By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has signed a US$5 million, 20-year deal with the Peace Parks Foundation (PPF) of South Africa for the conservation of Mana Pools National Park. The PPF, founded in 1997 by Anton Rupert, the late former South African President Nelson Mandela and Prince Bernhard of…
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives allegedly extorted money from a businessman who had knowingly purchased 75 bags of stolen fertiliser. Nelson Chinembiri, 36, and Maxwell Mukono, 34, both stationed at CID Marondera are said to have demanded US$730 from Maxwell Takawira after finding him in possession of fertiliser that was stolen from the Presidential…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Aids Council (Nac) says the country’s health delivery system will benefit from the upcoming International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (Icasa). Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Nac chief executive officer Bernard Madzima said the conference set to be held next week would give…
THE National Aids Council (Nac) says cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Matabeleland North Province have drastically declined owing to male dialogue sessions. Speaking to the Daily News on Tuesday during a tour of the province, Nac district Aids coordinator for Lupane, Phathumusa Yvette Moyo said they initiated a number of GBV programmes targeted at…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AT least 200 participants from different corporate organisations are taking part in this year’s edition of the Friends of The Environment (FOTE) annual walkathon aimed at driving tree planting in all communities to restore the country‘s ecosystem. The walkathon will stretch from Harare to Guruve, a 157 km long journey…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has threatened to blacklist all its bad debtors as the local authority bids to increase its revenue collection in the face of crippling water shortages that have exposed residents to cholera. This comes as the city is owed more than $500 billion by, among other debtors, the government, industry and residents….
THE trial of popular gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi, which was supposed to commence yesterday, has been postponed to December 11. Kombo and her husband are facing fraud and perjury charges after allegedly using fraudulent conversion certificates to get registered as legal practitioners in Zimbabwe. The couple, who are being charged…
ZANU PF says a continuous election mode is detrimental to the country’s development as the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) continuously recalls MPs and councillors. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF information director Farai Marapira said after the August harmonised polls, the ruling party had shifted their focus from politics to development,…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s health department has implored residents to be on high alert and report urgently any suspected case of diarrhoea in a bid to prevent threats posed by the cholera outbreak. This comes after current statistics show that Bulawayo has recorded approximately 12 suspected cholera cases, with three confirmed positive cases and…
THE country’s food poverty line this month, for one person, rose by nine percent from $105 071 in October to $115 090, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed. The food poverty line represents the amount of money an individual requires to afford the daily minimum energy intake of 2 100 calories. In a…
