LOCAL Government minister July Moyo is challenging a High Court’s decision which invalidated a directive he issued compelling councils to include government officials in their committee and full council meetings as a means to curb incompetence and increase transparency. Moyo filed his notice of appeal at the Supreme Court last week, arguing that the lower…
By Rutendo Ngara GOVERNMENT says there is a need to resuscitate fire committees at ward level to curb the scourge of veld fires in the country. This came at a time when 10 people lost their lives in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province, last week while battling to extinguish a veld fire. Speaking during World Food…
THE Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations and Residents Trust (ZNOART) has challenged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the police to up their game in dealing with corruption in local authorities, saying the scourge is compromising service delivery countrywide. Speaking during a training workshop of resident associations’ representatives in Gweru at the weekend, ZNOART chairperson…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will soon embark on a mass polio vaccination campaign as the country is putting all measures to curb the transmission of the disease from Mozambique which is currently facing an outbreak. Zimbabwe has been polio-free since 1989, but now the country is at high risk…
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the government respects the separation of powers and they have nothing to do with the issue of judiciary refusing to give bail to opposition MP Job Sikhala after he was arrested on allegations of inciting violence. This comes as opposition political parties and civic organisations are calling for the judiciary…
By NYASHA KUNYISWA GOVERNMENT says it is working with the private sector to promote brand Zimbabwe to the international community. Speaking during the brand Zimbabwe meeting on Friday in Harare, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Zimbabwe branding would help to strengthen national identity, social cohesion and help the country to focus on national priorities and…
TEN-YEAR-OLD Simba Mulezu was driving cattle home from his mother’s corn fields when the ground gave way under his feet, plunging him into burning coal underground. The incident left him with permanently deformed limbs. “I spent several months in hospital and Hwange Colliery Company did not assist me with hospital bills and other necessities,” Mulezu,…
POLICE in Zvishavane have identified five suburbs which they singled out as crime hotspots in the small mining town. This comes at a time when the law enforcers recently revealed that crime rate in the Midlands province, particularly in mining districts of Zvishavane and Mberengwa, was on the rise. According to a circular gleaned by…
By Brighton Muronzereyi A SIX-YEAR-OLD Goromonzi girl has died from injuries she sustained after being mauled by two vicious dogs. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said the boer dogs attacked the girl on Thursday this week while she was playing with her friends. “The police have since shot dead the dogs and the…
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has hiked tuition fees by 400 percent with the institution demanding 50 per cent payment by early next month, in a new development that has been dismissed by the students as “unfair and unjustified.” Deputy registrar Academic Affairs at the State institution Kudzaishe Mudzingwa, said undergraduate students would now pay…
