POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested nine suspects for allegedly engaging in illegal gold mining activities at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) campus and at a Bulawayo City Council (BCC) pit in Khumalo. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the nine were nabbed after the police were…
STATE-OWNED Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) says it is boosting farming activities and uplifting the livelihoods of villagers through the establishment of agro-processing plants in the countryside and adding value to harvested crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Arda board chairperson Ivan Craig said the agro-processing plants would also enable farmers to export…
THE Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (Wild), a local non-profit making organisation, has called upon the government to craft legal reforms which ensure accessible gender-sensitive birth registration and documentation procedures for stateless girls and women. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Wild executive director Samukeliso Khumalo said the government should uplift the voices of women…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has called on stakeholders to promote responsible population management in order to ensure all citizens have access to basic services. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat public relations officer Mercy Chidemo said as the country commemorates World Population Day, it was important to ensure every citizen had access to health…
POLICE have launched a man-hunt for 10 armed suspects who last week allegedly stole about 1.5 tonnes of gold ore at a mine in Inyathi, Matabeleland North Province. Provincial spokesperson for Matabeleland North, Glory Banda, confirmed the robbery to the Daily News yesterday. “We are still investigating this issue where a mine owner lost about…
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has called on the government to actively implement laws which promote gender equality in the mining sector, saying women are not equally represented in the extractive industry. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of a media training workshop on access-toinformation laws in the mining sector in…
THE European Union has released €1 million to enhance community-based surveillance at some of Zimbabwe’s busiest borders to improve the country’s migration management. This comes as Zimbabwe was expected to receive thousands of its citizens from South Africa, whose exemption permits expired last month, but the permits have since been extended by a year by…
A VICTORIA Falls man, 35, is on the run after he allegedly axed his 60-year-old mother to death after she denied him the right to sell the family’s cattle. Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson, Glory Banda confirmed, the death of Irene Jubane last week. “Police have launched an investigation into a case where Paul Jubane…
POLICE have expressed concern over an increase in murder cases in the past month, due to suspicions of infidelity and they have urged citizens to value the sanctity of life. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said infidelity murders across the country were disturbing. “Police in Mazowe have arrested Precious Machivenyika,…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is lobbying Parliament to intervene and push for government to resolve the shortage of nurses at its health facilities as the brain drain in the medical sector is negatively affecting health provisions for local residents. According to the latest council minutes, councillor Siboniso Khumalo said the shortage of health workers…
