By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com AUTHORITIES will supplement livestock feed throughout the country to stop farmers from engaging in panic selling of their animals due to the El Niño drought. Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka yesterday said that this was being done as the drought had affected feed, water availability and herbage quality — resulting in the…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A SUSPECTED illegal foreign currency dealer Gerald Pondai, 32, was arraigned before the court on Friday for allegedly duping his client ZiG400 000 in a botched money exchange deal. Pondai, who is facing fraud charges, was remanded in custody to August 16 for bail application by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. According to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was among the more than 20 heads of state and government who attended the inauguration yesterday of Rwanda leader Paul Kagame. Mnangagwa arrived in Kigali on Saturday and had bilateral talks with Kagame. Yesterday he witnessed the swearing in of Kagame at Amahoro Stadium in the capital Kigali. “The two Heads of…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has beefed up its manpower by roping other municipal police officers from Chitungwiza, Epworth local board and Ruwa town council ahead of the upcoming Sadc Summit. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, HCC mayor Jacob Mafume said the additional manpower would ensure sanity and order is maintained…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com THE police have released names of nine people who perished last week in an accident along the MasvingoZano Road last week. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said they were yet to name the other five Gokwe accident victims and urged drivers to exercise caution on the roads…
BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRIStaff Writer THERE is absolutely nothing amiss about other security services complementing the work of police to maintain law and order in the country when that is warranted. So says national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, who adds that authorities will not hesitate to throw the kitchen sink at chaos mongers hellbent on causing…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE POLICE have intensified road traffic rules enforcement measures in the country ahead of the Heroes and Defence Forces Day public holidays and the Sadc summit that is commencing next week. Commissioner general Godwin Matanga yesterday urged motorists to exercise caution and abide by the road rules. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) implores…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT AUTHORITIES have intensified their surveillance of Mpox — formerly known as monkeypox — whose cases are rising on the continent. This comes as the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that the agency will likely declare a continental public health emergency over the increasing cases of the infectious…
THIS year’s edition of the ZimTrade Annual Exporters Conference slated for later this year in Bulawayo has been extended to five days from the traditional three days to give more time for business interactions, organisers have said. The event, organised by the national trade development and promotion organisation —ZimTrade — will span an entire week…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Sugar Association (ZSA) says they have enough sugar stocks for household and industrial use to last during the current El Nino-induced drought season. This comes as over 12 million Zimbabweans across the country are food insecure following poor harvests resulting from the drought ravaging the Sadc region. ZSA chairperson William…
