AUTHORITIES have started identifying all the people who are eligible to pay the country’s much-debated new wealth tax, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation that no one will starve despite the threatening El Nino-induced drought saying his government had put in place contingent measures. This comes as farmers have lost all hope of harvesting anything from their fields this season with the government advising that they make animal feed from the drying…
FORMER Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer (CEO) and retired colonel of the Zimbabwe National Army, Karikoga Kaseke, has died. He was 62. Kaseke died early yesterday morning at a private hospital in Harare. He suffered a major stroke in 2018 and retired from the ZTA in 2021 on medical grounds. ZTA acting CEO…
ZIMBABWEAN starlet Trey Nyoni made Liverpool history on Wednesday night when he became the club’s youngest ever player in the FA Cup after coming on as a 78th-minute substitute in the fifth round win over Southampton at Anfield. Incidentally, the 16-year-old came on for the man who previously held the record of being Liverpool’s youngest…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A FOOT and Mouth disease (FMD) outbreak has hit Manicaland and Mashonaland East provinces with more than 200 infections having been recorded. This comes as the country is battling to grow the national herd to six million as the livestock sector continues to face huge setbacks such as drought and…
THE government has once again spent millions of United States dollars on top-of-the-range off-road vehicles for the country’s traditional leaders. Speaking in Harare yesterday, at the handover of 100 brand new Isuzu double cab trucks, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the move was meant to ensure that chiefs enjoyed dignified standards of living. “Given the role…
By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GERMANY yesterday unveiled a 22 million Euros funding in Harare to be shared among Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia to lessen the effects of climate change. This comes as most Sadc countries are reeling from the El Nino phenomenon which is associated with below normal rainfall and drought. Speaking to…
A HARARE woman is facing fraud charges after she allegedly diverted US$49 200 that belonged to her late friend’s daughter. Chiedza Kambasha, who is employed as a consultant for the African Union’s Peace and Security Directorate, appeared before Harare magistrate Lynne Chizhou before she was released on US$300 bail and remanded to March 28. The…
SOUTH Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, coinciding with celebrations for the country’s 30 years of freedom and…
POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the increase in pirate taxi operators who continue to defy orders to vacate illegal pick up routes warning that offenders will face the wrath of the law. This comes as the police and the Bulawayo City Council this week launched a blitz against pirate taxis, popularly known as…
