By Rutendo Ngara SMALL-SCALE farmers have received US$4.7 million from the Japanese government for fertiliser procurement in the 2023/24 summer cropping season. Speaking at the handover ceremony of the funds in Harare yesterday, Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Satoshi Tanaka, said Zimbabwe, like most other nations, was impacted by the rise in fertiliser prices brought on…
TROPICAL storm Freddy was due to hit the coast of southern Africa again late yesterday or early today, having killed at least…
By Ketty Nyoni PEDIATRIC cancer patient support organisation KidzCan Zimbabwe, is working on improving its medical assistance and is expanding its Rainbow Children’s Village to accommodate more children. The Rainbow Children’s Village is a facility that gives shelter to children going through chemotherapy at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. The centre in Belgravia, Harare, also provides…
AN investigator from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Smart Marlon Mandofa appeared in court this afternoon after he was arrested for allegedly interacting…
Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC) officer Mandofa Smart Marlon who was arrested yesterday (Friday) for fraud has been remanded into custody until Monday. Businessman Ofer Sivan filed a complaint with CID CCD after his allegedly wrongful arrest by Mandofa and his associates in January 2022. Following this report and investigations by the CID CCD, he was…
Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw WITH the world celebrating Women’s month, local boxer Kudakwashe ‘Take Money’ Chiwandire says she will not only be fighting for personal glory when she faces Yamileth Mercado of Mexico for the WBC Women’s Super Bantamweight title, but for the girl child as well. Chiwandire has been in camp preparing for her impending…
ZIMDANCEHALL star Freeman will celebrate the two National Arts Merit Awards he won recently at Jongwe Corner in Hatfield, Harare tomorrow. Freeman’s manager, Watson “Watta” Katelapanjila said the Outstanding Male Musician and the album of the Year gongs won by the HKD Boss deserve to be celebrated in a special way. “As we are still…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have set in motion processes to select candidates that will represent them in the upcoming parliamentary and council elections. Addressing the media in the midst of the Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the…
ONE of the country’s biggest financial institutions, National Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe Limited (NMB), has partnered with the Unlimited Hope Alliance Trust and donated sanitary pads to girls in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East province. The donation was part of the bank’s International Women’s Day to vulnerable girls and women in the district. Speaking at the handover…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that resurgent tropical storm Freddy is expected to hit some parts of the country today, although its effects will be minimal. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokesperson James Ngoma said there was, therefore, no need for citizens to panic. He said the rains…
