Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw MERCY Musekiwa and Godknows ‘Sir Gode’ Masona, were the toast of the 2024 Carling Black Label National Pool Championship Finals staged at Zimbali Events and Leisure in the capital on Saturday. The Carling Black Label National Pool finals attracted 128 players drawn from the country’s 10 provinces, with 64 players apiece in…
Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER SCOTTLAND coach William Nyasulu feels the one-all draw against fellow promotion chasers Black Rhinos on Saturday was a fair result at the start of the second half of the campaign and has set them up nicely for the rest of the campaign. Ambitious Scottland, who are in their maiden season in…
TREASURY has revised upwards growth of the manufacturing sector to 2,5 percent this year, from an initially projected 1,6 percent, to reflect the expected positive impact of the substantial investments underway in both existing and new plant and machinery. According to the latest economic review, the projection also takes into account the commencement of steel…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man was on Friday remanded in custody at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of raping and impregnating his 13-year-old co-tenant. Special Bell, 30, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing rape charges and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He was remanded to August…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A VILLAGE head’s son from Nyamandlovu village in Matabeleland North Province has been slapped with an effective five year prison sentence after he was convicted of attempted murder. Jordan Mabhena, 22, the son of village head Deli Mabhena, on Friday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga. He pleaded guilty to…
By Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE State-owned Kutsaga Tobacco Research Board is finalising on its programme not to rely on government grants, but to be economically self-sufficient by 2025. Its target to be self-reliant is based on plans of increasing the production of high-quality potato seed varieties. The country has mostly been relying on…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A POWER cut at the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday disrupted businessman Mike Chimombe’s bail ruling, which was later moved to today. Chimombe is challenging his placement on remand on allegations of submitting forged documents in a US$9 million Harare street light rehabilitation tender earlier this year. The tender is on behalf…
WILBERT RUKATO, Own Correspondent THE return of Supermodel Zimbabwe and Miss Zambia-Zimbabwe in 2024 marks a return to form in the Zimbabwean pageant arena. Miss Universe Zimbabwe also made a welcome return in 2023 and made steps to perfect their presentation of the 2024 edition. There are also a plethora of other pageants with the…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE TENNIS Zimbabwe president Walter Jera believes junior development is the way to go if Zimbabwe is to become a force to reckon with at the global stage. Zimbabwean tennis is currently undergoing a steady renaissance after years of regression that followed the retirement of the Black siblings Byron, Wayne and Cara as…
FORMER Premier Soccer League (PSL) secretary-general Leslie Gwindi has hit out at the country’s football leadership, blaming them for the current rot in the game. It is not the first time that Gwindi has blasted the country’s football chiefs, with the firebrand ex-football administrator having castigated authorities last year for failing to address the issue…
