THE Lady Chevrons crumbled to a 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Ireland in the first match of the three-match One Day International series at Harare Sports Club yesterday. In a rain-interrupted match, the Lady Chevrons were bowled out for 170 runs with Ashley Ndiraya top scoring with 47 runs, while Precious Marange chipped in…
By Ketty Nyoni THE country should take advantage of the recent temporary regulations that were put in place by authorities to protect all citizens from sexual abuse, by moving quickly to craft permanent laws to that effect. So says the chief executive of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC), Virginia Muwanigwa, who adds that the temporary…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are stepping up their fight against worsening drug and substance abuse in the country. In this regard, police received an antinarcotics laboratory fitted with modern equipment capable of detecting drugs and explosives from China yesterday. Speaking during the handover of the laboratory in Harare, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe,…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE department of migratory pests and biosecurity in the ministry of Agriculture says there is an outbreak of African armyworms in the Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces. This comes as the government has warned farmers that due to the El Nino phenomenon, caterpillars, which favour warm conditions, have the propensity to multiply;…
MY HEART bled the other day while reading an article about Bulawayo CBD carried in the Daily News of Wednesday 10, 2024. The story was about how Bulawayo City Council (BCC) was having to deal with the problem of human faeces in its CBD. The article went on to mention how the director of city…
By Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERamoyo@dailynews.co.zw ZIMDANCEHALL Father Shinsoman, popular for all-time hits Mawaya-waya and Ndodiwa Mhani, is back in the spotlight thanks to his new collaborations. The husky-voiced singer, born Tinashe Romeo Anthony 35 years ago, told the Daily News his absence from the limelight was part of his strategy to reinvigorate himself.“I have been…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITERS LIFE is getting tougher for poor Zimbabweans as the prices of basic goods in the country continue to shoot up despite the recent policy steps taken by authorities to stem the tide. Surprisingly, even the prices of products like bread, milk, salt, cooking oil, sugar and mealie…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says normal rains are expected in the country up to March to mark the end of the 2023/24/rainy season. This comes as the country is having an unusually short rainy season after the first significant rains were received late, leading to delays in planting by farmers…
THE Gwanda Town Council has, with immediate effect, banned all open-air worshipping in the urban settlement as part of its fight against the spread of cholera in and around the gold mining town in Matabeleland South Province. This follows the deaths of a pregnant woman and three others due to the communicable disease early this…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) yesterday donated over US$11 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) Zimbabwe to assist at least 300 000 food insecure people . This comes as the country is experiencing an El Nino phenomenon which is threatening the national grain output as the onset of…
