Staff writer in BULAWAYO A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, died after falling into a metal dish containing 40 litres of boiling porridge, the police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the tragic incident happened after the child was left in the care of his grandmother who was brewing traditional…
RUTENDO NGARA HARARE provincial magistrate Winfilda Tiatara has cancelled a warrant of arrest which was issued against former Zanu PF youth leader Lewis Matutu for defaulting court last week. According to Matutu’s lawyer Moffat Makuvatsine, the warrant was issued due to errors in the court record. Matutu is Zanu PF Midlands deputy provincial chairperson. Makuvatsine…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw OVER 300 Kariba residents, who are beneficiaries of a housing scheme, Kasese, are threatening to occupy un-serviced stands owing to the prolonged development timeline. The scheme was planned in 2003, but work on the project did not resume until 2021 leaving some home seekers who had purchased stands in 2010 enraged amid…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS IT IS important that Zanu PF followers tell President Emmerson Mnangagwa the truth about what is happening in the country and in the party to help him to move the nation forward. So said plain-spoken Zanu PF politburo member, Tino Machakaire — who is also the country’s Youth…
MUTAPA Investment Fund chief executive officer John Mangudya has appointed new boards for Cottco and the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) with effect from April 1. The fund, formerly the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe, is a state-owned sovereign wealth fund established to manage Zimbabwe’s strategic investments and promote sustainable economic growth In…
Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw … guards arrested, sentenced to community service POLICE have confirmed that a Green Fuel guard filmed savagely assaulting a group of school children accused of stealing sugarcane in Chisumbanje has been sentenced to community service after he appeared in court last week. This comes as the company guards have been…
Bryn MatongoSTAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES have pledged to financially rescue Mimosa Mining Company to overcome its operational challenges that have seen the firm downsize its staff complement. This comes after Mimosa last year embarked on cost reduction and cash conservation initiatives by rationalising more than 30 managerial and supervisory employees. It also comes as the platinum…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT says it will install 1 000 free Wi-Fi hotspots across the country in order to bridge the digital divide and boost socio-economic development. This comes after authorities are targeting to train 1,5 million coders who will specialise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and developing applications and software in order to…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBUStaff Writers IT WILL take some time before the country’s ailing economy can be restored to its levels of yester-year, when it was relatively stronger, as there is no magic wand to fix Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. So says top economist, Prosper Chitambara, who also adds that countries which have dollarised, like Zimbabwe did, have…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBUStaff writer THE Gonarezhou Conservation Trust has made a move to put back white rhinos in the Gonarezhou National Park after almost a century of absence. This comes as there had been isolated records of individual white rhino in Gonarezhou up to 1992, with the last viable population dating back to the early 1900s,…
