RUTENDO NGARASenior Staff Writer IN the heart of Zimbabwe’s arid Region 5, where the heat is unforgiving and rains are often a distant promise, survival has long depended on resilience. For generations, villagers in Ndali, Chiredzi East, have lived with the harsh realities of climate change, failed harvests, chronic food insecurity, and deepening poverty. In…
THABISO MUTIRWARAStaff WRITER OLD Mutual Group has distributed 2 000 blankets to hospitals, clinics, children’s shelters, and elderly care centres across all 10 provinces of the country, helping vulnerable communities during this winter season. The group chief executive officer, Sam Matsekete, at the weekend said they launched a nationwide Winter Warmer Campaign, a compassionate initiative…
TAPIWA CHIRUMEStaff WRITER SENATOR Anna Shiri, who is also the president of National Council of Persons with disabilities (PWDs), has called for inclusive teacher’s development training in sign language and braille to enhance inclusion of students with hearing and visual impairments. Debating on the Joint Portfolio report on Universal Access to Education in the Senate…
RUTENDO NGARASenior Staff Writer DESPITE achieving a record tobacco output in the 2024/25 marketing season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says that most farmers still rely on contract farming, which is unsustainable. More than 60 percent of tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe operate under contract. TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said there was a need…
Progress ChayaENTERTAINMENT WRITERchayap@dailynews.co.zw REGGAE Brunch ZW, a music event that combines live reggae performances by both established and emerging artists, will bounce back on August 2 at Harare’s Sherwood Golf Club. Dubbed ‘Reggae 4 the Hardway Edition,’ which will also feature top DJs and MCs, is scheduled to begin at 4pm and run until late….
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER SIMBA Bhora chairman Isiah Mupfurutsa and Platinum Royals boss Chido Chizondo have been elected the new Premier Soccer League and Zimbabwe Women Premier Soccer League chairpersons respectively, following hotly contested elections held in the capital yesterday. Mupfurutsa got 10 votes in the re-run against Manica Diamonds chairman Masimba Chihowa,…
THE recent qualification of the Sables for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia has brought a much needed wave of euphoria to Zimbabwean sport. For far too long, our nation has yearned for a consistent presence on the global stage in major ball sports beyond cricket. Since independence in 1980, both football and rugby,…
THE country’s main opposition political party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has failed to field candidates in six council byelections slated for today. This was revealed yesterday by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) vice chairperson Rodney Kiwa during a press conference where he said ZiG9 million had been budgeted for the polls. Three seats were…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are cranking up their efforts to recover billions of US dollars in cash and property owned by Zimbabweans in foreign countries that was acquired through crooked means. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Prosecutor General, Loice Matanda-Moyo, also vowed yesterday…
RUTENDO NGARA ZIMBABWEAN lower courts are now dominated by female magistrates, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has said. Chief magistrate Vongai Guwuriro said generally more famales apply for the magistrates position as compared to their male counterparts. “We now have 247 magistrates, including those whom we have recently sworn in today, comprising of 98 males…
