Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Forestry Commission will distribute 20 million tree seedlings to tobacco farmers as part of its fight against deforestation. This comes as the deforestation rate is currently at about 260 000 hectares per annum, of which 30 percent of it is caused by tobacco curing. Speaking to the Daily News…
A FORMER Zanla combatant Marshall Rex Sibanda is set for rich pickings after the High Court directed Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to register him as an ex-combatant and pay his benefits backdating to 25 years ago. Sibanda told the court that he was vetted in 1997 and issued with a war veterans’ card as proof…
WITH armed conflicts, disasters and migration on the rise each passing year in Africa leading to separation of numerous families, the Zimbabwe…
A HARARE man found himself in trouble after he was found in possession of Covid-19 test kits believed to have been stolen. Leon Chipepera was charged with allegations of being in possession of property believed to have been stolen and smuggling. The court heard that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) received a report that Covid-19…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has directed the Agriculture Rural Development Authority (Arda) to manage all irrigation schemes across the country as the authorities are targeting to develop the country’s agriculture sector. Speaking in Masvingo during a National Irrigation Competition prize giving ceremony at the weekend, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s vision of…
KHAMA Billiat will have a double-edged motive for the new season at Kaizer Chiefs as he seeks to earn legendary status in…
OK GRAND Challenge competition serial winner Clemence Muhle says he will only retire from the prestigious annual contest after his exploits are recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. This year, Muhle’s wife Fatima won a car, putting the total number of vehicles won by the family to 10. Over the years, the family won…
AN unbeaten 44 from 25 balls from Najibullah Zadran was enough to condemn Zimbabwe to a six-wicket loss at the hands of Afghanistan in the first T20 International here yesterday. Requiring eight runs for victory in the final over, Zimbabwe attack spearhead, Blessing Muzarabani could not prevent the Asians from romping to their fourth victory…
POWER supply should be the centre of gravity to hold the success of the country’s long-yearned economic turnaround. It is no chicken egg affair here, the logic is simple, power supply in the country should improve so that industrial capacity utilisation is spurred. The centrality of power supply in economic recovery is as clear as…
THE findings of a recent survey by pan-African research organisation Afrobarometer suggest that the country’s opposition may be up against it in next year’s crucial national elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts especially warned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa that he would have to do…
