POLICE have arrested two foreigners, Tihaise Darlin Elisha, 18, and Taylor Tamara Simone, 20, at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for trying to smuggle nearly 70kgs of loose skunky dagga into the country. The duo was travelling from Thailand with four monarch suitcases containing the illicit drugs. According to national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, the…
FORMER MDC Alliance and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has been blamed for the current near comatose state of the country’s opposition. Speaking last week during an online discussion, outspoken former MDC youth leader, Lovemore Chinoputsa — who served under both Chamisa and the revered late opposition icon, Morgan Tsvangirai — also…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE LLOYD Chitembwe’s tenure as CAPS United coach is effectively over after he failed to meet the terms of the two-match ultimatum he had been given to show that he could turn around the club’s fortunes. Club president Farai Jere confirmed the development during a meeting with CAPS United fans in the capital…
AUTHORITIES have issued a 90-day moratorium on the issuance and processing of applications for changes in land use by local authorities, effective immediately. The directive aims to restore order and ensure proper management of land resources. In a circular dated May 2 ad – dressed to all local authorities, the minister of Local Government Daniel…
By Emmanuel Marambe STRUGGLING Harare giants Dynamos come face-to-face with the team that is aiming to usurp their status as the capital’s pre-eminent club, Scottland, in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter set for Rufaro Stadium today. Dynamos come into today’s clash languishing in the relegation places after a run of only one win…
BY TAPIWA CHIRUME SOME residents in Kadoma are costing the local council a fortune by removing water meters, making it impossible for the authority to charge them accurately. According to Kadoma City Council director of engineering services, Blessing Musasira, the practice is crippling the council’s ability to provide quality services. “Our challenge as a council…
By Stella Madzivanyika THE Migratory Pests Control Department in the ministry of Agriculture is on high alert for a potential quelea bird outbreak that may devastate the country’s winter wheat production. With increased rainfall this year due to the La Nina effect, conditions are ripe for a quelea explosion. Speaking to the Daily News On…
By Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw NORTON Town Council plans to drill 29 commercial boreholes by year-end to improve water supplies for its residents. This initiative comes as the council continues to face water challenges despite signing a US$25 million deal in 2019 with a private contractor to construct a 40-megalitre water treatment plant. “We receive water…
ON the second day of the Open Dialogue “Future of the World: New Platform for Global Growth” at the National Centre “Russia,”…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Humphrey Kayange has been named as the new Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG)…
