POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old Kadoma man, who is suspected to be mentally challenged, after he allegedly struck to death his two-year-old cousin with a hoe. According to national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, the suspect struck the victim twice on the head, leading to his death. “On December 29, 2022, the Zimbabwe Republic Police in…
REPORTS by the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) that two million hectares of land was destroyed by veld fires across the country this just-ended year should inspire more robust fire-prevention methods. The fact that the two million hectares of land destroyed by veld fires last year represent an increase of 60 percent in comparison to 2020…
DYNAMOS have not renewed the contracts of at least 11 senior players as part of a rebuilding exercise being implemented by the Harare giants’ coach Herbert Maruwa. The 11 senior players whose contracts ended yesterday without any communication from DeMbare officials include captain Partson Jaure, King Nadolo, Ralph Kawondera, Evans Katema, Godknows Murwira and Trevor…
AS THE country welcomes 2023 today, the Daily News On Sunday and its iconic sister paper, the Daily News, once again bring you their much-anticipated annual Cabinet report card for the past 12 months. Without doubt, 2022 proved to be yet another challenging year for Zimbabweans and their government, with authorities forced to juggle multiple…
LAST week, group editor-in-chief Guthrie Munyuki and police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi appeared on the popular programme Vantage on the independent commercial television station 3Ktv. Among the topics they discussed were the rise in traffic accidents, armed robberies, and murders. The excerpts are as follows: Q: Not everyone is in a festive mood because of…
BY KETTY NYONI AS 2023 kicks in, the country’s public service employees are hopeful that they will eventually agree with their employer to improve their welfare to the satisfaction of both parties. In an interview with the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) secretary-general David Dzatsunga said the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to Zimbabweans to be politically mature as the country gears up for general elections this year. In his New Year’s message yesterday at State House in Harare, Mnangagwa said elections provided an opportunity for citizens to express their democratic rights, thus there was a need to do so peacefully. “We…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has urged the government to take action so that schools do not turn away learners for failing to pay tuition because doing so would violate their right to an education. This is in view of the government’s recent approval for schools to fix tuition fees in Zimbabwe or…
