Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER FORMER Dynamos player and coach Tonderai Ndiraya has called out the leadership of the popular Harare side for turning the 21-time league champions into serious candidates for relegation. The sentiments by Ndiraya, currently the head coach of Scottland, come after the fading Harare giants suffered a fourth successive defeat at…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER AFTER going undefeated in their first 16 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League games, MWOS have now lost three of their last five games following last Saturday’s two-nil home defeat to the four-time league winners FC Platinum. The Punters, who are in their maiden premiership campaign, surprised many with their early…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw OK Zimbabwe says it will dispose of four of its supermarkets and other immovable assets to raise US$10,4 million in an attempt to stay afloat amid the country’s deepening economic challenges. The retail outlet’s company secretary Margaret Munyuru yesterday said the resolution was passed last Thursday at an extraordinary general…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Christopher DubeBanda has acquitted Jeane Pierre Dusabe, a pastor previously sentenced to 20 years in prison for allegedly raping a minor under his care. Dusabe had appealed both his conviction and sentence, arguing that the magistrate had erred. Dusabe was accused of raping a girl,…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) says it will soon roll out an operation to impound heavy trucks parked in residential areas amid fears about residents’ safety, infrastructure damage and noise pollution. The action is part of the local authority’s broader effort to enforce council by-laws and ensure the proper use of residential areas….
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER ZIMBABWE’S newly-crowned International Boxing Federation (IBF) Strawweight International champion Beaven ‘The One’ Sibanda says multiple world champion Floyd Mayweather’s visit to Zimbabwe in 2023 inspired him to his latest achievement. Then a 21-year-old, Sibanda was among several local boxers that participated in exhibition bouts held at Mabvuku Number One grounds…
THE recent surge in cheap imports flooding the country’s market has sparked concerns about the survival of local industries and the jobs they provide. The Competition and Tariff Commission’s investigation into the effects of increased imports of toothpaste, doors, and fibreboards is a timely intervention. The commission’s preliminary determination, published in the Government Gazette last…
THE Supreme Court has upheld the 10-year jail sentence for former Harare City Council estates manager Emmanuel Mutambirwa who was convicted of criminal abuse of office. The matter was heard in Justice Chinembiri Bhunu’s chambers, where the judge affirmed that it was “common cause” that Mutambirwa had “handpicked three sister companies and allocated them commercial…
Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has joined forces with the World Mission Society Church of God in a crucial partnership to replenish the nation’s blood bank. NBSZ team leader for blood donor coordinators Tichaona Saira on Sunday said the drive was meant to collect blood and raise awareness about the critical…
A POLICE officer stationed in Gwanda, Philip Mwinde, has been sentenced to an effective two years in prison after being convicted of culpable homicide. The conviction stems from the fatal shooting of a fleeing suspect in 2020. Mwinde was handed a four-year prison sentence by the Gwanda Regional Court, with two years suspended on condition…
