By Progress Chaya MULTI-AWARD WINNING Zimbabwean opera singer Molly Dzangare has added another feather to her cap after landing the prestigious Opera Europa Eva Kleinitz Scholarship. Chitungwiza-born Dzangare is one of just three selected from over 160 young singers from countries who applied for the scholarship named after the late German opera director Eva Kleinitz….
THE tobacco marketing season opens on Wednesday next week amid complaints from farmers that the current price model is sub-economic. Farmers believe that the tobacco auction system is slowly and surely being eclipsed by contract farming. The gap between tobacco auction and contract average prices has been widening. From the trend in tobacco prices, it…
A GANG of five robbers, posing as TelOne employees, pounced on a house in Zimre, Ruwa on Sunday before stealing US$25 000 cash and other valuables. In a statement on Tuesday night, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said investigations were underway. “Police in Ruwa are investigating a case of robbery which occurred at a house…
AUTHORITIES say they have started distributing grain to more than two million households who are food insecure, while the latest crop assessment has shown that most crops are now a write-off. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Tuesday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the government would ensure that everyone in need of food aid…
A HARARE woman, who allegedly helped her uncle to rape a 14-year-old girl who had come to their home seeking a job, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Mercy Ruvarashe Munhenga, 30, was arraigned before magistrate Donald Ndirowei facing charges of procuring with the intent of engaging in sexual intercourse and assault before she…
THREE men who robbed a taxi driver of his Honda Fit vehicle they had earlier hired to take them to Nketa have been convicted and jailed 10 years each. Blessing Ngwenya, Thinkwell Moyo, both 30, and of Nkulumane, and Christopher Tigere, 42 from Rusape in Manicaland Province appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE United States of America (USA) is hoping that its partial lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe this week will help the country and further improve relations between Harare and Washington. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, US Chargé d’Affaires, Laurence Socha, also stressed that Washington’s new measures…
ORGANISERS of the country’s premier business exhibition — the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) — say preparations for this year’s showcase are progressing very well. This comes as the mega 2024 trade show will run from April 23 to 27 — under the theme ‘Entrepreneurship: The Catalyst for Industrialisation and Trade’. ZITF chairperson, Busisa Moyo,…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says they are going to put in place a plethora of measures to curb side marketing and ensure a smooth flow of tobacco transportation ahead of next week’s opening of the marketing season. This comes as the board deregistered more than 40 000 growers…
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over the poor maintenance of Blair toilets in the city’s biggest high density suburb, Cowdray Park, a situation they fear could result in an outbreak of diseases if left unattended. This comes as the country in general, and Bulawayo in particular, is battling a cholera outbreak that has claimed several…
