By Brandon Josphat and Mishma Chakanyuka EXPERTS are increasingly concerned that if authorities don’t act quickly, the continuing plunge of the Zim dollar will wreck the economy and result in shortages of basic goods in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts said the situation was fast getting out of hand, with…
WHILE Zimbabweans are rated as some of the most educated people in Africa, a majority of them are unskilled with just 38 percent of them trained in one profession or the other, Skills Audit minister Paul Mavima has revealed. This comes as Zimbabwe has been struggling with skills flight as professionals, particularly in the medical…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A DOMBOSHAVA woman is facing a charge of attempted murder after she was arrested for severely attacking her husband’s girlfriend using a machete. Delia Mukonyora (38) from Gutsa Village allegedly assaulted Ellen Malungisa all over her body with the weapon, leading to her arrest and subsequent appearance before Harare magistrate Daniel Mungosi….
BY RUTENDO NGARA A MUTARE woman who removed her clothes in front of police officers and slept on her back at Harare Central Police Station Charge Office has been remanded in custody awaiting psychiatric evaluation. Raviro Munodawafa, 39, is facing two counts of breaching the Postal and Telecommunications Act where she allegedly cyber-bullied a police…
IT HAS emerged that Bulawayo’s crime rate is double the national average, with Harare and Midlands following closely behind. This comes as authorities say that they handled more criminal cases last year than in 2022 — with some of the incidents having threatened State and public security. In a report yesterday, the Zimbabwe National Statistics…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is set to investigate allegations of abuse of young girls, women and men that occurred at Madzibaba Ishmael shrine in Nyabira, Mashonaland West Province. This comes after police last week arrested Madzibaba Ishmael, a self-styled prophet and the leader of Johane Masowe (Gore Jena…
AS PART of celebrating Women’s Month, Zimbabwe College of Music (ZCM) director Rachel Chigwanda has urged women artistes to acquire education for them to show their worth. Chigwanda said education helps women to find their own voice and use it to make a difference in the world that is skewed in favour of men. “My…
A TOTAL of 1 336 573 kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$4.139 million were sold on the first day at auction and contract…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THREE Epworth men were arraigned before a Harare magistrate for allegedly robbing four people of their cars and other valuables. The trio, Day Kaseke (25), Munyaradzi Mwanjere (29) and Tawanda Waterbuck (age not given) were remanded in custody to March 27 for bail application. According to court papers, the trio forcibly took…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FARMERS in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, have received a shot in the arm after the United States Agency for International Development (USaid) released more than US$1 million towards hunger alleviation. This comes as the country is experiencing an El Nino phenomenon which led to the drying up of most crops and…
