ZIFA have confirmed that the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifier between Zimbabwe and Bafana Bafana will be held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. Zifa confirmed the venue for the match to be played on Friday, October 10 in a brief statement. “Zifa confirm that the Warriors will face Bafana Bafana on Matchday 9 of the…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are pulling out all the stops to standardise and stiffen penalties for drug offences in the country, in the light of some recent lenient sentences that were meted out to wrongdoers. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, confirmed the…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PROPHETIC, Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya and his wife, Tendai, are battling a civil imprisonment order after their company, Planet Africa, failed to repay over US$420 000 owed to a microfinance bank. This comes after the High Court in October 2024 ruled that Getbucks Microfinance Bank Limited should…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A CLEARING agency has been accused of defrauding the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) of ZiG4 million after allegedly manipulating its automated customs clearance system. Autarkings Investments, represented by Last Kaodzwa, appeared in court yesterday and was released on US$500 bail. According to the State, Zimra uses the Automated System…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO AN Apostolic church leader has appeared in court facing allegations of sexually abusing a teenage congregant. Joseph Munetsi, leader of Emmanuel Apostolic Church in Njube, was arraigned before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira charged with rape and indecent assault. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded in custody to October 3…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has convicted Chinese-owned Beable Investments (Pvt) Ltd and its director, Lin Weilan, of contempt of court after they defied an order to stop clay extraction and brick moulding on land legally owned by Marimba Residential Properties. In a ruling delivered last week by Justice Gibson Mandaza, the company was…
Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) will this week con – clude its central business district (CBD) cleanup blitz, which has led to the closure of over 2 000 non-compliant businesses. Operation task force chairperson Edgar Dzehonye told the Daily News yesterday that at least half of the affected property owners…
YVONNE NCUBE A 39-YEAR-OLD Insuza man has been sentenced to an effective 10 years in prison after a series of violent attacks on his four-year-old stepdaughter and mother-in-law, which left the child severely burnt and the elderly woman with a fractured arm. Clement Donga appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Abednico Ncube facing three counts under the…
Prisca TshumaStaff Writer THE energy sector attracted the highest projected investment value, reaching US4,654 million between January and August 2025, according to the latest figures. The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) reported that the mining sector had the highest number of licences issued during the period, with 275 licences valued at US$2,170 million. Speaking…
Pop star Dua Lipa has denied media reports that she fired one of her agents, after he tried to stop the Irish…
