Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has given the government and Parliament an 18-month ultimatum to amend the Termination of Pregnancy Act. The landmark ruling is designed to include mental health as a legitimate ground for legal abortions. Yesterday’s judgment followed an application by the Community Working Group, which had argued that excluding…
CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have intensified calls for heightened road safety awareness, urging motorists, passengers, and public transport operators to exercise extreme caution on the country’s highways ahead of the busy festive season. This comes after a tragic road traffic accident claimed four lives and injured 14 others along the Masvingo–Beitbridge Road on November 16. In…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A GWERU magistrate has sentenced a 21-year-old Mkoba man to 15 years in prison for sodomising his 13-year-old male relative. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, appeared before the Gweru magistrate. The court heard that the offence occurred on October 28 last year after…
Tapiwa Chirume THE City of Kadoma has prohibited all farm brick-moulding activities within its jurisdiction to safeguard the environment and promote sustainable urban development. Authorities have warned that anyone found violating the ban would face penalties, including fines or imprisonment. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the council’s engineer Blessing Musasira said the local authority…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE government has put together a ZiG100 million stimulus package, in a bid to spur business and to boost the creation and preservation of much-needed jobs in the country. In this regard, authorities will use this facility to provide concessionary funding to manufacturers with bankable projects nationwide, seeking to expand, retool…
POLITICAL EDITOR THE government is contemplating scrapping salaries for student nurses, arguing the payments have caused problems in the recruitment process, evidenced by the growing number of applicants. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, deputy Health minister Sleiman Kwidini said they want to emulate the system used by the ministry of Primary and Secondary…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka says the government owes farmers US$26 million for produce delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Masuka said this is despite a policy requiring payment within hours of delivery. “I must start by unreservedly apologising on behalf of the government…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER POLICE have made a series of arrests across the country following major crimes committed over the past week, including armed robberies involving machetes, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has confirmed. Nyathi yesterday said the police in Mazowe on November 13 arrested a 12-member machete-wielding gang linked to a spate of…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES have commissioned 56 houses for people who were relocated due to the construction of Kunzvi Dam in Murewa. According to Agriculture ministry permanent secretary Obert Jiri, the relocation process was part of a broader commitment to ensure that displaced communities “build back better”. “Kunzvi Dam is expected to ease…
Political Editor LAWMAKERS are concerned that poor Zimbabweans have yet to experience the country’s growing economic stability. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Members of Parliament thus urged authorities to intensify their efforts to lower the country’s high cost of living for the benefit of needy citizens. This comes after the recent pledge by…
