TOURISM minister Barbra Rwodzi says most top market hotels in the capital are putting final touches on the refurbishment of their facilities ahead of the Sadc summit set for next month. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the minister said the renovations of the hotels, which will accommodate guests from all 16 Sadc countries, were…
HARARE residents yesterday lashed out at the city authorities for failing to repair burst sewer pipes leading to raw sewage flowing in the central business district (CBD). For weeks, shoppers and vendors have had to contend with sewage flowing along Cameroon Street. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a vendor operating in the area, Tanaka…
By Rutendo Ngara A SUSPECTED Be Forward agent, Forget Mguza, 37, on Monday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after allegedly duping a client of US$5 700 in a botched car deal. The accused appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud charges before he was granted US$100 bail and remanded him to July 19. Appearing…
By Rutendo Ngara TWO HARARE men were on Monday arraigned before the courts after allegedly forging documents which they intended to use at the Registrar of Births and Deaths to acquire birth certificates for two minor children. Benson Ayani, 36, of Highlands, and Munashe Fungai, 43, of Kuwadzana Extension, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged…
AS efforts to boost the national herd intensify, Matopos Research Institute has set up a laboratory gene bank for artificial insemination to stimulate smallholder farmers’ herd growth. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, laboratory officer at Matopos Research Institute Theresa Rukuni said the purpose of the laboratory gene bank was to process semen from different…
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care yesterday said it will this week start a campaign to raise awareness on ways that…
AUTHORITIES say they are preparing local authorities to effectively utilise next month’s Sadc Summit in Harare to seek synergies. The summit, the government said, was an opportunity for local authorities to take advantage of the summit to attract investment into the country. This was said by Elina Karwi, director of strategic policy planning, monitoring and…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is actively courting foreign companies to invest in electricity generation in the country in order to address worsening power cuts. This comes as the country is currently struggling to generate enough power to meet local demand, leading to incessant power cuts that are affecting industry and ordinary consumers. In his…
HARARE magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka has once again postponed the matter in which gospel diva Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi are being charged for fraud and perjury. The two allegedly acquired their law practicing certificates in Zimbabwe without writing the required conversion examinations since they completed their law degrees outside the country. Chakanyuka postponed…
AN ARMED robber Isaac Pomerai Chamisa, 34, from Masvingo Province was last week sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for four counts of robbery. Two years were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour and another two years were suspended on condition of restitution. According to the National Prosecuting Authority(NPA), on June 8 2024,…
