THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called on stakeholders to unite in mobilising funds for tuberculosis (TB) infections and also to ensure anyone infected gets the necessary treatment. This comes after the world recently commemorated the 2024 World TB Day under the theme “Yes! We can End TB”.However, in a statement yesterday, the ZCC…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested six youthful suspects for peddling drugs in Bulawayo’s Central Business District (CBD) as well as at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) premises. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident which occurred over the weekend. “Over the weekend, police apprehended six accused persons…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over non-payment of school fees by the government, parents and guardians of learners at its schools who owe in excess of $6 billion. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting yesterday, BCC housing and community services director Dictor Khumalo called on the government who owe it through the Basic…
THE government says it is scaling up efforts to sensitise chiefs on marriage and inheritance laws in order to ensure traditional values are upheld and justice prevails in rural communities. Speaking during a chiefs’ conference in Bulawayo yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Justice Vimbai Nyemba said chiefs played a crucial role in marriages…
IT HAS emerged that Bulawayo’s crime rate is double the national average, with Harare and Midlands following closely behind. This comes as authorities say that they handled more criminal cases last year than in 2022 — with some of the incidents having threatened State and public security. In a report yesterday, the Zimbabwe National Statistics…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over the increase in damaged infrastructure resulting from unfixed storm drainage in both the residential areas as well as the central business district (CBD). This comes as over the years the city has been prone to flash floods owing to the unclogged and poor drainage system. The…
THE establishment of unit shops to let in the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) has been met with mixed feelings with some councillors expressing health fears while management felt that the operators only needed to regularise their operations. This emerged during a full council meeting debate yesterday after it was revealed that council had received…
WOMEN’S shelter and rights advocacy group, Musasa Project, is worried sick about the worsening cases of rape in the country. This comes after the civil society organisation recorded a staggering 6 000 cases of rape last year — a shocking 80 percent of which had involved family members of the victims. Musasa Project — which…
THE government says its Health Resilience Fund (HRF) initiative has played a significant role in reducing the once worrisome high figures of maternal deaths in Matabeleland South Province. This comes as the government last year launched the HRF programme with an objective of providing health care services to citizens as mandated by the national health…
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over the poor maintenance of Blair toilets in the city’s biggest high density suburb, Cowdray Park, a situation they fear could result in an outbreak of diseases if left unattended. This comes as the country in general, and Bulawayo in particular, is battling a cholera outbreak that has claimed several…
