Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ALARMED by the rising numbers of new coronavirus infections in the country, health experts have implored authorities to do more to prevent the breakout of a second wave of the lethal disease among the populace, the Daily News reports. On its part, the government has expressed grave concerns over…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Steven Tserayi, who is facing charges of smuggling and unlawful possession of gold together with Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, suspects those in charge of investigations in the case are trying to pin him to the offence. He told the court yesterday that the…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is among Sadc countries facing an acute shortage of food along with Zambia, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. This comes as the government has embarked on an ambitious Pfumvudza agriculture programme targeting 1,8 million households with the aim of…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw A SISTER of one of the women who perished in a blaze that engulfed Genius Kadungure’s car after Sunday’s horrific accident, has expressed bitterness with her sibling for keeping company with the late Harare socialite. Mitchelle “Moana” Amuli was one of three passengers in Ginimbi’s Rolls Royce from which the…
THE final phase of the re-opening of public schools countrywide got off to a rocky start yesterday, with many teachers failing to turn up for work — forcing some overwhelmed school heads to send learners back home, the Daily News reports. In Harare, learners faced the additional challenge of getting to and from their schools,…
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, insists she did not know the bag she was carrying when she was arrested at Robert Mugabe International Airport contained gold, hence had no intention to smuggle the precious stone. Rushwaya was arrested at the airport en-route to Dubai on October 26 and found with 6kg of gold…
A GRIEVING Anderson Kudungure, father of the late socialite Genius, is hurting at losing a son who was so popular with nearly everyone but whom he rarely shared his glittering moments with. The departed flamboyant Harare businessman — rumoured to be worth millions of United States dollars during his lifetime —rarely spent time with his…
TWO executives from Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council have been ordered to serve 18 months in prison by the High Court after their appeal against an abuse of office conviction and sentence was dismissed. The council’s former chief accounting officer Emmanuel Ndowa and finance manager Tendai Karuma were convicted by the Anti-Corruption Court for spending US$32…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government is hopeful that United States of America (USA) president-elect, Joe Biden, pictured, will be open to mending the strained relationship between Harare and Washington, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was among the first leaders around the world to congratulate Biden — a…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOCIALITE Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, died together with three passengers yesterday morning after his vehicle burst into flames following a horrific crash in Harare, the Daily News reports. The flamboyant businessman, known for his colourful and often controversial life, was only 36. Kadungure was travelling from a friend’s…
