ZIMBABWE has one of the worst road traffic accident mortality rates in the Sadc region, with the country registering a crash every 15 minutes and at least five road deaths every day. So says a road safety performance report by the United Nations (UN) which was launched in Harare yesterday. It attributed, in the main,…
THE government yesterday heaped praises on gold miners after seeing a 55 percent increase in deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refiners (FGR) last year. Releasing the figures of overall gold deliveries to FGR, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, said the miners’ contribution has seen deliveries going up from 19, 1 tonnes…
BULAWAYO residents have expressed discontent over the city’s water and sewer service delivery, as burst sewer pipes have resulted in ever-flowing sewer streams in the city. The situation has been exacerbated by the heavy rains currently pounding most parts of the country, leaving many homes flooded due to poor drainage in some of the city’s…
WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza has given the biggest hint yet that he could tweak his tactics when they face Malawi in their must-win second Group B match at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in Cameroon. Warriors put on a brave show and came agonisingly close to earning a vital point against one…
RISING musician Mbeu will share the stage with Poptain at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton on Saturday as part of the…
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona last week announced that the government was in the process of taking over rehabilitation of urban roads after most councils and contractors failed to speed up restoration of roads, most of them riddled with potholes. The government would rehabilitate the roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme. This comes as driving…
STATE-OWNED mobile communications company, NetOne, has recorded an impressive growth in mobile subscription. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe) sector performance report for the third quarter in 2021, NetOne subscribers increased by 3.4 percent to 13.935.233 by September 30 2021 from 13.481.527 by June 30 2021 Mobile penetration rate increased by…
THE cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council’s woes are far from over as its employees are demanding a salary review citing a volatile economic situation in the country. Last year during the same period, all council employees downed tools demanding better working conditions in a development that crippled service delivery in almost all of city departments. The…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL analysts have warned the opposition that Monday’s surprise decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to jettison one of his perceived long time allies, Owen “Mudha” Ncube from Cabinet is ominous. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said while the commendable sacking of Ncube was in the main about Mnangagwa asserting his…
HARD-PRESSED Zimbabweans are set to bear the brunt of incessant power outages for nearly two weeks as Zesa Holdings(Zesa) has resumed rehabilitation works at the Kariba Dam wall. In a statement last night, Zesa said it is set to complete the rehabilitation works on January 25. “Zesa Holdings would like to advise its valued stakeholders…
