GOVERNMENT has implored churches to facilitate employment opportunities for youth through conducting job fairs with various government departments to ensure they get adequate information. Addressing the 5th anniversary of the Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) recently, Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube said youth were idle due to lack of information on how to get…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is ramping up its efforts to end the city’s perennial water woes. In this regard, city authorities have started refurbishing the Umzingwane and Inyankuni waterworks, after procuring much-needed parts for the pumps there. Speaking after a tour of the project at the weekend, the chairperson of Bulawayo’s water technical committee,…
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over severe food poverty among children with recent statistics by the Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee Report on Urban Nutrition showing that 76 percent of children are not getting adequate nutrients. According to the report, more needs to be done to improve the dietary needs of children. “76 percent of the…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has partnered Wetskills Foundation, a Netherlands organisation, to equip academic experts and young professionals with skills meant to assist in tackling water challenges in the country. This comes as the country’s second largest city has been perennially struggling to supply adequate potable water—exposing residents to waterborne diseases. According to a recent…
BULAWAYO Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) say they are devising strategies to catalyse industrialisation in a bid to tap into new markets. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo Chamber of SMEs coordinator Nketa Mangoye Dlamini said while SMEs were displaying great talent, they still lacked skills to penetrate into new markets. “We are looking…
THE government says it is committed to ensuring that all schools get computerised as part of its relentless drive to ensure every learner acquires digital skills at a tender age. This comes after the Postal and Telecommunication Regulation Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz), through the ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT), donated 60 computers, printers and…
THE Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) says it is pushing to enhance its digitalisation services in a bid to end corruption in land distribution. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary general of the Ucaz, Livison Mutekede, said land corruption had to be dealt with in urban councils. “The association says no to…
GERMANY’S Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) has implored the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to lease informal markets to various associations in-order to provide vendors with a sense of ownership. In its study released yesterday, which is aimed to identify requirements, prospects, and deficiencies in BCC’s urban planning efforts related to the informal sector, the FES said…
AUTHORITIES say they are courting private partners to assist build modern rural schools as part of government’s efforts to equip learners with digital skills. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of a Pretoria Portland Cement Limited (PPC) laboratory donation at Bengo Primary School in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, Education minister Torerai Moyo…
A MAN from Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province, has been arrested after allegedly killing his wife for sprinkling an unknown substance in his porridge. Matabeleland South police spokesperson Loveness Mangena yesterday confirmed the incidence. “Police in Mdlambuzi have arrested Honest Nkomo, 34, in connection with a case of murder which occurred at Ntambana, Khame area, on…
