Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw FIVE people drowned in Mupfure River after a haulage truck they were travelling in sideswiped with an excavator and fell into the river last Friday. The incident took place at the 54 kilometre peg along Harare- Masvingo Road. Police said only one person managed to swim to safety while five…
THE High Court has temporarily interdicted Peterhouse Boys High School from expelling a student over misconduct allegations after his parents challenged the disciplinary hearing conducted in their absence. The parents approached the court on an urgent basis, applying for the school to be stopped from expelling their son. They also sought for his readmission pending…
Hazel Marimbiza THE Environment Management Agency (Ema) has warned the public to prevent veld fires by constructing standard fireguards or else they risk being imprisoned during this fire season. This comes after property worth US$370 837 was destroyed by veld fires during last year’s fire season while eight lives were lost. According to the veld…
Rutendo ngaraSTAFF WRITERZngarar@dailynews.co.zwZIMBABWEAN children as young as nine years have resorted to making illicit brews from cereals in order to intoxicate themselves, police have said. Speaking during an awareness campaign in Harare over the weekend, officer commanding Harare suburban, Raudzi Chuma, said children were now using food items to create highly intoxicating brews to supplement…
GRAIN Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive officer Rockie Mutenha says it has so far seized close to 1 500 metric tonnes of grain from side marketers, representing a 10.7 percent increase during the same period last season. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Mutenha said the majority of the seized grain…
FARMERS have been urged to conduct thorough research before exporting their products as they risk running losses. The poor prices being offered to farmers locally have prompted an increasing number of farmers to consider the export market. Some of these farmers, however, according to Matabeleland North Agritex provincial officer Dumisani Nyoni, are plunging into the export market…
A XIMEX Mall, Harare, dealer, who was wanted for the murder of his girlfriend has committed suicide, the police have confirmed. Tafadzwa Rusell Murengwa allegedly shot and killed Samantha Dzapata in Waterfalls on Friday morning following cheating allegations before he went into hiding and only to commit suicide by downing a pesticide. “The Zimbabwe Republic…
CONVICTED Zimbabwean Zephania Zimunya, who was arrested a year ago in South Africa for producing fake driving licences was finally sentenced on…
Ketty NyoniTHE Chitungwiza municipality has denied allegations by Youth Against Corruption (YAC) that they are working hand in hand with land barons in allocating stands on wetlands for residential and commercial purposes. Chitungwiza Municipality spokesperson Lovemore Meya said the council has made it public that they were currently not selling stands.“As Chitungwiza municipality we are…
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for the extension of the Grade 7 examination registration period that ended yesterday to allow parents more time to mobilise funds. This comes after the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) had given parents from July 22 to 29 to register for the 2022 examinations, with no…
