By Rutendo Ngara THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) say they have recorded an increase in tobacco sales this season as compared to last year mainly due to the quality golden leaf being sold at the moment. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said the amount of money the…
By Yvonne Ncube A MAN from Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North Province was arrested for allegedly hitting a 24-year-old woman with a log as punishment for turning down his love proposal. Mandlenkosi Phiri, 37 appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga last Friday. He was not asked to plead to an attempted murder charge and was…
ZIMBABWE’S ability to achieve food and nutrition security on a sustainable basis hinges on investing in climatesmart agriculture, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement permanent secretary John Basera has said. Climate-smart agriculture involves farming practices that improve farm productivity and profi tability while helping farmers to adapt to the negative effects of climate change….
AN EIGHTEEN-year-old who was posing as a traditional healer is facing extortion charges after he allegedly lied to a woman and forced her to pay him and his friends US$3 800. Donewell Kufandirori was arraigned before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday. He was remanded in custody and is set to appear back in court…
A GOOD Samaritan who allegedly caused the death of a man he was trying to stop from jumping out through the window of a flat in Harare has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court. Made Balamanja, 31, appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Thursday facing a charge of murder. He was released on…
A THIRTY-NINE-year- old man who allegedly sold his ex-girlfriend’s car after the relationship ended spent the weekend in prison after the Magistrate’s Court postponed the hearing of his bail application to today. Cornelius Rudziva appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday facing a charge of theft of trust property. Alternatively he is being charged…
THE country’s premier fashion showcase — Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW) — has bounced back. Last held four years ago, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors, ZFW is scheduled to fittingly make a colourful return in the resort town of Victoria Falls in October. ZFW founder Priscilla Chigariro confirmed the return of the annual…
PREMIER African Minerals has finished building a lithium processing plant at its Zulu mine in Zimbabwe and expects to start production of…
THE country will mark its 43rd year of independence on Tuesday, freedom which came after a protracted war of liberation that claimed lives of thousands of Zimbabweans. With President Emmerson Mnangagwa leading national celebrations, calls have been made by political players, the Church, civil society and ordinary people on the need for an all hands…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has come up with a manifesto, which espouses voters’ expectations from all who are seeking public office in the forthcoming general elections. In the People’s Human Rights Manifesto (PHRM) containing views gathered from 250 000 individuals across the country’s 10 provinces, voters say they would only vote for candidates…
