By Hazel Marimbiza BULAWAYO councillors have raised concern over the small sizes of graves in the city’s cemeteries which they said are causing unnecessary delays during burials. According to the latest council minutes, councillor Christopher Dube said that local residents were worried about the local authority’s grave service delivery, including the sizes of the graves….
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvishavane and Mberengwa, both in Midlands Province, have called for a multi-stakeholder approach in dealing with drug and substance abuse which is on the rise in the two mining districts. Speaking to the Daily News on Wednesday, the chiefs lamented the rise in drug and substance abuse, saying there is a need…
By Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has expressed concern over lack of equal representation of women during electoral processes, saying the Electoral Act is insufficient to guarantee women’s participation. Speaking at an elections workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, ZGC Matabeleland regional coordinator Dalubuhle Sibanda said gender equality should be taken seriously. “Women…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says the country is still short of 3 000 schools despite efforts to build more. This was revealed by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Tumisang Thabela, at the sidelines of commissioning of a new classroom block donated by Church of Jesus at Cowdray Park…
By Brighton Muronzereyi OPPOSITION political party, Patriotic Zimbabweans Party (PZP), has proposed the Zimbabwe Rescue Plan Bill (ZRPB) to stimulate the country’s economy. Speaking in Harare on Wednesday, the party spokesperson Shelton Mupambwa said financial aid packages were not unique to Zimbabwe, but were a worldwide practice during economic downturns. “A relief package should be…
HARARE magistrate Tafadzwa Miti has declined to recuse herself from presiding over the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole. Sikhala and Sithole are currently on trial for allegedly inciting public violence in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, during the memorial of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali in June. Sikhala has applied for…
MARIST Brothers High School reigned supreme at the Old Mutual High School Quiz competition, fending off stiff competition from Zengeza High 1…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation has begun delivering mining equipment to its members undertaking lithium mining in Mberengwa, Midlands province. This comes as the federation had approved a budget to procure earth moving machinery like tippers, an excavator, air compressors, generators, among other mine consumables, for the project. The Mberengwa lithium project came…
By Regis Chingawo THE amount of money allocated to the ministry of Agriculture will require an upward review if inflation is taken into consideration, a parliamentary portfolio committee has said. In the $4.5 trillion 2023 National Budget presented to Parliament by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last month, the ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been forced to indefinitely suspend water supplies to most suburbs as the latest wave of power cuts has worsened the situation at the city’s pumping stations. Before the worsening power crisis hit the city, the BCC had imposed a three-day per week water rationing. In a…
