COMBINED Harare Residents and Ratepayers Association (CHRRA) has demanded that Harare City Council (HCC) makes the final version of its 2023 budget available to all residents, including those with disabilities, the elderly, and other less privileged members of society. CHRRA acting director, Rueben Akili, told the Daily News that the HCC had not shown the…
RESIDENTS in Masvingo are urging local government authorities to expedite the construction of a new landfill, as the current one, located near the Runyararo West and Victoria Ranch suburbs, has become a health hazard. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (MURRA) spokesperson, Godfrey Mtimba said residents want the local authority to speed up the completion…
THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has partnered with the ministry of Health to develop an HIV communication package, which seeks to protect adolescent girls and young women from contracting the virus. In its recent report, Unicef said efforts to curb HIV infections were crucial as adolescent girls and young women face a…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man and his wife after they allegedly murdered their employer before making off with his property. Baron Chiguru, 28, and his wife, Sheila Ndlovu, 29, were reportedly working as domestic workers for Geneva Sibanda, 62, at his plot in Inyathi. It is reported that Chiguru and Ndlovu struck Sibanda…
AS THE country welcomes 2023 today, the Daily News On Sunday and its iconic sister paper, the Daily News, once again bring you their much-anticipated annual Cabinet report card for the past 12 months. Without doubt, 2022 proved to be yet another challenging year for Zimbabweans and their government, with authorities forced to juggle multiple…
LAST week, group editor-in-chief Guthrie Munyuki and police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi appeared on the popular programme Vantage on the independent commercial television station 3Ktv. Among the topics they discussed were the rise in traffic accidents, armed robberies, and murders. The excerpts are as follows: Q: Not everyone is in a festive mood because of…
BY KETTY NYONI AS 2023 kicks in, the country’s public service employees are hopeful that they will eventually agree with their employer to improve their welfare to the satisfaction of both parties. In an interview with the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) secretary-general David Dzatsunga said the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to Zimbabweans to be politically mature as the country gears up for general elections this year. In his New Year’s message yesterday at State House in Harare, Mnangagwa said elections provided an opportunity for citizens to express their democratic rights, thus there was a need to do so peacefully. “We…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has urged the government to take action so that schools do not turn away learners for failing to pay tuition because doing so would violate their right to an education. This is in view of the government’s recent approval for schools to fix tuition fees in Zimbabwe or…
By Regis Chingawo and Brighton Muronzereyi THE top New Year wishes for many Zimbabweans are that authorities further stabilise the country’s ailing economy, end the current debilitating power crisis and act more decisively against corruption. Among the people who spoke to the Daily News yesterday was the executive director of the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe…
