in their step after dispatching reigning champions FC Platinum 2-0 last weekend courtesy of goals fromMthokozisi Msebe and Obriel Chirinda. Chirinda, formerly…
MBIRA music maestro Nyamasvisva and his Maungira eNharira will perform in Ruwa at Leisure Centre tomorrow. Born Wilfred “Tichaona” Mafrika in Zvimba, Nyamasvisva is popular for his studio albums such as Mawungira, Chinamanenji, Ndodyiwa Nemakava and Hurongwa, to name just but a few. Nyamasvisva ventured into the music industry in late 1990s after being inspired…
THE State has responded to former Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira’s application for discharge, alleging fatigue caused one of its key witnesses to change statements and contradict the first witness while on stand. Mupfumira, pictured, is accused of interfering with National Social Security Authority (Nssa) management by not seeking board approval and flouting tender processes…
IT SEEMS it never rains but pours for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa who has suffered another major blow after the South African High Court granted a preservation order for her luxury property in the neighbouring country.In the ruling delivered on February 9, Pretoria High Court judge Aubrey Ledwaba gave SA authorities…
THE government is sticking to its five-year de-dollarisation plan, and confident that fiscal and monetary measures put in place to stabilise the local currency will succeed in the long term, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said yesterday. The country re-introduced its own currency in 2019 after a decade-long hiatus and put in place a five-year de-dollarisation roadmap…
Hazel Marimbiza THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has embarked on a sample-based agriculture and livestock survey across all farming sectors of Zimbabwe to assess data for use in assessing food security at both household and national level. According to Zimstat, the programme, which commenced on February 14 and is expected to end on March…
Melisa Chatikobo FARMERS are worried by the current prolonged dry spell around the country as the situation is beginning to take a toll on their crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimbabwe Farmers Union secretary-general Paul Zakariya said the most affected crops were in the southern parts of the country.“The same crop that was…
