Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested five men in connection with 11 robbery cases which occurred in Luveve and Cowdray Park high density suburbs. Blessing Muteve Matsvimbo, Ndumiso Nxumalo, Nathaniel Phiri, Privilege Mukuwapasi and Philani Gumede were arrested after police caught three of the suspects while intending to commit a crime. Bulawayo…
Hazel Marimbiza HUMAN rights activists have bemoaned the rise in transactional sex involving young girls in rural Matabeleland. This comes as poverty levels continue to be a major concern in the region, amid the prevailing harsh economic environment. Statistics from a survey conducted last year showed that about 5 000 young girls were impregnated then,…
DUBAI – There was pomp and fanfare in Dubai at the Zimbabwe pavilion yesterday as Zimbabwe celebrated its National Day.
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, who is accused of vote buying to be elected into office in 2018 has lost his freedom bid after a regional magistrate dismissed his application for discharge. In a ruling read on her behalf yesterday, magistrate Bianca Makwande said innocence would be proven at the end of a full trial arguing that…
LEGISLATORS have demanded the government to pay Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in United States dollars since service providers were also demanding payment in foreign currency. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Zanu PF for Mutare West legislator Teedzai Percy Muchimwe said the CDF they were getting was not enough to do meaningful developmental projects…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has embarked on an anti-corruption campaign which is set to empower rural communities across Zimbabwe to report any corrupt practices. Zacc told the Daily News yesterday that to date educational campaigns have been held in Gutu and Bikita with the next target being Zaka and Chiredzi in Masvingo…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowa@dailynews.co.zw THE MATTER in which a former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee was suing the company for alleged discriminatory administrative practices was dismissed after he stopped pursuing it since 2018. Zimra approached the High Court asking it to dismiss the matter for want of prosecution as John Dhokera had stopped participating…
THE ministry of Environment is set to conduct public consultations to establish the root cause of climate change in the country and possible solutions ahead of the Stockholm@50 Conference scheduled for Sweden early June. The national consultations are set to be conducted in conjunction with the United Nations environment programme according to Environment minister Mangaliso…
FIRST Mutual Life (FML) has been conferred with the ISO9001:2015 certificate, which is renewed every three years having initially attained ISO certification in 2012. Over the years, FML had endeavoured to attain high service excellence and even surpass it. First Mutual Health had also gone through the certification process and is now ISO certified. Life insurance…
Andile Tshuma THE government has called on rural women to organise themselves into groups and take up small to medium enterprises (SMEs) loans on offer to advance the rural communities development agenda. This comes as rural women have often been left out of developmental programmes due to various challenges, including access to financial resources. Speaking…
