By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE National Aids Council (Nac) has teamed up with traditional leaders to provide food to people living with HIV/ Aids through the Zunde RaMambo/Isiphala SeNkosi programme. The initiative, which is part of measures to mitigate the El Ninoinduced drought, comes after people living with HIV/Aids in Mashonaland Central Province have…
Yvonne Ncube IN BULAWAYO A MARRIED man, 34, from Pumula South in Bulawayo who assaulted his girlfriend, 26, to death over alleged cheating has been sentenced to an effective 18 years in prison. Moses Remayi appeared before Justice Evangelista Kabasa at the Bulawayo High Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge but was convicted…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw SENGEZO Tshabangu is planning to interdict Welshman Ncube, who he now accuses of masquerading as the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). The daring Tshabangu, who continues to assert that he is the CCC’s interim secretary-general and only remaining legitimate party official, confirmed the pending move to the Daily News…
POLICE have expressed concern over increasing cases of suicide in the second city. Bulawayo police spokesperson, Abednico Ncube, confirmed the worrying trend to the Daily News yesterday — further imploring residents to be more supportive of their relatives and friends, particularly those suffering from various ailments. This comes as many of the suicides are attributed…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zanu PF members to desist from using social media to sow seeds of division among senior party leaders. Mnangagwa told a Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare yesterday that there was need for party leaders to act against those using media platforms to divide the party. “It is incumbent on…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gave 90 offroad vehicles to chiefs as part of the government’s efforts to ensure the welfare and dignity of traditional leaders is improved. Speaking during the handover of the vehicles in Harare, Mnangagwa said the service vehicles would ensure that chiefs carry out their “critical duties more efficiently and effectively.” “My…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral commission (Zec) says elections are a process to choose leaders that should not be allowed to divide the nation. This comes after former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa disputed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win in last year general elections, citing alleged rigging and lack of credibility…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are ramping up their efforts to shore up the under pressure ZiG and to stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country. In this regard, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) told the Daily News yesterday that it was confident that the steps that it was taking would soon achieve…
GOVERNMENT says it is targeting to import about 430 000 metric tonnes of grain to feed the nation up to March next year. This comes as the country is grappling with the debilitating effects of the El Nino-induced drought that was declared a state of national disaster by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The grain requirements were…
FORMER Zanu PF national youth political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu says he has quit politics to concentrate on championing the fight against corruption. Tsenengamu was expelled from Zanu PF for intransigence and continued disparaging of senior party members in 2020 before forming his own political party, the Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe. Addressing the media…
