THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is struggling to maintain council-run schools as over 50 percent of the learners have not paid their fees. The council runs 30 primary schools and one high school. However, in its latest council report, the BCC housing and community services director, Dictor Khumalo, said the non payment of…

THE more than month-old “Tame the Traffic Jungle” operation is permanent and the police have been directed to intensify their duties to night patrols, as most motorists defy road rules during late and early hours of the day. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, the deputy minister of Transport, Joshua…

BULAWAYO’s acting mayor Ntombizodwa Khumalo has called on residents to settle their bills in foreign currency to aid the local authority in improving its service delivery. The call by Khumalo comes after the city council recently started billing ratepayers in United States dollars, though the option of paying in local currency remains open.Speaking to the…

THE government says it is pushing to acquire new cattle breeds from outside the country to boost the national herd and improve quality. In a recent report, the ministry of Lands said the national beef cattle herd had a growth rate of two percent in 2022, increasing from 5 509 983 in 2021 to 5…

SENGEZO Tshabangu, the purported interim secretary general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has dismissed a High Court appeal filed by opposition MPs who are contesting their recall from Parliament on the grounds that their request is ineffective. The CCC is neither an applicant nor a respondent in the application filed over a week…

ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have called for the revision of the recently amended Labour Act, saying it should also protect informal traders from sexual harassment as they constitute a bigger part of the economy. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday on the sidelines of an engagement meeting yesterday, a lawyer from ZLHR,…