By Rutendo Ngara THE government is set to prioritise cloud seeding, water harvesting and irrigation this cropping season in a bid to mitigate the effects of the expected El Nino-induced drought. This comes as the country is expecting low to below-normal rainfall in the upcoming season, mainly due to climate change. A report that was…
TWO people, aged 35 and 43, were arrested by police at the Nerston port of entry bordering South Africa and the Kingdom…
Cloud FusireSTAFF WRITERfusirec@dailynews.co.zw ST GEORGE’S College and Dominican Convent Harare were crowned senior and junior champions, respectively at the inaugural CBZ High Schools Debate tournament champions at the weekend in Harare. The two-day competition, which ran from September 8 and 9 with 20 schools including Wise Owl Marondera, St Faith’s Rusape, Dominican Convent Bulawayo, Churchill…
HOOLIGANISM in football once again reared its ugly head yesterday, forcing the abandonment of the high profile Premier Soccer League match pitting bitter rivals Dynamos FC and Highlanders FC at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo. Fan-trouble erupted in the first half when Dynamos were leading by two goals to nil. Highlanders’ fans invaded the pitch, remonstrating…
THE death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to nearly 2 500, with a similar number of injured. The…
A FORMER Clerk of Parliament, Austin Zvoma, has died at the age of 74 from lung cancer. A family spokesperson, Godwin Chigwedere, confirmed his death to the Daily News yesterday. “He died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare at around 11pm on Saturday evening after battling lung cancer for a long time and he has…
POLICE have confirmed that a road traffic accident that occurred along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road over the weekend resulted in the deaths of three people and the injuries of another seven. “A front right tyre of a Nissan Caravan vehicle burst, resulting in the vehicle veering off the road before overturning several times and landing on its…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has cancelled Tetrad Investment Bank’s licence following the financial institution’s voluntary surrender. In a statement yesterday, the central bank said Tetrad did not have any depositors on its books at the time it surrendered its licence. “The Registrar of Banking Institutions has cancelled Tetrad Investment Bank Limited licence with…
ZIMBABWE expects to receive normal to below normal rainfall with parts of the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces getting below normal rains for…
By Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw HIGHLANDERS supporters stormed the pitch yesterday, leading to the abandonment of their side’s high profile clash with Dynamos at a packed Barbourfields Stadium. The barbaric scenes saw overwhelmed police and Dynamos fans being at the receiving end of disturbing violence from the irate Bosso fans, whose team was the away side…
