Farmers deliver 35 000mt of maize
HARARE - The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has collected 35 000 metric tonnes (mt) of maize from local farmers as the country battles to plug a 2,5 million tonne cereal deficit, a Cabinet minister has...
View ArticleRBZ configures RTGS system to multi-currency
HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has configured the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system into a multi- currency platform set to include five currencies as it moves to mitigate against...
View ArticleMurowa mine 'scandal' deepens
HARARE - Controversy continues to dog Rio Tinto’s disposal of its 78 percent shareholding in Murowa Diamonds, amid fresh claims that the mine was sold for a song under suspicious circumstances to a...
View ArticlePistorius has 'major depression' - psychologist
PRETORIA - South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is a "broken" man, a defence witness has said at his sentencing hearing. He was convicted of murder at the end of last year for the 2013 murder of his...
View ArticleArtist tackles drug abuse through paintings
HARARE - True to the old Chinese proverb that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, Rodney Badza, a Chinhoyi University of Technology student, is carving his niche in the arts...
View ArticleDrum rhythms at Theatre in the Park
HARARE - Theatre in the Park is introducing a new programme 'The Beauty of Zimbabwean Folklore Rhythm' whose aim is to preserve and enhance the country’s melodramatic and theatrical forms. Zimbabwe is...
View ArticleKapfupi features on Zimdancehall song
HARARE - Comedian Freddy “Kapfupi” Manjalima has collaborated with an upcoming Zimdancehall musician based in Epworth on the song, Kutenderera. Kapfupi told the Daily News that he feels obliged to...
View ArticleMutare Museum refurbishes gallery
MUTARE - After having been a frozen hub for half a century, Mutare Museum has finally completed a revamp of one of its redundant galleries, Beit Gallery. National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe...
View ArticleZim out to level ODI series
HARARE - The Zimbabwe cricket side will be hoping to win today’s Killer Cup ODI match against India at Harare Sports Club in order to keep the three-match series alive. The hosts suffered a...
View ArticleBulawayo win battle of Cities
SAJUBVA - Bulawayo City emerged victorious against Mutare City Rovers in a battle of the new boys during a Castle Lager Premiership match here yesterday. A first half strike from Mkhululi Moyo was...
View ArticleChitembwe's CAPS miss out
HARARE - CAPS United missed a glorious chance to shoot to the top of the Castle Lager Premiership log after they were held to a goalless draw by visiting Triangle here yesterday. A win for Lloyd...
View ArticleSRC deregisters Zifa
HARARE - The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has now begun the process of de-registering the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) in order to register the National Football Association of...
View ArticleNssa to unveil new management
HARARE - The National Social Security Authority (Nssa) is expected to unveil its new executive-management team on July 01 amid indications that Elizabeth Chitiga is likely to head the organisation....
View ArticlePistorius 'must pay for killing my daughter'
PRETORIA - South African athlete Oscar Pistorius must pay for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, her father has told a judge, breaking down in tears. Pistorius was found guilty of murdering Ms...
View ArticleZinasu condemns shooting of Papua New Guinea students
HARARE - Zimbabwe National Students’ Union (Zinasu) has condemned the injury of at least nine people when police in Papua New Guinea opened fire on student protesters last Wednesday. Prime Minister...
View ArticleGovt denounces detention of patients over unpaid bills
HARARE - Government has denounced the “inhuman” practice of hospitals detaining patients till their medical bills were paid. Deputy Health minister Aldrin Musiiwa vowed in Parliament last week to take...
View ArticleBusinessman demands Chombo's arrest
HARARE - A Mutare businessman, whose $78 000 was seized by police following his 2008 arrest on theft charges, is demanding that Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo be sent to prison after he failed...
View ArticleCourt sets Kereke judgement date
HARARE - Zanu PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke, who is being accused of sexually molesting his wife’s two nieces, will receive judgment on the case on July 11, the presiding magistrate said...
View ArticleKunaka a rehab escapee: ZPF
HARARE - Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party has said Jim Kunaka cut short the counselling programmes he was going through in ZPF and has gone back to his old ways, a top official in former Vice...
View ArticleZim-Kuwait 'slaves' narrate horror tales
HARARE - Several young Zimbabwean women, who were recently rescued after being trafficked to Kuwait where they worked as slaves, yesterday recounted their harrowing tales. The women, who could barely...
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