Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the upmarket Madokero Mall in Tynwald, Harare, which was funded by the Public Service Pension Fund to the tune of US$7,4 million. Also officially opened by Mnangagwa was the Sanganayi housing gated complex and an industrial warehouse hub. “The Madokero Mall is an important development to…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITER FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the $74.7 billion availed for 2023 national elections by Treasury in the 2023 national budget is adequate for Zimbabwe to conduct the polls. He was speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, debating on the 2023 national budget. “We have made a provision of $74.7 billion for elections…
Regis ChingawoSENIOR STAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on all citizens to play a part in ensuring that peace reigns supreme in the country to ensure national development. Addressing mourners at the burial of national heroine Betty Flora Mtero at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said his government was open to…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo men have appeared in court facing attempted murder charges after they allegedly stabbed a 38-year-old man 15 times all over the body. Emmanuel Dube, 21, and Mxolisi Ndlovu, 42, yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda. The court heard that on November 18, Dube and…
THE shortage of utility vehicles and equipment is severely impeding the Gweru City Council’s ability to provide services, forcing the city to borrow trucks and equipment from private businesses and people, acting town clerk Vakai Chikwekwe has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the town clerk, however, said plans were underway to increase the…
By Nyasha Dube TWO Centenary men, Tatenda Migeri and Cornius Kamutungo, who were arrested last year after fatally beating a thief, have each been given a one-year prison sentence by the High Court. Migeri and Kamutungo, both 23, were arrested on January 25, 2021, after they used a baton to assault Tatenda Ringson Anoki when…
By Nyasha Dube A CHITUNGWIZA magistrate Clever Tsikwa yesterday granted $50 000 bail to a Zengeza woman, Plaxedes Mahlahla, who was arrested last month on charges of culpable homicide. Mahlahla, better known as Mai Grant, was arrested after she was caught living with a decomposing body of her 80-year-old husband, who was reportedly last seen…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THREE-armed robbery suspects, who were part of a gang that got away with 12kg of gold worth US$675 000 and four guns in the How Mine robbery in Bulawayo last October, have been placed on further remand. Antony Mopo, 39, Winston Mutandwa, 24, and Ernest Mutandwa, 30, appeared yesterday before Tredgold…
THE Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) has called on farmers to embrace growing orange maize, which is rich in vitamin A, in order to curb malnutrition in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday in Harare during the donation of a new orange maize seed variety (ZS500A) to traditional leaders, ZFU secretary-general Paul Zakariya said…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw SUPERSPORT’S World Cup signature tune did not originate from the late John Chibadura,’s, hit Mudiwa Janet, the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) has declared. The determination by Zimura — the country’s leading musicians’ rights association — follows claims by the late Chibadura’s family that SuperSport fiddled with Mudiwa Janet to create the jingle it uses…
