POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over increasing murder cases in Pumula suburbs and have urged residents to resolve their misunderstandings amicably or risk arrest after committing crimes. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said the force had noticed an increase in murder cases in Pumula Old, Pumula South…
FORMER Speaker of the National Assembly Lovemore Moyo says authorities should improve the deteriorating lives of ordinary citizens this year by implementing policies focusing on economic growth. Speaking to the country’s most influential newspaper, the Daily News, yesterday, Moyo said most ordinary people were wallowing in abject poverty. “The year 2024 was indeed a challenging…
POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over an increase in unlicensed drinking outlets this festive season, saying they will be raiding such establishments. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele implored the public to report any unlicensed outlets. “This season has been associated with the emergence of unlicensed drinking outlets…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says residents should brace for more city-wide water supply interruptions due to increased power cuts at its pumping stations. In a statement yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube, said several water stations were experiencing increased power cuts. “The City of Bulawayo would like to advise the public of water…
THE Bulawayo United Residents Association (Bura) has established a committee that will use the grassroots approach to tackle drug and substance abuse effectively. Bura programmes leader Mthulisi Mukhwa Moyo said current approaches were not contributing much to the national goal of eradicating drugs and substance abuse because they were disconnected to the situation on the…
YOUNG people aged between 20 and 29 years make up the highest number of both male and female prisoners, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed. The national agency, which made the revelations in its third quarter report released yesterday, underlined the importance of curbing the high crime rate in the country, especially among…
AUTHORITIES are scaling up efforts to establish more drug rehabilitation centres to provide afford – able services to people recovering from drug abuse across the country. Speaking at a mental health work – shop in Bulawayo yesterday, the mental health officer in the Health ministry, Chipo Ziweva, said efforts had been intensified to establish more…
AUTHORITIES in Bulawayo have implored informal traders to register and be allocated trading bays to avoid falling victim to financial exploitation by individuals claiming to offer protection from municipal police. This comes as vendors operating at illegal sites in the city’s central business district (CBD) face daily running battles with the municipal police as they…
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) says it is using technology to create a more conducive environment for the rehabilitation and reintegration of serving inmates within Khami Maximum Security Prison in Bulawayo. Speaking on the sidelines of a stakeholders’ event yesterday, the ZPCS officer commanding Bulawayo, Provincial Commissioner Mkhulunyelwa Ngwenya said communication between inmates…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE government has implored Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country to insure their businesses for unforeseen disasters. This was said yesterday by the acting provincial development officer (PDC) in the ministry of Women Affairs, Clayton Mharadzano, in an interview with the Daily News. “One challenge we are facing is…
