A BULAWAYO man of fixed abode, who strangled his 81-year-old ex-employer to death in Upper Rangemore, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in jail by the High Court. Iphithule Moyo was found guilty of killing Naomi Titsha during a salary dispute that occurred in May last year. Bulawayo High Court judge,…
ZANU PF acting-political commissar Patrick Chinamasa has threatened to go after and deregister non-governmental organisations (NGOs) deemed hostile to Zimbabwe and are pushing a regime change agenda. This comes as the ruling party and President Emmerson Mnanagwa’s government has come under constant criticism especially from human rights-based NGOs and civic society over a number of…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora says despite the efforts by “a few people” to the contrary, national dialogue is the only sure way of forging national unity and curing the country’s long history of disputed polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora also observed that the current polarisation and deep-seated divisions in the country made holding…
ZIMBABWEANS have re-ignited the demand for the diaspora vote in the 2023 elections and have since written to the Parliament, making the request. In a petition being fronted by the Patriotic Zimbabwe Party, Zimbabweans in different parts of the world said all citizens must be given a chance to elect the country’s leadership of their…
THE Health ministry utilised one percent of its 2019 budget of over $100 million leading to the non-implementation of key programmes including the purchase of ambulances and medicines, an auditor general’s report has revealed. The auditor-general Mildred Chiri’s 2019 audit report tabled before Parliament last week attributed the development to Treasury’s failure to release funds…
ZIMBABWE’S most influential national newspapers, the Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday, continue to perform strongly both in print and…
ONE of the country’s leading seed manufacturing firms, Seed Co, yesterday launched new vegetable seed hybrid varieties it hopes will provide a cost-effective production solution for farmers. The company launched two new cabbage seed varieties — SCV Dephine F1 and SCV Majesty F1 — at their Stapleford Farm headquarters in Mt Hampden. New tomato and…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffery Muvundisi THE ructions consuming the MDC Alliance and its structures around the country are escalating, with Bulawayo Province becoming the latest to witness ugly infighting that has seen regional chairperson James Sithole being put on notice by a rival faction. So bad is the ruckus in the second city, that…
THERE is a likelihood international drug cartels are using Zimbabwe as a smuggling hub, according to a medical expert who testified in the case of South African cocaine smuggler Shila Khumalo yesterday. Speaking under oath, medical and forensic expert Clancy Nyamukure told the court that organised crime groups and powerful cartels were behind cocaine trafficking. …
THE government yesterday delayed the reopening of schools for the start of the second term by a further two weeks owing to the recent increase of Covid-19 new infections and deaths. Classes were scheduled to resume this coming Monday but those plans have been pushed back as the authorities fear the learning institutions could be…
