By Rutendo Ngara SMALL-SCALE farmers have received US$4.7 million from the Japanese government for fertiliser procurement in the 2023/24 summer cropping season. Speaking at the handover ceremony of the funds in Harare yesterday, Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Satoshi Tanaka, said Zimbabwe, like most other nations, was impacted by the rise in fertiliser prices brought on…
TROPICAL storm Freddy was due to hit the coast of southern Africa again late yesterday or early today, having killed at least…
FORMER Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) president Thokozani Khupe, says female politicians are suffering from abuse on social media platforms, preventing many from engaging in active politics. A victim of abuse, both physical and online, she appealed to citizens to respect female politicians. Khupe was speaking to the Daily News this week on the sidelines…
AN investigator from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Smart Marlon Mandofa appeared in court this afternoon after he was arrested for allegedly interacting…
A LEADING human rights campaigner says despite the many obstacles that women still face in politics, it is a matter of time before Zimbabwe has its first female president. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, activist Beauty Rita Nyampinga also rallied women to break barriers…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have set in motion processes to select candidates that will represent them in the upcoming parliamentary and council elections. Addressing the media in the midst of the Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that resurgent tropical storm Freddy is expected to hit some parts of the country today, although its effects will be minimal. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokesperson James Ngoma said there was, therefore, no need for citizens to panic. He said the rains…
AUTHORITIES are fighting to have embattled flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, resume its flights to the United Kingdom and other international destinations. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Transport minister, Felix Mhona, said now that Air Zim had cleared its arrears with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), it was able to fly again to…
TWO Harare men, Munashe Bauti, 21, and Tinashe Makaruse, 22, appeared yesterday at Harare magistrate’s court facing charges of fraud after they allegedly defrauded Feedmix, a animal feed producer, of US$8 073. Bauti and Makaruse were charged with four counts of fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. They were released on a…
ZANU PF will hold a crunch politburo meeting in Harare today, where the party is expected to deal with the issue of fake structures and also set the dates for its primary elections for those aspiring to represent it in this year’s national polls. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the former…
