By Rutendo Ngara MINISTER of Women’s Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa says women continue to bear the brunt of economic hardships as they endeavour to fend for their families. Speaking during a women entrepreneurship, trade and innovation conference in Harare yesterday, Mutsvanga said the government was in the process of reviewing a broad-based women empowerment framework to…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says everything is in place for today’s by-elections which will be held in six constituencies and several wards across the country. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed February 3, as the date for by-elections to fill six National Assembly vacancies following the recall of CCC…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they will soon embark on an operation to curb the abuse of alcohol, especially by children of school going age. This comes as the country is already on a national blitz to name and shame drug barons supplying drugs and other illegal substances across the country. Responding to a…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MDC has taken its opposition counterpart Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and its former leader Nelson Chamisa to court over alleged illegal occupation of its Bulawayo offices. This comes as the two parties are locked in a bitter battle for control of offices ever since Chamisa broke away from…
NOTORIOUS robber, Musa Taj Abdul, will languish in prison for close to four decades for a slew of violent robberies that he participated in. This comes after Abdul and his accomplices — Charles Lundu and Sean Andile Dhlamini — were jailed by Harare magistrate, Ignatio Mhene, yesterday to an effective 38 years each in jail…
AUTHORITIES will only disburse funds due to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) when the party’s factions resolve their differences, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has reiterated. This comes as the warring CCC factions are locked in a bitter fight for the right to receive scheduled government funding due to qualifying parties under the Political Parties…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his administration was intensifying the fight against cholera across the country using various mechanisms. This comes as authorities on Monday launched a mass cholera vaccination targeting to immunise over two million citizens across the country. It also comes as of January 31, the country had recorded…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw GEO Pomona Waste Management Company (Geo Pomona) has hauled nearly 4 000 tonnes of waste under operation Chenesa Harare, officials say. The laudable initiative comes amidst a “deadly cholera outbreak” that has affected nearly 22 000 people and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has launched multi-pronged strategies to mainly clean up urban centres…
By Ketty Nyoni IN DISTRESSING statistics, a recent report estimates that at least 30 percent of girls between the ages of 10 and 19 years are raped in the country. This emerged from a 2023 survey that was conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), United Nations Educational,…
A FATHER, who was allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter for over a year, reportedly assaulted her after he found out that she had a boyfriend. The man, 41, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing two counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape. He was remanded in custody and will appear back in…
