A HARARE man employed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as a general hand allegedly tried to extort US$1 000 from a man by threatening to send him to remand prison. Lovemore Masocha, 36, who is employed at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Asset Forfeiture Unit, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing extortion charges…
THIS year is going to be a big one for the world and all the humans who live in it. More than…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on all citizens to unite in a bid to develop the nation this year. Speaking yesterday at a national thanksgiving and dedication service in Bulawayo yesterday, he said the prayer service had provided a platform to foster national unity. “We thank God for the rains, peace and progress which has…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called upon Zimbabweans to be peaceful, have unity and be focused in this new year. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZCC secretary Wilfred Dimingo said 2023 had its joys and sorrows, while the general elections held last August left the citizens polarised before calling for Zimbabweans to…
ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) Normalisation Committee (NC) is said to be on the verge of appointing Dynamos coach, Genesis Mangombe as the Warriors coach on an interim basis, following the expiry yesterday of Portuguese coach Baltermar Brito’s short-term deal as national team coach. Well-placed sources told the Daily News that the Zifa NC had opted…
By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE recorded a total of over 7 000 cattle deaths between October and December last year, due to dry conditions, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET), has confirmed. In its latest situational report on Zimbabwe, it said the worst affected province was Matabeleland South which recorded over 4…
Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will relocate the 27 families from Harare’s Budiriro high density suburb who were badly affected by the recent floods. This follows last week’s heavy rains in most parts of the country, which killed one person in the capital and damaged key infrastructure. Speaking during a tour of Budiriro yesterday,…
THE country’s trade deficit for November last year grew by 107.2 percent to US$146 million according to external trade statistics released by…
THE US$294.2 million rehabilitation project of the Kariba Dam wall is now 80 percent complete, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has said. Comprising three components — the reshaping of the plunge pool, refurbishment of the spillway upstream control facility and institutional strengthening — the rehabilitation is projected to be completed by the first quarter of…
POLICE are on the hunt for seven suspected land barons in Mashonaland East Province after they illegally parcelled out large tracts of state land to desperate would be farmers in Beatrice and Chivhu districts. This comes after the government and the ruling Zanu PF recently warned the public against buying land for residential and farming…
