By Yvonne Ncube A 38-YEAR-OLD woman from Sotshangane Flats, Nguboyenja in Bulawayo, took her husband to court for stealing her money and spending it with his second wife. Vimbayi Musengeyi hauled her husband Tapiwa Musengeyi before Bulawayo magistrate Malvin Shortgame on charges of stealing US$450 and R2000 from her savings. Tapiwa pleaded guilty to the…
By Rutendo Ngara POLICE are investigating a suspected case of political violence that happened in Murehwa North, Mashonaland East, where seven elderly people believed to be Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were last Friday harassed and flogged with logs. A video of the assault went viral on social media over the weekend. In a…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA & BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has added its voice to calls by some opposition parties to have this year’s harmonised elections postponed so that much-needed national dialogue can take place first. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, ZCC president Ignatius Makumbe said such envisaged inclusive engagement still…
A FAMILY of six last December required more than $355 000 a month for basic commodities, an increase, according to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) of 14 percent from November and attributed to impulse buying during the festive season. “The cost of living as measured by CCZ’s low income urban earner monthly basket for…
BY KETTY NYONI & BRANDON JOSPHAT STRESSED parents say they are struggling to buy required uniforms and stationery for their children who are returning to school for the first term as from tomorrow due to rising prices and exorbitant fees. In snap surveys in Harare and Bulawayo by Daily News On Sunday teams yesterday, parents…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE death toll from the heavy rains the country is receiving has risen to four, leaving a trail of destruction with roofs of homes and schools blown off in most parts, the government has confirmed. An unidentified female head at Bare Secondary School, Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central, died on Friday after a…
BETTER Brands Jewellery (BBJ) cemented its position as the country’s biggest buyer of gold after delivering 18 tonnes of the 35 tonnes…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THERE is no immediate reprieve for the country from the current brutal power cuts, with the situation only expected to improve as from the end of the month. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a downbeat deputy minister of Energy and Power Development, Magna Mudyiwa, said authorities were praying…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday tabled before Parliament the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) preliminary delimitation report, which is proposing the reconfiguration of scores of parliamentary constituencies in six provinces. The preliminary report also proposes an increase in the number of local council wards from 1 958 to 1 970. Zec has been conducting a delimitation exercise…
Rumbidzai Ngwenyangwenyar@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 127 people have been killed in road traffic accidents between December 15, 2022 and January 5, an increase of 25 as compared to the 102 deaths recorded during the same period last year. During the same period under review, 1 998 road traffic accidents were recorded across the country compared to…
