By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged stakeholders in the education sector to dedicate their efforts towards implementing “heritage-based education”. He was speaking in Harare at the launch of Heritage Based 5.0 book, “Redefining Zimbabwe’s Education System: ED Mnangagwa’s Vision and Transformation”.The education model uses new technologies to provide more humanised teaching…
A TRADITIONAL healer has appeared before a Harare magistrate for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman several times during the time they were travelling around the country performing cleansing ceremonies. The healer is said to have ruined the woman’s marriage after he confronted her husband over her unborn child.Darlington Mabudo, 49, of Epworth was charged with…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is collaborating with the government and National Aids Council (Nac) in stepping up efforts to raise awareness on the risk of the disease among youth in high risk areas. This comes as Zimbabwe has achieved 95-95-95 percent 2025 target to end…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MANY Zanu PF bigwigs and structures are continuing to encourage President Emmerson Mnangagwa to go for a third term in office. Addressing a National Youth Day gathering in Masvingo yesterday, Mnangagwa himself quipped that only God knew how long he would stay in power. This comes amid growing tittle-tattle in…
THE Supreme Court has granted an appeal filed by a Mazowe farmer challenging Lands Minister Anxious Masuka’s decision to revoke his offer letter for a farm in the area before it was handed over to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF). After the ministry rescinded the offer letter in 2016, Wonder Mukwaira — who was granted…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) remains committed to working with authorities over the compensation of the majority of white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the government’s fast-track agrarian reforms of the 2000s. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CFU president Liam Philp confirmed that many affected farmers were…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is faced with a shortage of food amid revelations by the government that they had missed the set target of planting two million hectares of maize this season at a time the country is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought. This comes as millers have set themselves a target to…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE local horticulture sector is in a favourable condition despite the prolonged dry spell being experienced in the country as farmers take advantage of the national dam levels, which are at 86 percent full. Some rain-fed crops such as maize, traditional grains and roundnuts are reported to have dried up whilst…
HIGH Court judge Justice Siyabona Paul Musithu has ordered former National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm)’s managing and operations manager, Zealous Nyabadza, to surrender the official vehicle he was given during his tenure. Nyabadza was dismissed from employment in August 2020 after being accused of selling a consignment of surgical masks without getting authorisation from…
THE interim leadership of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will engage Sengezo Tshabangu in a bid to bury the party’s recent chaos. At the same time, the party — which has, for now, resorted to its founding structures that date back to 2019 — remains open to ironing out its differences with its former…
