POWER utility Zesa says it has put in place enough mechanisms to make sure winter wheat farmers are not affected by power cuts. In a statement yesterday, Zesa stakeholder relations, communication and welfare general manager George Manyaya said they wanted to help the government to achieve its wheat targets. “Subsequent to the recent update on…
TWO women from Eastlea, Harare, who are suspected to be drug dealers selling methamphetamine and marijuana, have been arraigned before a Harare court. Norah Makwavarara, 39, and Vimbainashe Magurei, 40, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, facing two charges of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs and contravening section 38(1) of the Medicines and Allied…
LEADING seed producer SeedCo says it has produced new drought-tolerant maize seed varieties to mitigate the effects of climate change. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, SeedCo agronomist for the Matabeleland region, Wallace Banda, said the seed-breeding company had a variety of new maize seeds in stock. “Some of the new varieties include 303 in…
ZANU PF’s security department will keep a beady eye on all the party’s aspiring MPs and councillors, in a bid to avoid another ‘Bhora Musango’ (internal sabotage) in this year’s national elections. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Zanu PF secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed that the former liberation…
THE estranged husband of Bona, daughter of the late former president Robert Mugabe, Simba Chikore, claims he is not after the multi-million-dollar assets, which include a substantial sum of cash, that his wife acquired prior to their marriage in 2014. In his High Court papers filed last week, Chikore listed at least 21 farms and…
AUTHORITIES say the much-anticipated launch of a US$800 million energy deal between Rwanda and Zimbabwe has been postponed due to the two countries’ presidents’ “tight schedules”, but is still on the cards. The multi-million-dollar programme involves implementing nine energy projects in Zimbabwe that include power generation, transmission and customer service and it was expected to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said there are positive signs that relations between Zimbabwe and its former coloniser, the United Kingdom (UK), are improving. Speaking at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday, after landing from the UK for King Charles III’s coronation in London on Saturday, Mnangagwa said the country is now close to joining…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES are monitoring the cholera situation in the country closely, amid fears that this could affect learning at some schools when they reopen today. This comes as five people have been confirmed to have died from the disease in the country since it first came to the fore in February this year….
WAR veterans have reignited their push to have former first lady Grace Mugabe surrender the two dozen or so farms that her family allegedly owns in Mashonaland Central Province alone. In this light, the former freedom fighters plan to toyi-toyi at government offices this week, in a bid to force authorities to agree to their…
BY RUTENDO NGARA CONSTITUTIONAL law expert and opposition party leader Lovemore Madhuku says the reforms that will come out of the ongoing deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before Parliament might not help in this year’s general elections owing to a long gestation period of almost six months to implement. This comes as various…
