BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over vendors practicing open defecation in the central business district, saying the crisis would result in disease outbreaks. Speaking during a recent council meeting, Ward 3 councillor Mxolisi Mahlangu said the situation had gone out of control. “We cannot have a city that has people behaving like they are in…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER CLAIMS that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is linked to expelled former Zanu PF central committee member Blessed Geza are patently false, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s investment advisor, Paul Tungwarara, has said. The increasingly prominent businessman, who is in line to become Zanu PF’s central committee member for Chipinge, made the notable comment…
BRANDON JOSPHAT FED up government officials are stepping up their efforts to tame the country’s traffic jungle. In this regard, authorities are now procuring key equipment that will lead to the national implementation of the new integrated electronic traffic management system in the first quarter of this year. Speaking to the Daily News — the…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE government has committed to prioritising inclusive dialogue through established platforms, with outcomes feeding into national governance frameworks to strengthen democracy. This comes after top church leaders said it is absolutely crucial that Zimbabweans fervently continue to seek ways to engage each other sincerely and to unite, to end the country’s…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER INCESSANT rains across the country have left fields waterlogged, prompting authorities to warn of potential crop failure if urgent drainage measures are not taken. Speaking to the Daily News, the chief director of Agriculture Advisory Services, Medlinah Magwenzi, urged farmers to take immediate action to save their harvests. “Some crops…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A HARARE senior citizen appeared in court on Friday facing fraud charges after allegedly selling a Marlborough house she did not have authority to dispose of for US$120 000 to settle a debt. Virginia Tambudzai Maida (62) was granted US$1 000 bail. The State alleges that on July 17 last…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU THE recent completion by bureaucrats of the draft Bill meant to facilitate the extension of a reluctant President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stay in power beyond 2028 does not mean that the push is a done deal. So says respected lawyer and MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, who has warned anew that Zanu PF continues to…
RUTENDO NGARA Senior Staff Writer THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday said Chief Justice Luke Malaba will retire from the bench on May 15. His retirement would mark the end of a distinguished judicial career spanning 45 years. The JSC confirmed that his departure would be in strict “accordance with Section 186(1) of the Constitution…
BRANDON JOSPHAT Chief Writer THE government says the National Health Insurance Bill is ready for tabling in Parliament when the House resumes sitting next month, in a move expected to transform the country’s health financing framework and accelerate progress towards universal health coverage. This comes after worried legislators last year wanted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to…
RUTENDO NGARA Senior Staff Writer THE cold, grey walls of Zimbabwe’s correctional facilities are designed to keep people in, but they are also remarkably effective at keeping the outside world—and the fundamental human intimacy that defines it—out. For years, the debate surrounding the provision of conjugal rights for inmates has simmered in legal circles and…
