HARARE City Council (HCC) over the weekend demolished illegal structures in Mbare close to Mupedzanhamo Flea Market and at Machipisa Shopping Centre in Highfield. The structures had been erected by informal traders who had been evicted from the Central Business District in 2018. Since the lockdown was imposed three weeks ago, HCC has demolished illegal…
A MACHEKE man ran out of luck after he was arrested for stealing copper cables worth US$10 000 on Tuesday, the police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the man’s accomplice is still at large and investigations are underway. “In Macheke on April 14, Artwell Jirikire, 40, was arrested by…
FOUR suspected fraudsters that allegedly manufactured fake proof of payment documents for $17 000 worth of beer appeared in court yesterday. Kudakwashe Nigel Hove, 34, Rolong Motsoane, 34, Rutendo Charlotte Mutyambizi, 34, and Kumbirai Maunganidze, 37, appeared before Harare magistrate Zanorashe Mundondo charged with fraud. They were released on $1 000 bail each and ordered…
FIVE Chinamhora men who allegedly ganged up and tried to kill a man suspected of having an extra-marital affair with their brother’s wife appeared in court yesterday. Lee Hufa, 24, and his brothers Ashton, 44, Nelson, 38, Valentine, 30, and Arthur, 37, and a family friend Silas Williams, 46, appeared before Harare magistrate Zanorashe Mandondo…
ZIMBABWE has imported 245 top-quality genetics pig breeding stock from South Africa in an effort to improve the country’s pork production. The breeding stocks, which were imported under the European Union-funded Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (Value), consist of duroc, landrace and large white breeds. Value team leader Newton Chari said the…
©️ AS EXPECTED, President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the national coronavirus lockdown by 14 days yesterday, after the country failed to meet the six core World Health Organisation (WHO) conditions for lifting the stay-at-home order, the Daily News reports. This will see the lockdown, which was initially due to end yesterday, continuing to run until midnight…
©️ RESIDENTS have called for consistency and transparency in the distribution of subsidised roller meal during the lockdown period. Last week, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) launched the zonal distribution of subsidised mealie-meal in residential areas in an effort to curb the movement of people in search of the scarce commodity during lockdown….
©️ ASSOCIATED Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of the Daily News and Daily News On Sunday — have paid tribute to its much-loved Assistant Editor, Gift Phiri — who died in the capital yesterday. Phiri, 44, died at a local hospital yesterday morning after his health deteriorated at the weekend. His is survived by a…
©️ THE copy and paste approach being adopted from Europe by most African countries will not work the same as situations are different. During an online media briefing International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Regional Director for Africa Simon Missiri said Africa is faced with a lot of challenges that European…
©️ A NEW private Covid-19 centre, which will treat patients for free and has a capacity of 30 beds, is set to officially open today in Milton Park, Harare. This comes as the global pandemic is beginning to manifest itself more widely within the country, more so now that children are among the people who…
