By Ketty Nyoni ZIMBABWE is expected to produce a bumper 3,1 million metric tonnes of maize this year — the country’s main food staple — which is a surplus of 800 000 metric tonnes of the nation’s cereal grain needs. This comes hot on the heels of the country harvesting a record wheat crop of…
AT LEAST six Zanu PF members died while 18 others were seriously injured in Buhera when a truck they were travelling in was involved in a head-on accident with another vehicle along the Murambinda-Betera road in Manicaland province on Saturday. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident when the party members were…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC), in partnership with donors, has procured water trucks to supply water to residents most of whom have gone for almost a month without tap water. This comes after the city has been receiving only between eight and 10 hours of power supply, resulting in a significant drop in water supplies….
A HARARE woman has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate’s court after she allegedly forged documents in a bid to get a piece of her late male companion’s estate. Tokozani Mazvimbakupa Dhliwayo, 58, appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure last week facing fraud charges. However, she was released on free bail and is set to…
WHILE the first episode of Al Jazeera’s probes into alleged rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe has been hugely damaging, what has come out so far will not necessarily sway voters in this year’s crunch polls. So say independent political analysts who spoke to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, in the wake…
By Ketty Nyoni THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the government and other stakeholders to commit more financial resources to fight and end tuberculosis (TB). TB is a disease caused by a bacterium; “mycobacterium tuberculosis”, which usually attacks the lungs, but can also attack any part of the body, including kidney, spine, and…
PARLIAMENT has summoned Transport minister Felix Mhona to appear before the National Assembly and explain on the expansion of the 533km Mutare-Plumtree highway. The highway links Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana, Zambia and the DRC. On a question of national importance last week, Dangamvura-Chikanga legislator Prosper Mutseyami said Zimbabwe had challenges regard linking the three countries…
ZANU PF’s primary elections got off to a slow and often chaotic start in many parts of the country yesterday. This came as ballot papers were either received late, or some voters were missing from party registers. In addition, voting in the Midlands and Masvingo was inexplicably wholly deferred to today. The primaries are meant…
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has paid over US$24 million to wheat farmers and has pledged to pay off the remaining farmers next month. In a press statement, GMB chief executive officer, Rockie Mutenha, said farmers delivered a record tonnage of wheat with a total value of US$31 132 220. “The GMB advises the nation…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat ZANU PF will not tolerate any violence, chicanery or disruptions during the party’s primaries today, the former liberation movement’s secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke, has warned. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Matuke underlined that party members found engaging in violent, dishonest and disruptive activities would receive severe sanctions,…
