AGAINST the backdrop of rolling power cuts which have now become the norm, with some residential areas going for days without electricity, the call by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) for Zimbabweans to invest in renewable sources of energy, particularly solar, makes perfect sense. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare…
A 36-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean serial murderer and rapist has been sentenced in South Africa to eight life sentences plus 88 years’ imprisonment. Limpopo…
By Brandon Josphat A LEADING civil society group says authorities need to come up with new measures to end the menstrual health distress that many women and young girls in the country continue to deal with. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the founder of…
Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S exile from the international football family will continue into the foreseeable future after the Fifa Congress yesterday voted for the extension of the country’s suspension from all international football activities. The country initially suspended by Fifa in February last year for what the world football governing body called government interference in…
FLAMBOYANT mbira musician Vee Mhofu, born Virimayi Nhedega, will tonight perform at Sherwood Golf Club in Harare. The popular joint’s manager, Yasin Dhala, told this publication that all was in place for the event. “We are ready to give people what they want. And as usual we always bring the best. As a joint that thrives on…
DENDERA music maestro Sulumani Chimbetu and his Orchestra Dendera Kings will showcase at 24 Carrick Road, Borrowdale in the capital tonight. Chimbetu will take the opportunity to promote his latest single Khaki and other forthcoming tracks from his album in the pipeline. Chimbetu joined showbiz in 2005 after serving in the Air Force of Zimbabwe for a while. Ndomusiya…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says he is committed to transforming Bulawayo’s sprawling and biggest suburb, Cowdray Park, as the former banker takes his chances at full-time politics. This comes after Ncube recently submitted his CV for consideration in the Zanu PF’s primary elections set for this weekend to contest as Cowdray Park’s parliamentary constituency candidate….
Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE has recorded one cholera death, three confirmed cases, and 31 suspected cases, amid reports that 14 of the patients were Mozambicans who had crossed into the country seeking treatment. This was confirmed by the Health ministry in its cholera situation update yesterday. “Fourteen of the suspected cases and one suspected death brought…
A TWO-DAY workshop to capacitate farmers and government agricultural extension officers and researchers on high-yielding rice cultivation techniques kick-started in Harare yesterday. Organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), the seminar is bringing together rice farmers from across the country, with Jica rice technical adviser Tatsushi Tsuboi sharing insights on both lowland and upland…
NEW details have emerged in the trial in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, is accused of attempting to murder the retired army general while they were in South Africa in 2019 where he was seeking medical treatment. During cross-examination before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka yesterday, the State’s second witness, Tawanda Dzungudza,…
