ARISTON Private Limited, a diversified agriculture group, says tea production for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 reached 3 070 tonnes, marking a 26 percent increase from the previous year’s total of 2427 tonnes. In its financial statement yesterday, the company’s chairman Alexander Jongwe said despite a challenging export landscape where prices fell by…
POLICE last night confirmed the death of four people while seven were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned yesterday morning along the Mutare-Masvingo Road. The accident occurred as authorities were launching the Easter and Independence road safety education and enforcement awareness campaign in Glendale, Mashonaland Central Province. “The police confirm a fatal…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE speed with which things appear to be moving from bad to worse for the country’s at sixes and sevens opposition is spooking many people ahead of the 2028 national elections. This comes after the High Court ruled on Friday last week that the interim boss of the Citizens…
EMMANUEL MARAMBE A HOST of the continent’s leading golfers will this year be joined by at least a dozen stars from across the globe in what is expected to be a bigger and better edition of the country’s premier tournament, the FBC ZimOpen Golf Championship. The tournament, which will once again be staged at Royal…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR AUTHORITIES have vowed to insulate local products against competition from imports, saying the country should never serve as a dumping ground for foreign products. In his address during a breakfast meeting yesterday, minister of Industry, Mangaliso Ndhlovu, said they were determined to protect consumers against fake imported products. “We are strengthening…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER MWOS FC, who are fresh from reclaiming their place atop the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League log standings over the weekend, are relishing the prospect of facing giants Dynamos on their return to their traditional home, Ngoni Stadium in Norton. Ngoni Stadium, which has been undergoing extensive renovations for the…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A CHINESE national who fatally shot a local miner and injured another in a violent confrontation at a Zhombe mine has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the High Court sitting at the Gokwe Magistrates Court. Cai Yulong, the owner of Stone Steel Mine, also operating as Blue Mine,…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, says legislative bodies across the world should promote social development and justice. Speaking at the just-ended 150th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mudenda added that national development (across the world) must be “people-centred and justice-driven”. “As elected representatives of the people we need to…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday denied two women bail who are facing allegations of trafficking a newly born baby. Christabel Muringami and Tabeth Chenyika were arrested in March before they were remanded in custody to yesterday for their bail application. According to prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi, in January this…
THE opposition’s disarray ahead of the 2028 harmonised elections is a pressing concern that requires immediate attention. Following the opposition’s defeat to Zanu PF party in weekend parliamentary by election in Glen View South, analysts have warned that the opposition’s current state of fragmentation and infighting makes it virtually impossible for them to challenge the…
