Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER LEADING poultry producer Irvine’s Zimbabwe yesterday donated more than 3 600 eggs to learners and teachers at Ardno Primary School in Mashonaland East as part of efforts to promote better nutrition and mark World Egg Day.The donation saw every learner and member of the teaching staff receive half a dozen eggs as…
Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER POLICE have launched a manhunt for a suspect who allegedly shot and killed his wife, a Midlands State University student, at her place of residence in Gweru, Midlands province.The development comes as the Zimbabwe Gender Commission has launched a 90-day campaign to combat a surge in domestic violence and intimate partner killings…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERTHE United Nations (UN) has called on Zimbabwe to protect the cultural rights of intersex people and other marginalised groups, warning that discrimination and the suppression of identities undermine societal participation.Addressing reporters in Harare at the end of her official visit, UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights Alexandra Xanthaki urged authorities to take…
Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITERGOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts to address water shortages in urban and rural areas through a nationwide rehabilitation programme targeting ageing infrastructure, water leakages, and unreliable supplies.Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, the minister of Local Government, Daniel Garwe, said the programme, which began in Harare, would be extended to other urban…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERchirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw A FORMER business development manager at Old Mutual, Musa Nyasha Dube Manyika, is now a free man after the High Court quashed his conviction and 15-year prison sentence for rape.Manyika was previously convicted of two counts of rape and jailed by a Harare magistrate for raping a female student who was on…
AFTER Tinashe Muchuri returned from China, we discussed his experiences at a cultural heritage seminar and the lessons Zimbabwe could draw from…
Cloud Fusire at Baobab Stadium Ngezi Platinum Stars……….(0)1 Highlanders………………………..0 NGEZI Platinum Stars kept their top-four finish hopes alive after edging Bulawayo giants Highlanders one-nil here yesterday. A stoppage-time header by midfielder Farai Madhanhanga off defender Lesley Kashitigu’s corner kick was all Madamburo needed to collect maximum points against Bosso. The win saw the Kumbirai Mutiwekuziva-coached…
THE formulation of any national budget requires a delicate balance between expanding revenue streams and safeguarding the productive sectors that anchor the economy. While Treasury initially introduced levies like the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax and the sugar tax to broaden its fiscal space, mounting evidence from parliamentary consultations shows these measures have turned punitive. Industry…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES are fast-tracking a wave of new legislation to align national laws with the recently enacted Constitutional Amendment Act Number 3 (CAA3), which fundamentally restructured Zimbabwe’s governance framework. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, confirmed the move yesterday,…
Tapiwa Chirume OVER 1 000 delegates have already been accredited for Africa Skills Week, which Zimbabwe will host from October 12 to 16, as the country pushes for a continental strategy to address skills mismatches and accelerate industrialisation. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, the minister of Skills Audit, Jenfan Muswere, said preparations for…
