HARARE City Council (HCC) will enter into more private partnerships with local banks to construct more houses to clear the housing backlog and embark on an exercise to regularise informal settlements that have sprouted in some residential areas. In an interview with the Daily News, the mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume said it was worrying…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Youth Secretary for Masvingo Province, Gilbert Mutubiki, and nine other activists, who were on trial for allegedly inciting violence in Chivi, have been acquitted by the local magistrate’s court. The 10 were arrested in 2021 after they allegedly incited the public to commit violence at a gathering in Mhandamabwe. During…
By Regis Chingawo and Brighton Muronzereyi THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) will this year extend its blitz against graft in the country to the mining sector. This comes as players in the industry have been fingered in suspicious activities. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zacc spokesperson Thandiwe Mlobane said the anti-graft body would also…
A CHIVI woman, Edleen Matonhodze, has been granted relief after the High Court granted an application in which she sought to have her niece removed as the executor of her late father’s estate. In her application, Matonhodze cited Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, her niece, Florence Mapuvire, in both her official capacity as the estate’s executor…
A HARARE man, Ali Abdul Aziz Ahmed, who was defrauded out of nearly US$38 000 after he bought a stolen vehicle, has been granted a brief relief after the High Court granted an order declaring him the legal owner of the car. Ahmed approached the court after the original owner of the car; Jonathan Solani,…
COMBINED Harare Residents and Ratepayers Association (CHRRA) has demanded that Harare City Council (HCC) makes the final version of its 2023 budget available to all residents, including those with disabilities, the elderly, and other less privileged members of society. CHRRA acting director, Rueben Akili, told the Daily News that the HCC had not shown the…
RESIDENTS in Masvingo are urging local government authorities to expedite the construction of a new landfill, as the current one, located near the Runyararo West and Victoria Ranch suburbs, has become a health hazard. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (MURRA) spokesperson, Godfrey Mtimba said residents want the local authority to speed up the completion…
THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has partnered with the ministry of Health to develop an HIV communication package, which seeks to protect adolescent girls and young women from contracting the virus. In its recent report, Unicef said efforts to curb HIV infections were crucial as adolescent girls and young women face a…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man and his wife after they allegedly murdered their employer before making off with his property. Baron Chiguru, 28, and his wife, Sheila Ndlovu, 29, were reportedly working as domestic workers for Geneva Sibanda, 62, at his plot in Inyathi. It is reported that Chiguru and Ndlovu struck Sibanda…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has called on the government to fulfill its promise and adequately fund scholarship programmes that help disadvantaged students across the country. This comes after the organisation noticed that many public schools have ignored the warnings by the ministry of Primary and Secondary and continued turning away students who…
