HOOLIGANISM in football once again reared its ugly head yesterday, forcing the abandonment of the high profile Premier Soccer League match pitting bitter rivals Dynamos FC and Highlanders FC at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo. Fan-trouble erupted in the first half when Dynamos were leading by two goals to nil. Highlanders’ fans invaded the pitch, remonstrating…
THE opening of the 10th Parliament last week on Thursday at the imposing new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden was a colourful event, punctuated by singing and dancing from MPs of both the main parties, Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda presided over the swearing ceremony of…
THE death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to nearly 2 500, with a similar number of injured. The…
A FORMER Clerk of Parliament, Austin Zvoma, has died at the age of 74 from lung cancer. A family spokesperson, Godwin Chigwedere, confirmed his death to the Daily News yesterday. “He died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare at around 11pm on Saturday evening after battling lung cancer for a long time and he has…
POLICE have confirmed that a road traffic accident that occurred along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road over the weekend resulted in the deaths of three people and the injuries of another seven. “A front right tyre of a Nissan Caravan vehicle burst, resulting in the vehicle veering off the road before overturning several times and landing on its…
THE Bulawayo City Council’s (BCC) fire equipment is in a deplorable state, with officials confirming that the fire department’s water hoses were leaking at a time when the city is recording an increase in fire incidences. In a statement yesterday, BCC corporate communications officer Bongiwe Ngwenya, said the city’s dilapidated equipment was hindering the department…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has cancelled Tetrad Investment Bank’s licence following the financial institution’s voluntary surrender. In a statement yesterday, the central bank said Tetrad did not have any depositors on its books at the time it surrendered its licence. “The Registrar of Banking Institutions has cancelled Tetrad Investment Bank Limited licence with…
A WOMAN from Kuwadzana in Harare reportedly helped her husband rape her 15-year-old friend by locking the two in a room and leaving the house. The suspected rapist, Raphael Machiri, 28, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday before being remanded in custody. He was also advised to apply for bail at the High…
THE pending announcement of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s full new Cabinet team is currently a tale of intense suspense among ministerial hopefuls and much public speculation. At the same time, consumer watchdogs, labour representatives and business leaders want the new team to focus on consolidating the country’s relative economic stability of the past few months, including…
ZIMBABWE has recorded more than 1 800 veld fires across the country, with property worth US$10 000 destroyed since the start of the fire season in July, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has confirmed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange said the agency had also laid criminal charges against offenders who…
