By Rutendo Ngara THE government is set to prioritise cloud seeding, water harvesting and irrigation this cropping season in a bid to mitigate the effects of the expected El Nino-induced drought. This comes as the country is expecting low to below-normal rainfall in the upcoming season, mainly due to climate change. A report that was…
TWO people, aged 35 and 43, were arrested by police at the Nerston port of entry bordering South Africa and the Kingdom…
A FORMER Clerk of Parliament, Austin Zvoma, has died at the age of 74 from lung cancer. A family spokesperson, Godwin Chigwedere, confirmed his death to the Daily News yesterday. “He died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare at around 11pm on Saturday evening after battling lung cancer for a long time and he has…
POLICE have confirmed that a road traffic accident that occurred along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road over the weekend resulted in the deaths of three people and the injuries of another seven. “A front right tyre of a Nissan Caravan vehicle burst, resulting in the vehicle veering off the road before overturning several times and landing on its…
A WOMAN from Kuwadzana in Harare reportedly helped her husband rape her 15-year-old friend by locking the two in a room and leaving the house. The suspected rapist, Raphael Machiri, 28, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday before being remanded in custody. He was also advised to apply for bail at the High…
A POLICE officer, who stands accused of unlawfully freeing a suspected thief, has appeared in court. Innocent Mazambani, 31, who is stationed at Borrowdale Police Station in Harare, was last Friday charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer when he appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. He was granted $150 000 bail…
A RADICAL political outfit, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), is on the verge of collapse after some of its founding members raised a red flag over its incumbent and founding president, Mqondisi Moyo, whom they accuse of a plethora of misdeeds. This comes against the backdrop of the party’s poor performance in the just-ended harmonised elections…
SENATOR Chief Fortune Charumbira came out guns blazing yesterday, saying he was still the president of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and describing a planned election to replace him as illegal. PAP is the legislative body of the African Union (AU) and has its headquarters in South Africa.Charumbira, who is the deputy president of the…
A MAN from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo has been remanded in custody for duping another man out of US$10 000 after promising him a job in Italy. Manase Manjovha appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa, facing fraud charges.He did not plead to the charges and was remanded in custody to September 18 for trial…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed to all national stakeholders, including political parties and Chapter 12 institutions, to unite in pursuit of the country’s development and enhancement of peace post-elections. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa defeated the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, in the…
