Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THERE are growing concerns over the future of major retail shops in the country, in the face of the ubiquitous and unregulated informal sector. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on Budget and Finance this week, the president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, confirmed that…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday dismissed an application for referral to the Constitutional Court filed by fraud-accused Harare businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe. In his ruling, Justice Kwenda, who described the application as frivolous and vexatious, said that the two should have raised their issue at the…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing a grave crisis in its cemetery operations, as ongoing challenges with equipment shortages and deteriorating infrastructure threaten to further complicate burial services in the city. During a recent full council meeting, councillors raised alarm over the state of the city’s cemeteries, particularly the Luveve…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw TEACHERS say ZiG 46 billion allocated to their ministry by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is inadequate to meet their needs. This is despite the fact that the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education was given the biggest chunk of the ZiG 276 billion 2025 National Budget which was delivered by…
STAFF WRITER THE ministry of Health and Child Care has revealed that more than 600 cases of dog bites were recorded in the past week alone. The ministry said 326 of the cases were from dogs which the authorities could not establish they had been vaccinated. “The Disease Surveillance Report for the week ending 24…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITERS NELSON Chamisa said yesterday that he was affronted after he was not able to exchange pleasantries with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Botswana last month. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the former opposition leader said he had hoped to interact with, or…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised alarm over the continued decline in reservoirs water levels, leading to indefinite water supply interruptions in some suburbs. In a statement yesterday, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said affected suburbs would receive water once reservoirs build up. “The city is experiencing low reservoir levels due to the continued…
A HEALTH expert has painted a bleak picture of the conditions obtaining at many of the country’s public hospitals. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health on Tuesday, the chief director of curative services at the Ministry of Health, Maxwell Hove, described the state of most public hospitals as distressing. “You walk into a…
AS THE 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continues, Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says there is need to direct resources towards creating stronger support systems for victims and survivors of the vice. Speaking in Harare on Tuesday during a public awareness campaign, ZGC chairperson, Commissioner Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe, emphasised the importance of collective action…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) is set to go dry for two days beginning today following the temporary shutdown of its Warren Control Pump Station for maintenance. This came amid fears that the health of Harare residents was in danger due to their exposure to contaminated water as the local…
