PARLIAMENT has started nationwide consultations to gather citizens’ input on the proposed Climate Change Management Bill. This follows the Cabinet’s recent approval of the Bill’s principles, which are designed to mainstream climate change across all sectors of the economy. In a recent notice, Parliament stated that two teams would conduct the public consultations up to…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has commenced a countrywide data collection exercise for the 2025 Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Round 7 (MICS7) to assess the welfare of children and women, looking at key areas including access to nutrition, water, healthcare, and education. This comes after 15 155 children across the country were treated…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU THE Ministry of Youth yesterday said young people in the country possess immense talent and potential, but need coordinated support and guidance to turn their ideas into meaningful contributions to national development. Speaking at the inaugural National Youth Empowerment Symposium in Harare, Youth deputy minister Kudakwashe Mupamhanga said the government remained committed to…
Takudzwa Dhambu POLICE are looking for more than 3 000 motorists for violating traffic lights in Bulawayo following the implementation of the electronic traffic management system in the second capital. This comes as the continuous crackdown is powered by the new multi-million-dollar technology partnership aimed squarely at curbing the country’s rising tide of road accidents…
RUTENDO NGARA HIGH Court judge, Justice Fatima Maxwell, has dismissed an appeal by Raphael Matinyarare who sought the court’s intervention for a maintenance downward variation. Raphael was ordered to pay US$300 in maintenance to his wife, Tendai, until she remarries, even though they do not have children together. Raphael argued that Tendai is a middle-aged…
YVONNE NCUBE POLICE in the Midlands Province have confirmed a murder case where a 36-year-old man was fatally stabbed multiple times with a homemade knife following a dispute over a long-standing grudge. The victim, identified as Sydney Mujuru of Village Msiza under Chief Mafala, was pronounced dead upon admission at Zvishavane District Hospital. According to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO couple who defrauded an unsuspecting pair of over US$1 000 through a bogus travel agency has been sentenced to five years in prison each, with two years suspended on condition of good behaviour. Simbarashe Dube, 36, and his wife, Nokuthula Mpofu, 32, were convicted of fraud after a full…
TEN individuals who allegedly demonstrated against President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week Friday will spend a week in remand custody. The protest was reportedly organised by outspoken war veteran Blessed Geza, who called for a “one million-man march” against Mnangagwa and perceived corruption in the country. The accused, Rose Chirenje, Nyarai Chigudu, Kenesia Jera, Edward Mandikutse,…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO women believed to be part of a criminal syndicate terrorising foreign currency dealers and small businesses across Bulawayo are now facing a fresh charge of armed robbery, in addition to accusations of a string of heists amounting to more than US$36 000. Sekai Vumbunu and Florence Chisiri, who were already…
By Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw RUSAPE Town Council has issued an urgent warning to residents over a looming water crisis after water levels in Rusape River, the town’s main water source, drastically dropped, threatening supplies for more than 30 000 residents. The local authority confirmed that raw water levels at the Town Water Works had fallen…
