RUTENDO NGARA PAINT manufacturer Nash Paints was allegedly duped of US$19 000 by two employees who have since appeared in court facing theft charges. Chipo Mapfumo and Takudzwa Gorejena appeared before Harare magistrate Isheunesu Matova yesterday where each was granted US$100 bail. According to prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi, between September 2024 and January 2025, the two…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has upheld a High Court order that ruled some by-laws used by local authorities to demolish houses without obtaining court orders were unconstitutional. This was in a landmark ruling where the Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) had taken the Local Government and Justice ministries, the Attorney…
STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday admitted to falsely claiming that he resided in Greendale before the Harare commission of inquiry. The commission, led by retired Justice Maphios Cheda, discovered that the premises were being leased by a car sales company. Mafume blamed the mistake on his recent move to Greendale, insisting that…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dilynews.co.zw SELF-PROCLAIMED King Munhumutapa, real name Timothy Chiminya, was yesterday granted bail at the High Court following his arrest last December for allegedly undermining the authority of the President. It is the State’s case that last year, Chiminya allegedly went on a dethroning spree where he removed traditional chiefs appointed…
Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has recorded an African armyworm outbreak in five provinces likely to affect the national yield if the plague is not brought under control. This was confirmed to the Daily News yesterday by the Agriculture ministry’s migratory pests acting chief director, Shingirai Nyamutukwa. The armyworm outbreak comes as Zimbabwe was expecting favourable…
Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw INTEGRATED media organisation Jester Media Services (JMS) Group, owners of independent national commercial television station, 3Ktv, the Daily News…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER A NEW era of relations beckons between the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) as they have moved to put their attritional past behind them, and open a new phase of collaboration. Relations between Zifa and SRC have been in past characterised by tensions and…
Emmanuel Marambe THE once-off Test between Zimbabwe’s Chevrons and Ireland is finely poised going into today’s second day at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo after an opening day in which the hosts restricted Ireland to a first innings total of 260 all out. In fact, had the Irish not staged a late revival, the Chevrons…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER HARARE giants Dynamos’ offseason recruitment drive continued yesterday with the Lloyd ‘‘Mablanyo’’ Chigowe-coached side announcing the signing of Ephraim Gwekwerere, the 18-year-old son of the club’s former striker Evans. After losing a host of key players in the current off-season, DeMbare have been on a massive recruitment drive over the…
REVELATIONS by the ministry of Health that at least six people succumbed to diarrhoea last week clearly indicate that the water and sanitation situation in the country remains deplorable. According to the ministry, the six deaths, which took place in Harare, Masvingo, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, and Midlands, were part of 6 958 common diarrhoea…
