HARARE – English League One side Charlton Athletic are determined to keep Warriors forward Macauley Bonne despite renewed interest from more Championship clubs to sign the 24-year-old. This comes as Premier League side Burnley are still interested in the Warriors forward during the transfer window which ends on October 5. The South London Press newspaper…
WITH the country and its two major political parties — Zanu PF and the MDC — continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the national interest. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the concerned clerics said it was particularly important for Zanu PF…
AN AGRICULTURAL expert says the government must ensure food security to avoid compromising national security and must deal harshly with parasitic side marketers fleecing farmers, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is on a mission to end food imports and achieve food self-sufficiency and achieve a US$8,2 billion agriculture industry by 2025. Speaking…
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Zimbabwe has said 70 percent of the country’s returnees are in urgent need of food and financial assistance, the Daily News reports. This comes as scores of Zimbabweans living and working abroad have returned to the country owing to the negative impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on their…
TWITTER is investigating after users discovered its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers white faces to black ones. Users noticed when two photos – one of a black face the other of a white one – were in the same post, Twitter often showed only the white face on mobile. Twitter said it had tested for racial…
ON April 24, this year High Court judge Justice Mafusire ordered the Ministry of Health and Child Care and the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services to promote citizens’ access to information pertaining to the Coronavirus. This follows an urgent chamber application that was filed by MISA Zimbabwe, represented by lawyer Rudo Magundani…
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises rests on them winning support from brawling Zanu PF factions. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday in an exclusive interview yesterday, the steadfast Zanu…
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to “chikorokoza” as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed. Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena, shocked delegates attending an education indaba organised by Women of Zimbabwe Arise in Bulawayo yesterday that tutors have joined the band wagon of illegal mining. “Teachers are now…
ZIMBABWE is spending US$800 million annually on grain imports, deputy Agriculture minister Vangelis Haritatos has said. Speaking in the Senate recently, Haritatos said the country adopted the Pfumvudza programme as a measure to address the problems of low productivity. “Because of the low productivity and low production, the country has become a perennial net…
By Sindiso Mhlophe and Blessings Mashaya PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday that he would not seek outside intervention to hold dialogue with the opposition and other interest groups in the country, the Daily News reports. At the same time, a group led by former American diplomats implored South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling…
