MALARIA deaths and infections have increased this year in Binga district, Matabeleland North Province, as mosquitoes in the area are reported to be now resistant to a chemical used to control their spread, authorities have confirmed. Addressing journalists during a tour of Binga District Hospital last week, acting district medical officer Sibonginkosi Ncube highlighted a…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT ENTERPRISING Zimbabweans are always looking for new opportunities to survive through the economic challenges that the country is facing and one of those fresh “job” openings has turned out to be sports betting. The “new profession” involves predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome and bettors place their wagers…
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed a women stakeholder engagement last week in Bulawayo with some female politicians breaking down into tears as they agonisingly narrated how they had endured a plethora of grim obstacles in their political journeys where men have dominated the hard-nosed political domain. So disturbing was the situation that the organisers found it…
THE government has appealed to stakeholders to collaborate and come up with measures to curb veld fires in the city of Bulawayo. This comes at a time when the second-largest city has witnessed a surge in the number of fire incidents, which have seen various properties being destroyed.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday while handing…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO AN 18-year-old man from Maphisa in Kezi has been arrested for allegedly sodomising his nine-year-old nephew before promising him R10 to buy his silence. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malinga on Wednesday, facing a sodomy charge.The court heard…
By Yvonne Ncube A MAKOKOBA, Bulawayo, man, 36, has appeared in court facing assault charges after he allegedly assaulted his wife for failing to wash his clothes, resulting in her losing a tooth. Johnson Dube yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Collet Ncube, facing physical abuse charges and was remanded out of custody to October 14…
A GWERU man, who is believed to have been involved in a spate of robberies in Harare between last December and February this year, has been charged with eight counts of armed robbery. Tendai Ruchiyo, 34, stands accused of breaking into retail shops in the capital and making off with cash and other valuables worth…
AS MORE transition to sustainable energy, demand for lithium is predicted to continue to rise, pushing up its price even as supply…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Siyabona Musithu, has blocked Lands minister Anxious Masuka from cancelling a lease agreement belonging to former Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive Samuel Muvuti and his wife Joylene for their farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province. The couple, owners of HolmeHead Farm, had filed a court application after Masuka wrote a…
WITH concerted efforts from all stakeholders Zimbabwe can achieve its vision of becoming an upper-middle income economy by 2030, despite the challenges…
