AFTER a long journey from a farming region, Shylet Muzveba was waiting impatiently in a truck in Harare to offload her bales…
AIRPORTS Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is reviewing its ‘Collaborative Arrangement for Management and Prevention of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (Capsca)’ and evaluating its capacity to coordinate public health disasters. Capsca is an international civil aviation mission focused on preventing and managing public health emergencies such as Covid-19 and Ebola. Speaking on the sidelines…
CASES of secondary school students committing suicide in the country are on the increase, the latest being that of a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) High School in Hatcliffe, Harare, Form 6 learner who took his life at the boarding school on Monday. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the incident and said the law…
By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw TROPICAL storm Freddy has left a trail of destruction in some parts of Manicaland, where it swept away a gold panner and also damaged key infrastructure and many homesteads. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy director of the Civil Protection Department (CPD), Farai Hokonya, confirmed that one person was missing…
A HARARE court heard yesterday that Zimbabwe Republic Police officers allegedly assaulted a suspected drug dealer after they failed to find drugs in his possession. Washington Ndlovu, 38, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing an unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs charge. He applied for bail before he was remanded in custody to April 3…
SMALL scale miners, bit hard by the new base metals export blanket ban announced recently, are seeking a six-month moratorium to fulfill…
SUSPENDED Gweru City Town Clerk Vakayi Chikwekwe who was arrested for allegedly violating tender procedures resulting in companies Shesham, Cacas and Wackdrive…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw THE 2019 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) People’s Choice winner, Mai Patai, is back in the studio to record a new album less than a year after dropping the underwhelming Watch and Pray. The Gweru-born musician, born Respina Patai, launched her fourth album Watch and Pray mid-last year. However, the project, featuring Bethen Pasinawako, Chipo…
By Cyril Ramaphosa SINCE I announced changes to Cabinet last week, there has been much discussion about the size of the executive….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told a business summit on Friday that the country is now food self sufficient, thanks to his government’s huge investment in agriculture. This is despite climate change effects that have largely affected rainfall patterns in the country. Mnangagwa said to sustain food self-sufficiency, the government would continue to rehabilitate irrigation schemes across…
