MDC national executive member Makomborero Haruzivishe, has finally been released by the High Court on a $20 000 bail after 10 months in prison. He is facing charges of kidnapping or unlawful detention, alternatively participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence. As part of the bail conditions, Haruzivishe should report twice weekly…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya MUKUVISI Woodlands in Harare on Saturday was robbed of money and valuables amounting to US$19 040 after 10 armed robbers pounced on the premises. It is alleged that around 1am, the suspects, who were armed with an unknown rifle, catapults, hammers and iron bars, stormed Mukuvisi Woodlands before capturing two guards and a…
Melisa Chatikobo DESPITE new pre-planting producer prices for cotton that separate private funded and government funded production, outstanding payments, inadequate inputs and high cost of production is a threat to the growers viability. Last week the Agriculture Marketing Authority announced new 2021/22 agricultural season cotton prices. Cotton produced under the Pfumvudza scheme is priced at…
AMID the MDC’s unrelenting and futile wars, the leader of the United Movement for Devolution (UMD), Lovemore Moyo, has once again warned that the opposition stands no chance against Zanu PF in next year’s national elections unless it urgently forms a viable grand coalition. The respected Moyo — a former Speaker of Parliament and MDC…
ANOTHER bruising war among MDC factions could be in the offing after it emerged at the weekend that the group led by Nelson Chamisa may have finally settled on a new name and is set to use this in the March 26 by-elections. But the Chamisa camp’s plans could run into headwinds after it was…
THE country’s blood bank has been hit by a critical shortage of blood group O as Covid-19 regulations have hindered blood collection. Blood O group is very important as it is used in emergency situations such as traumatic bleeding or other types of emergency transfusions. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday last week, National…
HARARE City Council has called on urban farmers to apply for permits to use land for agriculture to avoid encroaching into wetlands which harms the environment. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, council acting corporate communications manager Innocent Ruwende said wetland farming increased service delivery costs for the local authority. “For one to…
FORTHRIGHT Zanu PF politburo member, Tshinga Dube, made a stunning claim yesterday that former first lady Grace Mugabe had blocked the genial…
IN A welcome move, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has scrapped the payment of the US$20 application fee at financial institutions for the new electronic passports. The policy change came via Statutory Instrument 3 of 2022 which was gazetted yesterday, which means that the fees payable for e-passports is now just US$100 for ordinary travel…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday made a dramatic U-turn after reversing its earlier appointment of board member Moris Mpofu as acting…
