SOUTH Africa’s ongoing power outages, a source of growing frustration for residents and a major concern for the government, have taken on…
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the growth of fish farming in Zimbabwe remains low due to numerous challenges faced by thousands of local farmers. This comes after the government recently partnered with the international aid organisation and launched a US$500 000 fishery project in three districts as part of the initiative to produce…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) councillors have urged the city’s engineering services department to be innovative and look for investors to assist in road rehabilitation. They also feel that the government’s two phases of the emergency road rehabilitation programme (ERP) failed to have any meaningful impact. Speaking at a full council meeting yesterday, Bulawayo deputy…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says the country is expecting showers with isolated downpours at the end of this week. This comes as the country is experiencing prolonged dry spells which have caused wilting and drying of crops in some areas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokesperson James Ngoma said…
THE secretary general of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC), Fikile Mbalula, made a surprise visit to Harare last week, where he met his Zanu PF counterpart, Obert Mpofu, and other top ruling party officials. This comes as the ANC is facing a tough general election mid this year, with many polls and political…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITERmarambee@dailynews.co.zw CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf) president Patrice Motsepe has hailed Zimbabwe’s return to the international football family, stating the story of the continent’s most popular sport was ‘incomplete’ without the Southern African nation. Zimbabwe was suspended from international football by Fifa in February 2022 following what the global football mother body…
JETHRO ‘‘Chemmy’’ Hunidzarira, a former Zimbabwe Saints player, is the new Zifa technical director. A seasoned coach and holder of a Caf A Licence, Hunidzarira takes over from the long-serving Wilson Mutekede and is expected to chart a new direction for local football with the revival of proper grassroots structures a key deliverable. Hunidzarira, who…
FAST-GROWING independent national television station, 3Ktv, is continuing to score major achievements. This comes after the trailblazing, two-year-old local broadcaster signed a…
THREE individuals who broke into the storage rooms of Parirenyatwa hospital and stole 200 rolls of toilet paper, have been sentenced to 350 hours of community service each. Portia Masawi, 54, Godfrey Chikondo, 31, and Calvin Kwashi, 29, were all arraigned before Harare magistrate Gamuchirai Gore facing theft charges before pleading guilty to the charge….
A SUSPECTED serial fraudster stands accused of eight counts of fraud after allegedly stealing money from scores of unsuspecting State pensioners. Bernard Chizunza, 55, of Snake Park, Harare, appeared before magistrate Donald Ndirowei and was remanded in custody to Friday for his bail application. State prosecutor Anesu Chirenje told the court that the accused worked…
