THE Castle Lager Soccer Premiership season will get off the ground in exactly seven days, but it appears the more things change, the more they remain the same as the league is once again faced with stadia crisis. According to a circular by the league’s secretariat, only the National Sports, Baobab, Gibbo, Luveve, Barbourfields and…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje has deferred to Monday his ruling in a case in which fraud and forgery suspect, James Landon, is accused of breaching his bail conditions. This comes as the State filed an application seeking to revoke his bail after he allegedly sent threatening messages to the complainant, businessman Adam Lincoln Woodington…
THE government will ensure that the forthcoming general elections are peaceful, which will boost both local and foreign investment in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at a business summit in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa also called upon industry and commerce to seize the many opportunities offered by the country’s economy, which he said…
TROPICAL storm Freddy was due to hit the coast of southern Africa again late yesterday or early today, having killed at least…
By Rutendo Ngara SMALL-SCALE farmers have received US$4.7 million from the Japanese government for fertiliser procurement in the 2023/24 summer cropping season. Speaking at the handover ceremony of the funds in Harare yesterday, Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Satoshi Tanaka, said Zimbabwe, like most other nations, was impacted by the rise in fertiliser prices brought on…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has accused the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) of damaging its water pipes and reservoir equipment by cutting off power spontaneously, a development that he said has resulted in residents enduring unrestrained water cuts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mguni said the council had for a…
FORMER Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) president Thokozani Khupe, says female politicians are suffering from abuse on social media platforms, preventing many from engaging in active politics. A victim of abuse, both physical and online, she appealed to citizens to respect female politicians. Khupe was speaking to the Daily News this week on the sidelines…
By Ketty Nyoni PEDIATRIC cancer patient support organisation KidzCan Zimbabwe, is working on improving its medical assistance and is expanding its Rainbow Children’s Village to accommodate more children. The Rainbow Children’s Village is a facility that gives shelter to children going through chemotherapy at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. The centre in Belgravia, Harare, also provides…
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl from Bulawayo, who was believed to have been abducted by her father’s relatives and taken to South Africa, has been returned to her mother. In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which was helping to facilitate the safe return of the child, confirmed that the minor was back…
TWO suspects have been arraigned before a Harare magistrate court after they allegedly duped a man, Kennedy Ndambakuwa, into paying them US$36 000 on claims they were able to facilitate United Kingdom certificates of sponsorship to migrate to the country. Alexander Dhliwayo and Bonface Jana were arrested on Tuesday and appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis…
