By Rutendo Ngara TWO Murewa men, who were arrested early this month for vandalising and stealing Zesa cables, have been sentenced to 30 years each by the local regional magistrate’s court. The two, Kudakwashe Jojo, 28, and James Leonard, 37, appeared before the court last Friday facing 15 counts of vandalism. In a statement yesterday,…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Veterinary Services Department in the Agriculture ministry has confirmed that it will start a pilot programme to manufacture anthrax and blackleg vaccines in the first quarter of 2023, and the country is set to save 48 percent of its import bill. Farmers have in recent years lost thousands of their cattle…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has advised farmers throughout the country to start planting as most areas across Zimbabwe have received favourable rains. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the MSD head of forecast, James Ngoma, said although short-term dry spells might be experienced in some parts of the country, farmers should…
GOVERNMENT has advised legume farmers to apply rhizobium bio-fertilisers as they are cost effective compared to traditional Ammonium Nitrate (AN) and Compound D fertilisers. Legume crops include soybeans, groundnuts, roundnuts and sugar beans. There has been a significant increase in fertiliser prices with a 50kg bag of Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser shooting to US$65 compared to…
By Anesu Mirisawu CELEBRATED South African diva, Makhadzi, is set to return to Zimbabwe, a country she has described as her second home, next month. The MaGear hitmaker’s pending tour comes barely a month after she sensationally claimed that she was “proudly Zimbabwean” in a Facebook post. This time around, Makhadzi is set to headline…
ZIMBABWE all-rounder Sikandar Raza was rewarded for his exploits at the recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after he was named in…
ZIMBABWE will host the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 together with neighbours Namibia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced. The…
Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe has hailed striker William Manondo for winning the Golden Boot award in the just ended Castle Lager Premiership season. Manondo has been in blistering form throughout the season in which he helped the Green Machine survive relegation after notching 17 goals. His performance for the fading Harare…
THE government says it is on the cusp of clearing a two million housing backlog as authorities bid to offer low affordable and quality housing to both rural and urban dwellers. This comes as the government has so far delivered 160 000 housing units out of the 220 000 target it seeks to achieve by…
A NINE-year-old Tsholotsho girl, who was admitted at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after it was discovered she was pregnant, gave birth yesterday. Medical specialists who preferred anonymity said the baby was born at around 6am yesterday after the mother went through a caesarian operation. Provincial Medical Director (PMD) Maphios Siamuchembu declined to shed more…
