Ashley Moyo INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED and a member of the first generation stone sculptors pictured,has died. He was 80. The director of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) Nicholas Moyo described the late legendary artist — who died on Tuesday at Citimed Hospital in Chitungwiza after a short illness — as an endearing symbol of the development…
TRADITIONAL leaders have advocated for harsher punishments for those who engage in child marriage and adolescent pregnancies. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chiefs’ Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, pictured, said it was high time authorities put in place stringent measures to protect the girl child. “We must take measures that protect our girl child….
By Nyasha Dube HARARE magistrate Dennis Mangosi has ordered the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to set a trial date for Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) leader Obert Masaraure before January next year. The union leader was in 2019 arrested on charges of allegedly plotting to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, and the matter…
By Yvonne Ncube AN UNREPENTANT Nkulumane woman is in trouble after she was nabbed for assaulting and cutting off her 18-year-old step-daughter’s finger with a knife at a time she was out on bail for a robbery crime she had allegedly committed earlier on. Sibonokuhle Nyathi, 25, pleaded guilty yesterday when she appeared before Bulawayo…
THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) is set to introduce new tobacco varieties next year with potential to improve yields Currently, Zimbabwean farmers are growing three varieties which include Virginia flue-cured, burley and oriental varieties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TRB chief executive officer Frank Magama said the new varieties which include T78, T79,T80 and…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE has been hit by an outbreak of typhoid, following nine confirmed and 63 suspected cases of the disease in Glen Norah high-density suburb since mid October. This, in turn, has raised concerns about an imminent cholera outbreak in the capital city.Typhoid and cholera are potentially life-threatening infectious diseases which share similarities…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been dragged to court by a local trucking company after one of its trucks was seized while allegedly smuggling 36 bags of marijuana through Forbes Border Post from Mozambique into Zimbabwe. The company, Payloads, approached the High Court demanding the release of its truck from the…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE government has assured restless Zimbabweans that there will be improved power supplies during the festive period after the country managed to import supplies from the Sadc region following a payment of US$5 million, the Energy minister, Zhemu Soda has said. For over a month, Zimbabwe has been experiencing rolling blackouts as…
By Yvonne Ncube THREE teenagers were on Tuesday handed wholly-suspended sentences following charges of assaulting and stabbing a colleague. Moses Moyo, 18, Godknows Mkhwananzi, 18, and Khayalakhelihle Moyo, 19, all of Village 4 Insuza, Umguza district, pleaded guilty of stabbing a friend over an undisclosed misunderstanding before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda. The trio was slapped…
By Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO andTamary Chikiwa in ZVISHAVANE AT LEAST 12 young Zvishavane residents have died due to drug and substance abuse in 2022 amid concerns that abusing illicit substances was now prevalent in most schools in the mining town, a government official has confirmed. This was revealed during an anti-drug march organised by…
