By Emmanuel Marambe ZIMBABWE’S batting once again wilted in the face of top class bowling from West Indies at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday, as the visitors won the second Test by an innings and four runs inside three days to clinch the two-match series 1-0. Victory for the West Indies meant they maintained…
THE tobacco marketing season roars into life next month with high expectations from farmers for an improved producer price. Auction floors will start conducting sales on March 9 followed a day later by contract firms. The Zimbabwe Tobacco Growers Association is expecting that a kilogramme of tobacco should be sold between US$5 and US$6, compared…
…as SRC distances itself from National League formation Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITERfusirec@dailynews.co.zw SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa yesterday came out guns blazing, refuting claims that the country’s sports supreme body is behind Zifa’s controversial decision to immediately enforce the formation of National Division One league. This comes after the interim Zifa president Gift…
By Ketty Nyoni OVER 2,2 million Zimbabwean youths aged between 15 and 34 are unemployed or not in school, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) has said in its 2022 fourth quarter labour force survey released on Monday. The report also indicates that females contribute a higher percentage of 57, 9) of unemployment compared to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 58-year-old Bulawayo businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his 17-year-old niece before bribing her with US$10 to keep quiet. The accused was found guilty of two counts of rape and aggravated indecent assault by Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabiza. He was sentenced to 10 years…
Ketty Nyoninyonik@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE continues to grapple with thousands of tragic cases of child marriages and pregnancies. The chief director in the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Kwadzanai Nyanungo, told Parliament yesterday that although the drop out rate of affected learners was decreasing, it was still very high.Testifying before the parliamentary committee on gender and…
AS ZIMBABWE joins the rest of the world to celebrate the international day of love, Valentine’s Day, it is important to recognise and appreciate healthy and safe ways of expressing love. Conveniently, Valentine’s Day coincides with International Condom Day, a special day recognising the value of male and female condoms in preventing HIV, sexually transmitted…
NMB Bank Zimbabwe at the weekend opened a new branch in Kwekwe. Speaking at the launch, NMB Bank chief banking officer Lloyd Kazunga said the bank was growing its national footprint. “Ensuring customer convenience underpins everything we do at NMB Bank, and we are excited to officially open our Kwekwe branch. We are primarily a…
OF 73 people killed in South Africa (SA) daily between April and September 2022, 30 were gunned down. According to police crime…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa has accused his colleagues in government of frustrating investigations on land scandals as they connive with land barons to cover the corrupt activities. Speaking during the commissioning of Aspindale Park and Aspire Heights Housing Development project in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said he was concerned with illegally constructed houses, most…
