YVONNE NCUBE A BULAWAYO couple, believed to be part of a drug-dealing syndicate, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. Their arrest followed a police raid over the weekend. Darian-Lee Kevin Lloyd Jackson, 31, and Lakin Lee Robinson, 32, both residents of West Somerton suburb, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate…
SIX artisanal miners tragically died, and four others were injured, in a horrific accident at Starlake Mine in Mazowe on Friday. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the tragedy. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a fatal mine incident which occurred at Starlake Mine, Mazowe on 18 July at around 1000 hours where six artisanal…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S legal landscape for 2026 has been mapped out as the government recently gazetted the sitting calendar for all its superior courts. The announcement was made by chief justice Luke Malaba in the Government Gazette on Friday. The Constitutional Court, the nation’s highest judicial body, is set to kick off its…
Takudzwa Dhambu dhanbut@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF is seeking to establish a collaborative link between Zimbabwe’s agricultural universities and the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) in China. The aim is to advance agricultural productivity and sustainability through technological innovation. Speaking to the media after meeting with the JAAS administration in Xuanwu district, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, over…
Rutendo Ngara,SENIOR STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw AS Zimbabwe sets its sights on a new wheat production record this year, the government has announced it has over 10 000 litres of phenethylamine chemical at the ready to combat destructive quelea birds. Following the success of the 2024 winter wheat season, which yielded a bumper harvest of 500 000…
THE investigating officer in the fraud case against former deputy minister of Agriculture, Douglas Karoro, has declined to disclose the identity of her informant, stating she would rather lose the case. Karoro stands accused of fraud involving 700 bags of fertiliser intended for beneficiaries in Mbire district, Mashonaland Central Province, under the Presidential Input Scheme….
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS SUCCESSION politics is among the least of Zanu PF’s challenges, as the ruling party’s main focus remains on further lifting the quality of life of needy Zimbabweans. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa also stressed at the…
THE increasing presence of Chinese companies in Zimbabwe is boosting the local job market, an economic expert has said. Dereck Goto, an…
Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Regis Dembure has blocked the eviction of indigenous farmers from Springs Farm in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, saying the withdrawal of their offer letters is illegal. This comes after Local Government minister Daniel Garwe offered 1 000 hectares of land to business mogul Billy Rautenbach’s company, Marimba Residential…
Thabiso Mutirwara STAFF WRITER mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is bracing for a cold spell with cloudy conditions expected until Wednesday, driven by southeasterly winds, the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has announced. MSD spokesperson James Ngoma yesterday explained that the influx of moisture originates from winds traveling across the Indian Ocean and through Mozambique before entering Zimbabwe from…
