A HARARE man who allegedly shot his friend after he damaged his car’s window has appeared in court. Elvis Mudarikwa appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week facing a charge of attempted murder. He was granted $300 000 bail before being remanded to August 28 pending investigations. The court heard that Mudarikwa tried to…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says Zimbabwe is among Southern African countries that are likely to receive below normal rainfalls in the 2023/24 rainy season owing to El Nino conditions. Fewsnet is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) global provider of timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent early warning…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Bindura magistrates court has dismissed an appeal filed by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party challenging a police ban of its campaign rally. Addressing the media after Bindura magistrate Mary Msika made her ruling, CCC lawyer Agency Gumbo slammed what he termed selective application of the law by the…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw FEMALE Teachers for Economic Development (Teachers for ED) have complained that poor salaries that they are getting are not enough to feed their families. Teachers for ED is one of the Zanu PF affiliates drumming up support for President Emmerson to win the 2023 general elections. Speaking to the media after…
Yvonne Ncube BULAWAYO police have arrested three men in relation to a recent stock theft case after they were caught red handed slaughtering two cows belonging to Maheba villagers in Solusi. Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson, Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the arrest of Fanuel Makondo (35) from New Lobengula, Mandlenkosi Sibanda (30) from Old Pumula and Tawanda…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO SOME Bulawayo residents have hailed the recently enacted Marriages Act as a step forward on the journey to empower women in the country. This comes as the Law Development Commission, under the ministry of Justice held public engagements in Bulawayo last Friday to shed light on the provisions introduced by the…
TWO years ago rising mbira musician and actor, Virimayi ‘‘Vee’’ Mhofu’ Nhedega announced his arrival on the music scene with swanky visuals of his song Mucheka Weretso that captured the imagination of many Zimbabweans. Produced by Clive ‘‘Mono’’ Mukundu, the song featured Jah Prayzah’s backing vocalist Fatima ‘‘Stimela’’ Katiji and rising Afro-fusion songbird Nancy ‘‘Nasibo’’…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has commenced a “dry run” to test the feasibility of issuing a gold-backed digital currency, which is…
INDUSTRIAL electricity consumers and exporters aim to raise $250 million to build the first phase of floating solar panels on the world’s…
POLITICAL parties, mainly Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have been crisscrossing the country campaigning to win in the August 23 general elections. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised the world that the country will have clean presidential, parliamentary and council elections and has been preaching peace. But CCC is crying foul, claiming the…
