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Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw PUBLIC transport operators are lobbying the government to involve police officers in the training of learner drivers to curb the alarming rate of road traffic accidents in the country. According to the Zimbabwe Traffic Safety Council, an average of two people are killed and four injured daily in road accidents. Speaking to…

TEACHERS have submitted a petition to the government, seeking an immediate relief package to address pressing needs before schools opening on Tuesday. The demands include financial assistance for transportation to schools, payment of their children’s school fees, and support for basic living expenses, including food for themselves and their families. The development comes amid an…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO FOUR men have appeared at the Treadgold Magistrates Court facing 10 counts of robbery after allegedly attacking church congregants with machetes and axes before robbing them of their belongings. The accused, Hardlife Sibanda, 28, Nqobile Terrence Ngwenya, 24, Leeroy Sibanda, 19, and Shelton Ncube, 25, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Joseph Mabeza. They…

By Rutendo Ngara NINE women who were advertising massage and sex services on social media were yesterday fined US$30 each by Harare provincial magistrate Winfilda Tiatara. The nine, Natasha Makowe, Anne Mandaza, Ashley Nyamutsaka, Nyasha Mungate, Gamuchirai Dzvukutu, Ellen Chihota, Miola Manyange, Euno Chiwara and Mukhtah Banda, were convicted of breaching the Criminal Law Codification…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has learned from its past mistakes, which has allowed authorities to have a firmer grip on the national budget, the ZiG and prices of basic goods in the country. So says the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, who stressed yesterday that the government was now committed to living…

GOVERNMENT says it is in talks with civil servants through the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) with a view to improving their salaries and working conditions. This comes as civil servants are pushing the government to restore their previous salaries where they were earning close to US$800. Currently, government employees are earning around US$350, which is…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE and Mozambique are joining forces to end power outages by enhancing cooperation in energy generation and petroleum production. The two countries yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation, aimed at promoting economic growth through the use of natural resources. According to the MoU that was signed…

SOUTHERN EDITOR BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is hosting the City of Bulawayo Research and Innovation Seminar (COBRIS) to reclaim the second capital’s status as the country’s industrial hub. Held under the banner: “Create, Collaborate, and Commercialise”, the seminar is being attended by top academics, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and investors to tackle Bulawayo’s most pressing challenges, which…

PARLIAMENTARIANS have criticised the country’s ports of entry for allowing the smuggling of illegal skin bleaching products. The criticism comes as the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) cracks down on socialites advertising unauthorised skin bleaching products on social media. Debating a motion on stricter legislation to control skin lightening creams on Tuesday, Murewa South…