DESPITE low rainfalls received during the 2023/2024 cropping season, Zimbabwe has so far sold tobacco worth US$740 million down from US$848 million sold last year during the same period. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) acting chief executive officer Emmanuel Matsvaire said they had so far sold 214 million kilogrammes of…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zwPOLICE have released the names of people who perished last month in an accident along Nyabadza-Gandanza road in Rusape returning from a church gathering. In a statement, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said DNA tests for the bodies were carried out so as to identify the victims.“Reference is made to the Zimbabwe…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zwTHE government is working on introducing a hepatitis B vaccine at birth as part of its strategy to achieve the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s validation targets for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus that can…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zwLEADING retail outlet, TM Pick n Pay, yesterday extended its corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the ministry of Health after donating 3 000 blankets that will be shared among government hospitals countrywide. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Harare, TM Pick n Pay chief finance director Gamuchirai Nyamuzinga said their gesture was…
THE COSAFA Cup 2024 presented a critical opportunity for Zimbabwe to showcase its footballing prowess on a regional stage. As the tournament…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A SUSPECTED serial armed robber, who targeted fuel stations in Harare and Chitungwiza between February and April this year, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing a total of US$21 383 robbery charges. Tafadzwa Reuben Mutamiri, who is facing five armed robbery charges, appeared before magistrate Donald Ndirowei who remanded him…
THREE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, who were arrested last week for allegedly staging a demonstration at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, were yesterday granted US$100 each by magistrate Ethel Chichera. Phillies Pikitayi, 29, Daphine Gutsa, 40, and Simbarashe Blackson, 30, were arrested when they came to support their incarcerated colleagues, including CCC chief administrator…
SEVERAL armed robbers and burglars were convicted and jailed for lengthy terms last week as the country’s judiciary stiffens its resolve to clamp down on crime, the National Prosecution Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has said. In one of the cases, Tobias Chidavaenzi, 54, and Leonard Muzenda, 24, were sentenced to 70 years in prison (65…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man, who was arraigned before the courts for assaulting a police officer who was conducting a stop and search operation in the central business district, has been slapped with a fivemonth prison term. Sozo Machimba, 27, of no fixed abode appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing an…
IN ONE of our stories in this edition, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told the 12th International Legal Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the weekend that the country is coming up with measures to decongest its prisons. The efforts to decongest Zimbabwe’s prisons through alternative sentencing and rehabilitation programs are a step in the right…
