Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO residents fear a malaria outbreak could hit the second city after the council failed to roll out its anti-mosquito programme this year. The city has a number of streams that have been identified as mosquito breeding zones in Matsheumhlophe, Luveve, New Lobengula, Emakhandeni, Hillside, Glengary and Woodlands. At the beginning…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw Leading global provider of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and infrastructure, Huawei, has partnered local telecommunications service provider NetOne, to improve Zimbabwe’s ICT technology services and infrastructure. This comes as the government seeks to ensure communication security and improvement of the general service level of telecoms which increasingly plays an important role…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO house help has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing her employer’s 10-year-old son, police have confirmed. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the 21-year-old domestic worker, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, sexually harassed the juvenile at their Bradfield home on February 20. “Police…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans can look forward to a further improvement in their lives and more stable prices of basic goods, on the back of an anticipated bumper agricultural season this year, the governor of the Reserve Bank, John Mangudya, has said. Addressing a well-supported Daily News webinar yesterday, which looked at the central…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the retention schemes for gold producers, tobacco farmers and other exporters will remain at 40 percent US dollars and 60 percent local currency. Speaking during the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) webinar hosted by the Daily News yesterday, Mangudya said the retention policy remains…
— Tamary Chikiwa BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) requires US$512 million to address its perennial water and sewage crisis by replacing dilapidated pipes. This comes as the city is going through one of its worst water rationing schedules, with residents going for at least 72 hours without running water. Other suburbs have gone for six months…
Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking an order compelling the police to investigate an alleged abduction and shooting incident he endured at the hands of suspected cops earlier this month. In his application, Victor Masunga cited Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga and the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora will tomorrow name the MDC team that will lead the party’s planned national dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country. In addition, the MDC’s standing committee will also consider the framework on the mooted talks tomorrow, which was recently presented…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES yesterday re-arrested former senior Cabinet minister, Ignatius Chombo, for alleged criminal abuse of office when he was serving in the previous administrations of the late former president Robert Mugabe. This also came as the director of epidemiology and disease control in the ministry of Health and Child…
Tamary Chikiwa in Bulawayo GENDER-based violence (GBV) cases are on the rise during this Covid-19 lockdown, a new report by Msasa Project has revealed. The report indicates that from the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020, it recorded 6 200 cases, with an overall average increase of over 60 percent compared to the…
