PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent meeting with a vocal civic society grouping has received with mixed reactions. Mnangagwa surprisingly met with Matabeleland Collective at State House in Bulawayo where the civic organisation presented him with a number of issues. Social media has been abrasive against the team led by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) director Jenni…
BULAWAYO’s Emakhandeni minors who allegedly took part in the violent January lootings have missed out on their school lessons with the hearing of their case suffering repeated delays. The minors aged between six and 13 years appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing theft charges. [GoogleAd] The State agreed to postpone the matter to…
THE battle for the Cowdray Park ward 28 council seat has reached fever pitch with parties contesting in the by-election leaving nothing to chance. The by-election has been set for this coming Saturday and the official campaign period ends today (Wednesday). [GoogleAd] While other parties like MDC, Zapu and ZEFF and MRP have shown their…
GOKWE North district received its first piped water and flush toilets at Kwaedza Primary School this month. Speaking to the Daily News Gokwe North Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson Stewart Mbulawa said the development was a first in the district which is battling with water problems. [GoogleAd] The development comes as the area has been…
A REPORT by the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) reveals that very few local authorities have adequate road infrastructure. The report based on service delivery benchmarking stated that only 21,2 percent of roads in the 32 urban councils were in good condition. [GoogleAd] Ucaz emphasised the need for more resources to be channelled towards…
WHILE in Bulawayo on Zanu PF business over the weekend, Vice President Kembo Mohadi grieved over the ruling party’s failure to regain lost ground in Harare and Bulawayo ever since the death of Joshua Nkomo in July 1999. After independence in 1980, Nkomo’s Zapu had a stranglehold on Bulawayo, which was transferred to Zanu PF…
WE’VE hardly slept for a week in Zimbabwe, not since we heard those dreaded words: “a cyclone is coming.” The ominous pictures of the swirling cloud mass of Cyclone Idai coming across the warm Indian Ocean and heading straight for Beira sent chills down our spines. [GoogleAd] As the cyclone got nearer and the predicted…
EDITOR — The whole nation plunged into mourning following the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai. There has been loss of loved ones as a result of death, and this has caused a broad range of reactions, and people are experiencing grief in many and varied ways. [GoogleAd] Mourning, the adaptation to loss, is an essential…
EDITOR — I would like to thank the Government of Zimbabwe, churches, local companies, individuals and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) who are assisting the victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and the surrounding areas. According to our African culture, in times like this, we are bound to join hands and put our heads together, despite…
Zimbabwean mobile network operators (MNOs) are up in arms with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) over the ICT industry regulator’s alleged intransigence over the operators’ pricing adjustment application. Since the new Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) was announced on February 20, 2019, operators have been pushing Potraz to review the call charges…
