TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province are pushing for the enactment of a law that punishes small-scale miners who do not plough back to the communities they operate in. The miners rake in millions of dollars, but in the process are accused of causing land degradation and polluting the environment.In separate interviews at the weekend,…
By Nyasha Dube LOCAL Government ministry permanent secretary Zvinechimwe Churu has been sucked into a raging battle over the control of the Charigwati village headmanship in Seke after a local villager approached the High Court seeking to have him ordered to intervene. In his application filed at the High Court, Samuel Mubuso, the applicant, cited…
WITH Zanu PF having come out more united from its elective congress in Harare last month, the ruling party is now focusing its efforts on readying its structures for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. This comes as the mood in the former liberation movement has become more buoyant that internal rivalries won’t cause a repeat…
THE government has directed, with immediate effect, all commercial vehicles passing through the Beitbridge Border Post to pay their toll fees exclusively in United States (US) dollars or the South African rand. Transport minister Felix Mhona, in a Statutory Instrument gazetted on Friday, said the government had banned the use of the local currency to…
BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has reported 16 incidents of political violence against its officials and activists to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). ZHRC chairperson Elasto Mugwadi, confirmed to the Daily News on Sunday receiving the reports, adding the commission was conducting investigations to verify the complaints. “To date, the…
CHILD rights, especially those of the girl-child, have been in the spotlight of late. Last year there was a nationwide outcry over the death of 14-year-old Memory Machaya, who died while giving birth. Late last month, a Grade Seven pupil from Norton also died while giving birth and recently the media reported that a nine-year-old…
BY NYASHA DUBE AND TAMARY CHIKIWA A MEASLES outbreak in April killed over 700 children in the country, the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies (RCS) claimed yesterday. This comes as malaria has killed 150 people since the beginning of the year. According to a report released by the IFRC and…
THE government says it is open to proposals from the opposition as authorities mull changes to the country’s electoral laws ahead of the crunch 2023 national polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed that authorities were receptive to the views of all political parties represented in Parliament on the crucial…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has revealed that it is experiencing challenges in power generation, resulting in the State-owned enterprise missing targets set for the third quarter of 2022 by 7.58 percent. The ZPC said the period under review saw it experiencing depressed generation at its thermal power stations due to numerous…
By Brandon Josphat INSURANCE companies have lost more than $1,6 billion this year to organised motor insurance syndicates on the prowl, committing fraud through misrepresentation of facts, staging accidents, and submitting claim forms for fake injuries or damages. According to the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ), this resulted in insurance companies losing 30 percent of…
