Onward Gangata in GWERU HIGHLANDERS coach Baltemar Brito insists he will not be swayed into making new signings in this current mid-season transfer window after suffering his first defeat at the hands of bottom-placed Whawha at the weekend since joining the Bulawayo giants over a month ago. Brito, who has only added teenage prodigy Prince…
RISING entertainer Andrew Manyika is set to embark on a comedy and poetry tour dubbed The Colo(g)niser which will tackle topical issues. The tour will commence on Saturday in Kwekwe before moving to Bulawayo on July 30, Mutare on August 20 after which it will conclude its run in the capital on August 27 with…
THE total number of deaths of children under the age of five worldwide has declined from 12,6 million in 1990 to five million in 2020. According to the United Nations International Children’s Fund (Unicef), since 1990, the global under-five mortality rate has dropped by 60 percent, from 93 deaths per 1 000 live births in…
THE country’s largest mining, engineering and transport exhibition (Mine Entra) kicks off today at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre after a two-year hiatus occasioned by the Covid-19 outbreak. Yesterday, the ZITF Company, the organisers of the annual event, indicated that the gates were open to all exhibitors, visitors and delegates to the exhibition centre in…
LEGISLATOR Job Sikhala appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday challenging the State’s application to place him on remand on a fresh charge of obstructing the course of justice. Circumstances around the fresh charge, as alleged by the State, are that Sikhala recorded a video and uploaded it on the Internet while addressing mourners at…
ZANU PF says the clergy, political parties and civil society pushing for inclusive national dialogue must engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party directly, as opposed to issuing public statements. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi said this was a more productive route to take, especially as Mnangagwa’s office was…
Melisa Chatikobo STAFF WRITER chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have approved the use of cannabis (mbanje) as a complementary drug among medicines currently regulated under national laws. This comes after the government legalised the production of mbanje in 2018 for medical and scientific research purposes. The acting director general of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), Richard Rukwata, announced the approval…
Hazel Marimbiza COTTON Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) says it has put in place payment modalities to ensure farmers who usually endure late payments are paid on time. This comes as the company owes farmers millions of dollars for Cotton delivered as far back as 2020 with the government’s promise to help in the settlement of…
VILLAGERS evicted from Arnold Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central by the State to pave way for the former First Lady Grace Mugabe are set to get compensation after a court awarded varying degrees of rewards to the 22 applicants. The 22 were represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights representative, Idirashe Chikomba and are…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF Harare Province has recommended that the late Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu, 68, be declared a national hero. This comes after the untimely death of the former Harare mayor in the early hours of yesterday, with the cause of his death yet to be disclosed. After sitting for…
