© POLICE have arrested four suspects who were carrying 321 explosives believed to have been destined for neighbouring South Africa. The suspects identified as Kimberley Thandekile Samvura,33, Godwin Chikohora, 39, Phillip Huruva, 48, and Takunda Chiko, 29, were caught in possession of a bag containing 200 capped fuses and 121 EMEX 70 explosives. [GoogleAd] National…
© UTTERANCES by government and security officials that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) would be deployed to deal with any dissenting voices from the suffering masses who might want to protest is disturbing especially coming just as the country, today, remembers those shot by the army last year. It is sad when Defence and War…
EDITOR — In cities of Algiers and Oran, the celebrations should probably still be on nearly a fortnight after Algeria defeated Senegal to lift the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title in Cairo, Egypt. Many fans, players and officials who graced the occasion will agree that Egypt did a commendable job in hosting the 32nd…
EDITOR — The number of people dying on Zimbabwe’s roads is too much and government needs to act now to ensure that our roads are safe. We need a reasonable number of roadblocks or speed traps though in the past this has failed to stop the carnage on our roads. The deaths have not only…
© THE ruling Zanu PF party, which snatched a controversial win in last year’s elections, is pleading with Western countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe to open their doors for talks. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo who has previously called on the MDC to the negotiating table,…
© GOVERNMENT has dropped Section 40 of the controversial Marriages Bill as it contradicts traditional and Christian values, a Cabinet minister said. Section 40 proposed to bind civil partnerships that exist without couples being legally married for as long as the people were above the age of 18 and also sought to give the right…
© THE special nine-member committee tasked with investigating the affairs of Beitbridge municipality has pointed to a town whose service delivery is in shambles. In a 14-paged report, titled Investigation into the Failures in Service Delivery for the Municipality of Beitbridge in possession of Southern News reveals how mismanagement, lack of accountability, poor workmanship and…
© BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) says the past weeks have witnessed embarrassing and ugly incidences in the continuing governance decay and leadership deficit in the City of Kings. In its update report, Bpra said as a result the mood of the city is downbeat, residents are annoyed and very disappointed. The association’s coordinator Emmanuel…
© TRIBAL issues manifesting at the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) are born out of political history, hence a clear symptom of an undressed national question, MDC president Nelson Chamisa has said. The MDC has, for the past two months, been caught in a tribal circus after some members of the party challenged the party’s leadership…
THE State yesterday conceded it has failed to have former Tourism minister Walter Mzembi attend court and moved to separate his accomplices’ trials. Mzembi was jointly charged with Tourism and Hospitality ministry consultant Aaron Dzingira Mushoriwa and the former permanent secretary, Margret Sangarwe who are accused of misappropriating funds meant for the 2013 United Nations…
