THE Agriculture ministry says it has managed to destroy a 14 head of cattle in Manicaland Province that was being transported without a permit. This comes as the country is battling Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and anthrax disease hence transportation of livestock without permit is restricted across the country. In a statement yesterday, Obert…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE current outbreak of influenza which hit the country a few weeks ago has so far claimed the lives of at least three people and laid low thousands others.Authorities told the Daily News yesterday that Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East were among the provinces which had been worst affected by this…
POWER utility Zesa has embarked on another countrywide blitz which will see it disconnecting all defaulting customers, as it seeks to recover more than US$110 million it is owed in unpaid bills. Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) confirmed the blitz yesterday, while also advising all defaulting customers to clear their…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged stakeholders in the education sector to dedicate their efforts towards implementing “heritage-based education”. He was speaking in Harare at the launch of Heritage Based 5.0 book, “Redefining Zimbabwe’s Education System: ED Mnangagwa’s Vision and Transformation”.The education model uses new technologies to provide more humanised teaching…
A TRADITIONAL healer has appeared before a Harare magistrate for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman several times during the time they were travelling around the country performing cleansing ceremonies. The healer is said to have ruined the woman’s marriage after he confronted her husband over her unborn child.Darlington Mabudo, 49, of Epworth was charged with…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is collaborating with the government and National Aids Council (Nac) in stepping up efforts to raise awareness on the risk of the disease among youth in high risk areas. This comes as Zimbabwe has achieved 95-95-95 percent 2025 target to end…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MANY Zanu PF bigwigs and structures are continuing to encourage President Emmerson Mnangagwa to go for a third term in office. Addressing a National Youth Day gathering in Masvingo yesterday, Mnangagwa himself quipped that only God knew how long he would stay in power. This comes amid growing tittle-tattle in…
THE Supreme Court has granted an appeal filed by a Mazowe farmer challenging Lands Minister Anxious Masuka’s decision to revoke his offer letter for a farm in the area before it was handed over to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF). After the ministry rescinded the offer letter in 2016, Wonder Mukwaira — who was granted…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) remains committed to working with authorities over the compensation of the majority of white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the government’s fast-track agrarian reforms of the 2000s. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CFU president Liam Philp confirmed that many affected farmers were…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is faced with a shortage of food amid revelations by the government that they had missed the set target of planting two million hectares of maize this season at a time the country is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought. This comes as millers have set themselves a target to…
