ZIMBABWE yesterday joined the rest of the globe in commemorating World Day Against Child Labour amid growing concerns that children were being subjected “to the worst forms of child labour, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and forced labour in mines and on farms”. The theme for the world…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has partnered with the government and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in refurbishing the small-to-medium enterprises centre. The partnership was entered into in a bid to establish safe trading markets for women and youth entrepreneurs in the country’s secondbiggest city. According to latest council minutes seen by the Daily News…
MANY sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators in Harare are living in fear of the chop, as the party moves to finalise its unconventional primaries this coming weekend, ahead of the country’s crunch national elections. CCC insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said a significant number of the party’s MPs in Harare,…
THIRTY-NINE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters appeared yesterday before a Chitungwiza magistrate court facing charges of destroying Zanu PF offices and houses in Nyatsime. They were charged with public violence and remanded in custody. The State was represented by Michael Reza, Malvern Mwendera, Faith Simango and Munyaradzi Karimazondo, while the accused were represented by…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi BOTH consumers and business have expressed the fear that the prices of basic goods in the country will continue to spike. This comes after minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, gazetted a new statutory instrument at the weekend which compels exporters to pay their Zesa bills exclusively in foreign currency for…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENTIAL aspirant and South Africa-based businessman Joseph Makamba Busha has justified the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) presidential nomination fee, saying it was a deterrent against fly-by-night politicians. This comes after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on Friday issued an order for Parliament to review, before June 16, Statutory Instrument (SI) 144 Electoral (Nomination…
THE Zimbabwe national ladies tennis team made a flying start to their Billie Jean Cup campaign after a 3-0 whitewash of Ghana in their opening tie at the week-long Africa Group III tournament at Nairobi Club in Kenya yesterday. The Zimbabwe squad is made up of the quartet of Rufaro Magarira, Sasha Natalie Chimedza, Tadiwanashe…
THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has set up multi-sectoral food and nutrition security committees across the country as part of a broad initiative to curb child malnutrition. This comes as statistics by Unicef show that there has been a decrease in the number of children admitted and treated for severe acute malnutrition in…
A SUSPECTED armed robber, who is believed to be one of the suspects who allegedly robbed a Chinese company of nearly $1.8 million in local currency in Aspindale, Harare, in 2018 has appeared in court. Christopher Asoni, 43, was arrested last Thursday after being on the run for nearly five years and appeared before Harare…
BY ASHLEY MOYO UPCOMING hip-hop artiste Young Rvito (YR), real name Brendan Masunda, is happy to have collaborated with award-winning rapper Maskiri on his new single Entertainer. He hopes the new track will go a long way in promoting his brand in the music industry. “It was great to collaborate with Maskiri, a legend in…
