THE widow of national hero and music legend Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, Daisy Mtukudzi, has found herself in the spotlight once again! This comes as Daisy was involved in an accident on Thursday, crashing a brand-new Toyota Fortuner gifted to her by businessman Wicknell Chivhayo at the Warren Park Roundabout along the Harare-Bulawayo Road. Efforts to…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) yesterday challenged authorities to put in place more stiff measures to protect the girl child from abuse. The call came as the world observed International Day of the Girl Child yesterday, under the theme: “Girls’ Vision for the Future.” In a statement, ZGC also urged authorities to engage religious and…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw LEADING eggs and chicken producer, Irvine’s, has encouraged consumers to consider eating eggs daily as they are not only nutritious, but are environmentally sustainable and affordable animal-source protein. This comes as yesterday the world celebrates World Egg Day, a global event celebrated on the second Friday of October every year since…
ORGANISERS of the 27th edition of the country’s premier Mining, Engineering, Transport exhibition (Mine Entra) 2024 say the expo ended on a high note with 289 exhibitors and a 20 percent space occupation increase. In a media briefing yesterday, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company board chairperson, Busisa Moyo, said this year’s show saw…
THE government’s drive in supporting agriculture growth will result in rural industrialisation and development, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has said. He was speaking at the graduation of 126 agriculture students at Esigodini Agricultural College in Matabeleland South Province yesterday. “If agriculture performs well as a sector, surely Vision 2030 will be attained earlier than 2030….
Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week. After…
HARARE businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe have filed an application at the High Court seeking referral of their matter to the Constitutional Court arguing their rights are being infringed by the lower court. The two have been in remand since June facing US$7,7 million fraud charges emanating from a botched presidential goat pass on…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw A SUSPECTED gay, Tinotenda Chibwe, 25, was yesterday remanded in custody after appearing at the Harare Magistrates Court, facing charges of allegedly sodomising a male high school student. He appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing indecent assault charges and he was remanded to October 17.According to the State, Chibwe and the…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberem@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) human capital director Mathew Marara has alleged that senior council officials are working to soil his image by fabricating abuse of office and corruption lies against him. Marara has been accused by witnesses before the Justice Mafios Cheda-led commission investigating possible corruption in the local authority, of,…
By Thembinkosi NyathiSTAFF WRITERnyathit@dailynews.co.zw THREE brothers, Zamani, 45, Mehluli, 36, and Mpilwenzima Ndlovu, 33, all from Gweru, were this week sentenced to 30 years in prison each for murder. They had appeared before the High Court sitting in Gweru charged with killing an unnamed fellow imbiber, 31, last year.“On 4 June 2023, the three and…
