MIGREN Matanga grew up shying away from small and traditional grains in Rushinga, in northern Zimbabwe. The 58-year-old mother of four from…
ON A recent Saturday in a suburban restaurant here, retirees around a table tuck into their cappuccinos and banter with their server,…
Kiwi Zhang, a computer science student from China, was full of hope for his academic future in the United States – until…
Motown legend Smokey Robinson has filed a $500m (£370m) defamation lawsuit against four former housekeepers who have accused the singer of sexual…
Dubbed “Germany’s forgotten genocide”, and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more than…
Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw A MOTORIST and a female passenger have been arrested after they were found in possession of 22kg of “skunk dagga” in Manicaland Province over the weekend. This was confirmed by the police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi. “The police have confirmed the arrest of Erick Manyangadze, 42, a driver and passenger, Susan Mutasa,…
IN ONE of Bulawayo’s oldest high-density suburbs of Matshobane, 41-year-old Maidei Sibanda rises each morning, not to prepare for formal employment, but to face another day of unpaid, round the clock caregiving. Her 12-year-old daughter, Thandeka, was born with a rare neurological condition that has left her unable to walk or speak. For over a…
WHEN GPS-triggered alerts show an elephant herd heading toward villages near Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, Capon Sibanda springs into action. He posts…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA Town Council says it is incapacitated to discharge efficient refuse collection as it is operating with three garbage trucks out of the required 15. This comes as Chitungwiza Town Council is owed ZiG200 million by ratepayers which is crippling service delivery in the dormitory town. “The trucks we are using to…
A deal that would see the UK hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius can go ahead, the High Court has said, after…

