Masimba Makwembere IT IS the responsibility of all Zimbabweans to fight the country’s worsening drug and substance abuse scourge. So says the minister of Youth, Tino Machakaire, who has recently been at the receiving end of wild social media claims that he is among the criminals who are peddling dope in the country — prompting…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has condemned three men to life imprisonment for killing a woman to harvest blood for a US$2 500 ritual intended to bolster a business enterprise. Justice Gibson Mandaza convicted Victor Mazhambe, Absey Bizek Kahuruva, and Barnabas Murenza of murder with actual intent. According to court papers, on…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for urgent and drastic measures to curb rising road carnage after a series of fatal accidents claimed 24 lives within five days. Mnangagwa yesterday described road safety as a national crisis requiring immediate action from both authorities and motorists. “The latest spate of accidents calls for…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO CHINA has intensified efforts to lay the groundwork for Zimbabwe to fully benefit from its new zero-tariff policy, a move expected to surge exports, lure investment, and ignite the nation’s industrialisation drive. This follow’s China’s implementation of a zero-tariff treatment for products from 53 African countries with diplomatic ties on May…
Tapiwa Chirume MUTARE City Council is implementing a US$7 grave maintenance fee for structural repairs, renovations, and private landscaping works at gravesites in the city’s cemeteries, amid growing public concern over cemetery charges.The development has sparked debate among residents following reports that some people believed they were being charged to visit graves or lay flowers…
Brandon JosphatIN A surprise development, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Sengezo Tshabangu has said that it does not support the government’s proposed law changes in their current form.In this regard, the party has called for significant changes to Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3) to align the draft laws with “national…
Brandon Josphat REDUCING the country’s unacceptably high road carnage requires the active participation and support of all key stakeholders, authorities have reiterated.Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Rafael Faranisi, stressed anew yesterday that the government would not tame Zimbabwe’s traffic…
Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that Zimbabwe’s economy is now on an “irreversible growth trajectory,” while urging the country’s youth to defend the nation and reject efforts to denigrate it.Speaking during the burial of national hero Brigadier-General (Retired) Donald Silundi Tshuma at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Mnangagwa said the country’s economic…
Tapiwa Chirume AUTHORITIES say they are ramping up efforts to control quelea bird outbreaks through the deployment of drone surveillance and other modern technologies ahead of the winter wheat harvest season.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy director of Migratory Pest Control in the ministry of Agriculture, Simbarashe Nyamasoka, said authorities were already responding…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A 64-YEAR-OLD man from Zvishavane has appeared in court facing murder charges after allegedly killing his wife of 33 years and burning her body in an attempt to conceal the crime following a dispute over his plans to take a second wife.Kenneth Masuku, of Mabele Village under Chief Hwedza, appeared before Zvishavane…
