NATIONAL Housing minister Daniel Garwe last week made startling revelations that 80 percent of residential land in the country is in the hands of just 15 land barons. What is astounding is how that was allowed to happen! “It is sad to note that only 15 land barons own around 80 percent of residential land…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a 27-year-old man, who allegedly “sodomised” his male friend after a beer drinking binge on New Year’s day. Law enforcement agents in the city have put out a notice that they are looking for Tinashe Chafachaipa, who is accused of having indecently assaulted his friend on the…
POLICE in Bulawayo have upped their fight against lockdown violators by deploying water cannons in the central business district to disperse loitering people. This comes after police said nearly 10 000 people have been arrested countrywide for not wearing face masks and more than 16 000 were arrested for flouting lockdown regulations within a…
By Black Edward THE darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive as relatives of the deceased formed a long winding queue, which snaked its way around graves. The only visible light was from the relatives’ cellphones and torches illuminating the coffin that was placed next to an open grave. The deceased had just been exhumed, the…
TARIRO SAJENI Staff Writer sajenitariro@dailynesonsunday.co.zw AT LEAST 9 500 people from Midlands and Masvingo provinces are benefiting from a food aid programme being spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), which seeks to eradicate food insecurity during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. ZCC is helping feed 2 200 people in Chirumhanzu, wards 2 and 21…
THE National Building Society (NBS) hopes to complete its housing project in Harare’s Dzivaresekwa suburb by July this year. The National Social Security Authority (Nssa) subsidiary has invited engineering firms to submit tenders for the completion of works on the housing project. “Engagement of a civil engineering contractor for the completion of the sewer and…
Details are emerging of a raft of executive orders planned by US president-elect Joe Biden as soon as he takes office this week. Mr Biden will issue decrees to reverse President Trump’s travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord on his first day, US media reports. The president-elect is also expected to focus…
Uganda’s main opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine says his life is being threatened following Thursday’s election which saw Yoweri Museveni win a sixth elected term. The singer-turned-politician told the BBC that he rejected the results “with the contempt they deserve”. He alleged there had been a lot of irregularities but Mr Museveni called it Uganda’s…
AFTER all football remains the world’s most beautiful sport as FC Platinum attacking midfielder Perfect Chikwende completed his move to Tanzanian giants Simba Sports Club barely a fortnight after the Zimbabwe champions’ debacle in Dar es Salaam. FC Platinum lost 0-4 to the Tanzanian champions on January 6 at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans not to panic, but to be even more vigilant in their daily lives as the country reels from the second wave of the lethal coronavirus. This comes after Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister, Ellen Gwaradzimba, became the latest high-profile Zimbabwean yesterday to succumb to…
