By Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER NEWLY-APPOINTED FC Platinum chairman Dumisani Sisale, is rooting for the club’s head coach Norman Mapeza to bring back the premier league title to the Zvishavane-based side. Pure Platinum Play, who won consecutive league titles until last year, had an indifferent campaign last season, which saw them finish fourth on the…
By Ashley Moyo SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER moyoa@dailynews.co.zw SUNGURA kingpin Alick “Extra Basso” Macheso is certain that his forthcoming and 13th studio album will have all the ingredients of a stellar release. Speaking through his publicist Tich Makahamadze, Macheso is spending much of his time rehearsing for the project, which is going to be his first…
AUTHORITIES must take heed of the advice being proffered by economists, among them Eddie Cross, that the growing use of the United States dollar in our economy is a major factor behind the multi-faceted economic challenges facing the country. He warned last week that if nothing is done by authorities to mitigate this trend, the…
STRINGENT measures are being enforced at the Beitbridge border post as thousands of Zimbabweans return to South Africa after the festive season….
POLICE are investigating a case of a college owner who was robbed of over US$22 000 by an unidentified suspect who claimed to be looking for a place for a Form 1 student in Mucheke, Masvingo Province. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspect who was armed with an unidentified…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITERS FIFTEEN miners who had been trapped underground at Redwing Mine in Manicaland, since Thursday,…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE government has set its eyes on ensuring that all schools with no electricity countrywide are powered by solar after receiving more than US$40 million from development partners. This comes as most schools in the rural areas are lagging behind in terms of information communication technologies due to unavailability of power and…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government says the crop situation has improved significantly since mid-December, as some that were already showing signs of stress owing to heat are now lively. This comes as the country is experiencing an El Nino phenomenon which is associated with long dry spells and a short rainy season. Speaking to…
AS ZIMBABWE grapples with a surging exchange rate and continued dollarisation, economic experts are urging the government to tackle the country’s monetary crisis head-on. Failure to do so, they warn, could cripple the formal business sector. The festive season saw a sharp rise in parallel market rate, which surpassed $12 000 for a single US…
NICKEL output was down four percent in the third quarter of 2023, falling from 4 837 tonnes to 4 643 tonnes compared to the same period last year. Production during the quarter was, however, higher than the second quarter’s 4 312 tonnes by eight percent, with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) attributing this improvement…
