Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER MUTARE City Council is turning to double and multiple burials as the eastern border city grapples with dwindling cemetery space, with families now allowed to bury loved ones in existing graves under certain conditions.The move offers a new lifeline to families as two of the city’s major cemeteries, Yeovil and St Joseph’s,…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERAUTHORITIES say the ongoing clean-up operation will continue until order is restored in towns and cities across the country, with local authorities being urged to reclaim public spaces and restore basic services.Addressing local authority officials in Kadoma yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Local Government, Tafadzwa Muguti, said the campaign, which…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A MAN who fled to South Africa after allegedly raping a nine-year-old relative in Gweru 15 years ago has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after his return to Zimbabwe brought the long-running case to an end.The offender, who was 19 when the offences were committed in 2011, was convicted of…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government must use tomorrow’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) to turn Zimbabwe’s current economic gains into more tangible relief for ordinary citizens. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — ahead of the crucial address in Harare — business and labour…
A TRAGIC swimming pool drowning accident that claimed the life of 14-year-old student Daniel Mukudzei Moyana last week has prompted Hellenic Academy — an elite Harare school — to suspend all lessons today and tomorrow as the community mourns. “We extend our most sincere condolences to the Moyana family, friends and the entire Hellenic Academy…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR PARLIAMENT has demanded sweeping reforms to the country’s correctional system, warning that children born to or living with incarcerated mothers must not become unintended victims of the justice system. Raising a motion in the Senate last week, Senator Angeline Tongogara said children should not bear the consequences of their mothers’ imprisonment,…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms, strong winds and localised heavy downpours across Zimbabwe from Tuesday, with rainfall potentially exceeding 30mm in some areas. The warning comes as the country braces for increasingly erratic weather conditions, with authorities cautioning that the anticipated system could bring rainfall, thunderstorms and…
A 38-YEAR-OLD Mhangura man was last week sentenced to an effective 50 years in prison after being convicted of three counts of raping his minor daughters. The Chinhoyi regional court sentenced the nomadic gold panner from Arda Endeavour, Mhangura, to 20 years on each count, with 10 years suspended for five years on condition of…
ZIMBABWEAN financial advisory, Bard Santner Inc, which specialises in asset management, corporate finance, wealth management and remittances, is handling the historic US$1.6 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE – the world’s largest single-train oil refinery – inside the country. Bard Santner Investors, a subsidiary of the company, is specifically dealing…
THE alarming rise in fatal domestic disputes and femicide in the country demands immediate and coordinated action across all sectors, worried authorities say. In this regard, the government has moved swiftly to operationalise the Anti-Domestic Violence Council, as part of a concrete national response to combat the emergency. This comes as deaths arising from marital…
