CHIEF WRITER HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has been appointed to chair a formal board of inquiry into the Lake Kariba ferry disaster that claimed 97 lives.The permanent secretary in the ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Joy Makumbe, announced in the latest Government Gazette that Mafusire would work alongside Wiklef Makamache and Patronella…
STAFF WRITER MUSICIAN Killer T has been arrested following a viral WhatsApp audio recording in which he allegedly threatened to kill another person.The musician, born Kelvin Kusikwenyu, was arrested yesterday after the police received a report relating to threats and abusive language.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nayathi confirmed the arrest,…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo GOVERNMENT says cyber threats are increasingly becoming an economic concern as growing reliance on digital services exposes businesses, financial institutions and government systems to attacks that could undermine confidence in the digital economy.Speaking during the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Launch Conference and Hackathon Challenge at the National University of Science and Technology…
Tapiwa Chirume INCENSED by a sickening wave of grim predictions, Youth minister Tino Machakaire has publicly dared self-styled prophets to reveal the exact date of his death. The Zanu PF youth league boss issued the unusual challenge at the weekend, following a flood of “prophecies” claiming that he would be the next high-profile figure to…
Africa has secured its place around the global AI supercomputing table after Cassava Compute’s Cape Town-based supercomputer was ranked 36th on the…
CHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT has committed over US$600 million to construct at least 1 350 schools, targeting zero infrastructure deficit by 2029. The move is expected to reduce the distances travelled by pupils to access education, with the government targeting a situation where no learner walks more than five kilometres to school. Speaking to the Daily…
THE minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Mthuli Ncube, has warned that reckless government borrowing threatens private sector growth. Speaking to the Daily News – the country’s most influential newspaper – at the weekend, Ncube said the government needed to keep spending and borrowing within sustainable limits to ensure businesses could access resources…
CHIEF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has urged growers to exercise extreme caution to avoid costly crop failures from early seasonal rains. This development comes as some parts of the country would experience thunder-storms this week. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZCFU president Shadreck Makombe said although widespread rainfall had provided an…
Tapiwa Chirume TWO ruthless armed robbers linked to a string of violent homestead raids across Lower Gweru, Midlands Province, have been arrested by police. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said Shephered Gundani and Edson Sithole were arrested in connection with robberies that occurred on September 23 at Insukamini Farm in Lower Gweru. “The suspects,…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA THE government is mobilising US$1 billion to mitigate the social and economic shocks of the impending Super El Niño drought.This comes as authorities continue to pull out all the stops to ensure that critical food supplies remain intact for vulnerable citizens.Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, the minister of…
