BULAWAYO city fathers have raised a red flag over lack of enforcement of several by-laws leading to an increase in various illegal activities. According to the latest full council meeting minutes, councillors complained about open air worshiping, menacing stray animals, illegal gold panning and sand poaching, among other improprieties in and around the city. In…
By Ketty Nyoni SUSPICIOUS body detoxification products have flooded the local market with health experts raising alarm as their health benefits have not been proved by the relevant authorities. Detoxification products such as activated charcoal powder, pills, flora restore, among others are used to remove toxins in the body and can be purchased in pharmacies…
THE Judicial Service Commission is set to open township courts across the country as the judiciary bids to bring justice closer to the people. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday ahead of the opening of the new legal year tomorrow, JSC head of corporate services, Daniel Nemukuyu said a number of new projects were…
THE ministry of Education has directed that all school authorities must ensure that there is potable water at their institutions amid fears that they could become new cholera hotspots as learners return for a new term next week. This comes as the country is battling to control cholera, with more than 15 000 cases recorded…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires over US$20 million to rehabilitate at least 15 of its major roads this year. This comes after the city’s allocation for 2024 by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) was over $12 billion for both routine and periodic maintenance works.According to the latest council report, the BCC…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE popular second-hand clothing flea market, Mupedzanhamo, in Mbare, Harare, which was closed for four years. Re-opened this week. The Harare City Council-run market was closed in 2020 as part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of the global Covid-19 pandemic.It later underwent renovations over the past two years.However,…
By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE has banned potato imports amid fears of a pepper ringspot virus, which was reported in neighbouring South Africa. This comes as the Tobacco Research Board (TRB) says their potato seed varieties are disease-free. TRB introduced potato mini-tubers that develop potato seeds for crops and plants that are resistant to a variety…
NATIONAL Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) — a grouping of various stakeholders pushing for political and electoral reforms —says it has engaged Zanu PF and has sent an invite to them to attend their meeting later this month. The grouping says the proposed meeting is part of its bid to come up with an agreement on…
AUTHORITIES say they have “warned and cautioned” 23 public schools over what it deemed were unilateral fees increases ahead of schools opening next Tuesday. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Education minister Torerai Moyo said the government would not allow school authorities to wantonly increase fees without the approval of his ministry or engage in…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is purchasing materials required for developing medium and high-density residential stands as it works on reducing its growing housing backlog. “The council is working on tendering supplies of the required materials for the execution of servicing stands. “Initially, the implementation strategy for the completion of these projects had…
