AGRICULTURAL experts have implored the government to rehabilitate and maintain supply dams in both rural and urban areas in a bid to maximise rainwater harvesting and storage. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday an agricultural technical expert from the Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (Orap) Thandazani Mkhwananzi said the government could utilize catchment…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has urged residents in flood-prone areas to open their weep holes or risk facing legal action as the local authority seeks to push residents to ensure that storm-water drains naturally. This comes as some residents have defiantly refused to open their weep holes, in a development that has seen some…
Staff writer in Bulawayo THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has proposed a US$156 million procurement plan for the year 2025 in a move meant to improve service delivery. Speaking during a council meeting yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube, said the plan was meant to address various service delivery challenges faced by the city….
Staff writer in Bulawayo THE Zimbabwe Council for Churches (ZCC) has called on African governments to ensure energy transition minerals benefit local communities. Speaking during a stakeholders’ indaba yesterday, the ZCC secretary-general, Wilfred Dimingu, said while energy transition minerals were essential components in today’s clean energy technologies, the mining and processing of transition minerals could…
TRADITIONAL leaders have urged the government to recognise the importance of indigenous knowledge systems in environmental preservation. Speaking at a stakeholders’ event in Hwange yesterday, Chiefs Council president, Mtshane Khumalo, emphasised that traditional leaders possess valuable knowledge to address environmental challenges. “Traditional leaders are custodians of indigenous knowledge systems, which are vital for local-level decision-making….
Staff writer in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a woman from Emganwini after she allegedly attempted to kill her oneyear-eight-months-old son in a drugfuelled rage, leaving the toddler with a fractured skull and swollen eye. According to the police, the child’s aunt received an anonymous call on February 5, 2025, alerting her that the…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says resource constraints have hindered the authority from repairing 231 water bursts and leaks. In its latest council minutes, BCC said after getting a total of 380 leaks in December 2024, only 167 faults had been attended to. “A total of 380 reports combining bursts, leaks and other water related…
GOVERNMENT has called on environmental stakeholders to invest in more innovative strategies in a bid to curb agricultural challenges arising from effects of climate change. Speaking during the official opening of the seed certification workshop in Bulawayo on Friday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands, Obert Jiri, said climate change was a threat…
THE Food and Agricultural Organisation (Fao) has called on stakeholders to utilise digital technologies to boost local seed certification. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of a seed certification workshop in Bulawayo, the Fao sub-regional coordinator for Southern Africa, Patrice Talla, said emerging technologies were crucial in improving seed certification and yields….
GOVERNMENT has challenged agricultural stakeholders to adopt international seed certification standards to boost production in the agricultural sector. This comes after the government, in partnership with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), embarked on a process to review and update seed certification regulatory frameworks. Currently, Zimbabwe’s seed certification scheme, gazetted 25 years ago, falls short…
