ZIMBABWE recorded improved power generation in the third quarter to September on account of improved rainfall, which increased generation capacity at Kariba Hydro, the power utility reported yesterday. According to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a total of 2 203GWh was sent out to the national grid, surpassing the target by eight percent. “Kariba Power…
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga, yesterday extended the Covid-19 national lockdown Level 2 with another two weeks as authorities insist Zimbabwe is still not yet out of the woods. This comes as the global pandemic has infected 133 007 people and killed 4 679 ever since the first local case was reported in March 2020. Chiwenga,…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry’s court case was yesterday set for November 15 after the defence team failed to produce a medical report to ascertain her mental fitness to stand trial. Marry was last Friday attended to by two medical specialists in fulfilment of a court order. “She was examined last Friday by…
A LOCAL agronomist says Zimbabwean farmers must embrace and begin to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) as it is the future of the agriculture industry. Speaking to the Daily News recently, Afrostain Farmtech agribusiness consultant Wencelous Nyamupfukudza said using technology like drones and other gadgets, AI would provide farmers with real-time insights from their fields, allowing them…
ZIMBABWE’S first and only Forbes Best of Africa Award winner, businessman Kenneth Sharpe, was recently conferred with the Leader in Real Estate…
WITH the 2023 elections getting ever closer, churches and civil society have launched a new national dialogue initiative to help end the country’s decades-long myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the leader of the Zimbabwe Divine Destiny Network, Bishop Ancelimo Magaya — who is set to lead the latest initiative — said the church and…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his visit to the United Kingdom (UK) for this week’s global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, shows that Zimbabwe’s re-engagement policy is working. Posting on his Facebook page after being welcomed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Mnangagwa said he was delighted to visit the UK. “Thank you to PM…
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Marry, who is facing several allegations, will today be in court pending a doctor’s report to ascertain if she will be mentally capable to follow trial proceedings. She was last month remanded to yesterday after the State indicated that the docket for her other case in which she is accused of…
THE trial of five MDC-Alliance youth leaders accused of staging a demonstration in the capital opened yesterday after a series of hiccups with the crew distancing themselves from the offence. Makomborero Haruzivishe, Allan Moyo, Denford Ngadziore, Stanley Manasi Manyenga and Cecillia Revai Chimbiri are being charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote…
OVER 250 000 of the targeted population in the second largest city have received their first Covid-19 vaccination dose, as the city itches towards reaching herd immunity. This comes as the government recently indicated that the vaccination rate among citizens was continuously slowing, a development that saw it admitting that the country’s target to reach…
