THE government says it is scaling up efforts to sensitise chiefs on marriage and inheritance laws in order to ensure traditional values are upheld and justice prevails in rural communities. Speaking during a chiefs’ conference in Bulawayo yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Justice Vimbai Nyemba said chiefs played a crucial role in marriages…
SOUTH Africa’s Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has gone to court to oppose a bid by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appeal…
NOBEL laureate economist Angus Deaton recently gave his insight on his profession, which has attracted considerable scrutiny for failing to predict, and…
OUR economy is in a freefall and strangely authorities seem not in a hurry to come up with a raft of measures to arrest what may turn up to be an untenable situation. The lackadaisical attitude is staggeringly shocking! There is just lack of urgency when the Zimbabwe dollar continues to nosedive, triggering price increases…
AN INTRIGUING play on inheritance featuring some of Zimbabwe’s leading actresses will sign off Women’s Month at Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre (JMLT) in the capital. Written by Amanda Ranganawa, the play which will be staged on March 30 and 31, will feature Patricia Putsai, Mbuya VaPiyasoni, Theresa Lyainga and Chichi Chizara. Ranganawa told the Daily…
By Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw AFTER months of uncertainty, Bikita Minerals will finally make their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League bow this weekend when they host Khama Billiat’s Yadah Stars at Sakubva Stadium in Mutare. The weekend match comes after a drawn-out boardroom battle that took three months to be resolved. The Lithium Boys and prison…
By Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw THE man who has set his sights on dethroning reigning African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight champion Aliyah ‘‘Lantso’’ Phiri in the much-anticipated title bout this Friday, Saidi Mkola of Tanzania, is now in the country. Mkola landed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare yesterday afternoon, and immediately pledged to…
Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza says his team is raring to go ahead of the Four Nations Tournament which will kick off today in Lilongwe, Malawi. Zimbabwe are taking part in the tournament along with hosts Malawi, Zambia and Kenya. An under 20 tournament featuring three nations, namely Zimbabwe, Malawi and Kenya, will…
A GROUP of robbers who broke into a house in Dema, Mashonaland East Province, in November last year managed to steal two luxury vehicles which they allegedly used as getaway cars. One of the suspected robbers, Augustine Zvenyika, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing vehicle theft charges. He was remanded in custody and advised…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have warned that the country is facing another major cholera outbreak, after the virulent diarrhoeal disease killed 16 people on Monday alone. Very worryingly, this — in turn — came after another 14 people around the country lost their lives to the disease three days earlier, taking the cholera…
