A FEW days after Mavis Gumede gave birth at her rural home in Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province, she started experiencing intense bleeding. The new mother and her husband decided to head to the Plumtree District Hospital which was over 15 kilometres from their small, rural village. Gumede’s husband carried her on his bicycle and started…
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (Bupra) has shot down the city council’s proposed US$308 million budget for 2025, arguing that it will worsen livelihoods of the locals already struggling to sustain themselves. This comes after the BCC proposed a review of certain levies together with the introduction of special roads and water levies during the…
THE Victoria Falls City Council has intensified disconnection of water supplies to ratepayers who have failed to settle mounting debts. Since 2022, the local authority has been disconnecting water supplies to residents and businesses with higher debts as a means to force them to settle their bills. However, the council in the resort city, feels…
HEALTH authorities in Hwange district, Matabeleland North Province are targeting key populations in their Cabotegravir (CABLA) pilot programme to reduce new HIV infections. CAB-LA, is a long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis(PrEP) medication used for short-term prevention of HIV/Aids. Hwange district medical officer, Fungai Musinami told the Daily News that authorities in the district were scaling up…
POLICE have expressed concern over increasing cases of suicide in the second city. Bulawayo police spokesperson, Abednico Ncube, confirmed the worrying trend to the Daily News yesterday — further imploring residents to be more supportive of their relatives and friends, particularly those suffering from various ailments. This comes as many of the suicides are attributed…
THE government says it is committed to promoting multilingual education in a bid to ensure every child acquires necessary skills to compete in the global market. Speaking on the side-lines of International Literacy Day celebrations yesterday, Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube said multilingual education was a priority in the education sector. “The government of…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to allocate stands to open air churches in a bid to curb rampant environment degradation and open defecation by congregants. This comes as BCC in June this year resolved to ban open air worshipping on the basis that they were disregarding existing laws such as Protection of lands…
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has installed a pre-paid bulk raw water meter for Beitbridge municipality. This comes after Zinwa recently cut water supplies to the Beitbridge municipality as the town accumulated an outstanding bill of over US$2million. According to Zinwa, payment patterns by the local authority were no longer sustainable and hence no…
THE government says it is strengthening consumer agencies in a bid to deal with diverse business malpractices occurring across the economy. Speaking to the Daily News on the side-lines of a business stakeholders’ engagement meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, the ministry of Industry chief director for commerce and consumer affairs, Douglas Runyowa said efforts were being…
HARARE Metropolitan Province is recording crime incidences that are double the national crime rate, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) said yesterday. Zimstat made the revelation in its latest report titled ‘The 2024 Second Quarter Crime Statistics.’ “The crime rate in Harare Province nearly doubled the national crime rate, at 2 443, 9 per 100…
