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New tobacco varieties on the market

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) released new climate-smart tobacco varieties on the market that are suitable for Zimbabwe’s climate changes  in preparation for the 2023/24 cropping season. This development comes at a time when the 2023 tobacco marketing season opened yesterday. TRB said the new varieties will allow more farmers in non-traditional tobacco-growing…

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Fraud suspect faces jail

A FRAUD suspect, James Landon, is facing jail after the State yesterday filed an application seeking to revoke his bail for breaching conditions set by the court. Landon is facing fraud and forgery under CR 2801/22 and allegedly sent threatening messages to the complainant, businessman Adam Lincoln Woodington Wood. He allegedly duped Nyasa Air Charter…

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More campaigns to defend women’s rights lined up

WOMEN’S pressure groups are rolling out community knowledge hubs to assist in ending rising cases of gender-based violence against women and girls in the country. Katswe Sistahood, the Zimbabwe Women Resource Network, and the Institute for Young Women Development are the pressure groups pushing for the establishment of the hubs. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Katswe…

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Two men charged with four counts of fraud

TWO Harare men, Munashe Bauti, 21, and Tinashe Makaruse, 22, appeared yesterday at Harare magistrate’s court facing charges of fraud after they allegedly defrauded Feedmix, a animal feed producer, of US$8 073. Bauti and Makaruse were charged with four counts of fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. They were released on a…

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Life & Arts

Nhaka gallery honours the rural women

Ashley Moyo NHAKA Gallery in Harare has lined up The Women, Power and Mobility art exhibition which is meant to celebrate the International Women’s Month. Themed “Putting Women in the Driver’s Seat”, the event is also paying special focus to rural women. “The image of an African woman carrying a child on her back and…

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Mangongo desperate to unearth new talent

STEVE Mangongo silently slipped out of the country for a new challenge in South Africa in early 2020. He started doing a lot of private coaching as he was finding his feet in a foreign country for the first time since he started coaching three decades ago. It was walking in an uncharted territory for…

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Durham crush Southerns in T20 match

DURHAM produced a dominant all-round display as they crushed Southerns by 129 runs at Harare Sports Club yesterday to record a second successive T20 win in their ongoing pre-season tour of Zimbabwe. The English county side, beat Northerns by nine wickets in their first T20 on Wednesday and in another demonstration of the gulf in…

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Models found in possession of cocaine denied bail

TWO Harare models, who were arrested earlier this week after they were found in possession of cocaine at the five-star Crowne Plaza Hotel, were yesterday denied bail at the Harare Magistrate’s Court. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on March 5, Tumelo Nare, 26, and Precious Bango, 18, were spotted by hotel security guards…

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Women accuse CIO officers of US$2 800 theft, assault

THREE Harare women, who were arrested this week for allegedly selling illicit drugs from their homes in Tynwald and Mbare, have accused Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers of assault and robbing them of US$2 800 during their arrests. Memory Gavaza, 44, Norah Kandawasvika, 46, and Evelyn Ropafadzo Chikurwe, age unknown, were arraigned before Harare magistrate…

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Old Mutual tech-hub hosts women coders bootcamp

Old Mutual innovation hub – Eight2Five – will this Friday 17 March, host a computer coding training for women in a bid to hone computer programming skills in females as well to rouse interest in more digital and innovation careers for women. The coding bootcamp slated for 17 March, was inspired by this year’s theme…

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