SUSPENDED Criminal Investigations Department (CID) director Crispen Charumbira will apply for discharge following the close of the State’s case yesterday. He is accused of interfering with his juniors by ordering them to release suspects. The trial, which opened before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna last year, saw cops, who were witnesses in the matter, alleging that…
ZANU PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha, pictured, has warned that the ruling party’s continuing factional fights could sabotage the former liberation movement’s 2023 poll targets. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid widening fissures in Zanu PF regional structures despite the party having recently concluded its provincial elections, Bimha appealed for unity saying this was the…
HYENAS and jackals are causing havoc in Chief Nyange’s area in Gutu East, Masvingo — where they are terrorising villagers and preying on livestock. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, worried villagers said the marauding carnivores had become a menace at night, when they come down from the mountains to attack domestic animals, including goats and cattle….
THE Zanu PF youth league yesterday launched a farming youth empowerment programme called ‘#ingorima something’ where horticulture inputs were dished to its members in all 10 provinces ahead of the March 26 by-elections. The inputs, which will be distributed to youth in the country’s 10 provinces, included seed and fertilizer. Speaking after the first meeting…
LAND baron Felix Munyaradzi’s freedom bid suffered a setback after a Harare court allowed the State to withdraw a concession they had…
PERSISTENT rains across the country have increased the demand for fertiliser and farmers have bemoaned recent price increases, saying they were now threatening growers’ viability. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) secretary general Paul Zakariya said more top dressing fertiliser was now needed by most farmers as the incessant rains pounding most parts…
ONE of the country’s leading financial institutions, Steward Bank, yesterday said it is embarking on “a retrenchment exercise to rationalise its staffing levels”. In a statement, the bank said: “Following the successful deployment of our new core banking, additional automation of our banking processes and the investments we continue to make in our digital transformation…
Blessings Mashaya and Jeffrey Muvundusi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa is expected in Bulawayo tomorrow to formally unveil the party and to deal with simmering tensions among regional bigwigs following the recent double-fielding of candidates for the March 26 by-elections. Insiders told the Daily News yesterday that emotions remained high among party officials in…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education yesterday released this year’s academic calendar ahead of the reopening of face-to-face learning on Monday. This comes as earlier this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, postponed the commencement of face-to-face classes, which were scheduled for January 10, except for examination classes, on account of a spike in…
Andile Tshuma BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is now disconnecting water from households, government and the commercial sector, as it bids to recover a staggering $2 billion debt it is owed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, BCC corporate communications manager Nesisa Mpofu said the non-payment of rates was heavily denting the city’s coffers as council…
