TODAY is the Southern Hemisphere’s 2025 Winter Solstice, which marks Zimbabwe’s shortest day of the year. Every year about this time, the Southern Hemisphere tilts the farthest away from the Sun — which is why it records the least amount of daylight than at any other time of the year. In this regard, the Winter…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored the country’s youth to openly communicate their challenges to authorities, adding that they must shun all forms of social ills. In his speech during the official opening of the 33rd Junior Parliament session and the commemoration of the Day of the African Child at the new Parliament Building yesterday, Mnangagwa…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE residents have raised alarm over a recent decision by Harare City Council (HCC) to hike public toilet fees from US$0,50 to US$1,00, saying the development endangers public health. This comes as Harare is facing a severe public toilet crisis, with many ablution facilities in disrepair and closed due to lack of…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has sounded an alarm over human rights abuses in the mining sector involving murders and massive environmental degradation. Speaking at a capacity building workshop on Emerging Best Practices in Harare, ZHRC chairperson Jessie Majome said mining companies should integrate international standards and practices to ensure that they minimise harm…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are fretting over the re-emergence of machete-wielding gangs, especially in mining areas — amid a continuing rise in violent crimes in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that more law enforcement agents had been deployed in…
GOVERNMENT is in need of nearly US$50 million to rehabilitate 40 irrigation schemes and restore 10 000 hectares of land into productive use. In a media update yesterday, the ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary, Obert Jiri, said Zimbabwe had an estimated 460 irrigation schemes which all needed rehabilitation, but his ministry was focused on resuscitating 40. …
SOUTHERN EDITOR ZIMBABWE’S wetlands are under increasing threat from human activity and climate-induced degradation, prompting the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to issue an urgent call for their urgent restoration. The call was made on Wednesday as Zimbabwe commemorated the Desertification and Drought Day. The commemorations were held under the global theme: “Restore the Land. Unlock…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw HIV/AIDS-related deaths in the country have risen by more than 200 cases in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, Parliament has heard. This increase follows the recent decision by the United States government to cut 83 percent of the US Agency for International Development’s…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw KAROI Town Council’s audited accounts for the year 2020 which were presented in Parliament on Tuesday have revealed massive corruption and gross mismanagement. This comes barely a week after the commission of inquiry into Harare’s affairs chaired by Justice Maphios Cheda presented its findings to President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the government hinting…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE woman yesterday appeared before a magistrate court after her arrest on charges of allegedly misrepresenting and duping a mining firm US$50 000. Chipo Madosi is charged with fraud after claiming that she was an authorised Chinese dealer in mining equipment. She then allegedly misrepresented to Passmore Mapako that…
