By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA residents have called on newly-elected councillors in the dormitory town to shun corruption and prioritise quality service delivery during their term of office. This comes as 33 new councillors out of whom 30 belong to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), 25 of whom were directly elected and eight…
THE late Heath Streak has been granted a state-assisted funeral, the Sports & Recreation Commission (SRC) has said. In a statement yesterday, the SRC’s director general Eltah Nengomasha stated the gesture was in recognition of the former Chevrons player and coach’s immense contribution to the sport. “This is in recognition of his undoubted contribution to…
SUSPECTED serial killer, Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu, who is believed to have been killing before boiling and eating his victims’ body parts, has been remanded in custody. Ndlovu, 20, appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday, where he was charged with five counts of murder and one of attempted murder. He was also advised to make an…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF says it is purposefully pursuing a policy of reconciliation both within the party and among all Zimbabweans after it won last month’s harmonised elections. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira,…
ELECTED Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) National Assembly and Senate members were yesterday sworn in for the 10th Parliament session at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden. Speaking to the Daily News, Zanu PF’s re-elected Mazowe West MP Kazembe Kazembe said the legislators would push for a legislative agenda that benefits…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Geo Pomona Waste Management has made an application to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority for the construction of a 22-megawatt (MW) waste-to-energy power plant at the Pomona dumpsite in Harare. The energy regulator confirmed the development yesterday and said that upon completion, the power plant will feed electricity into the…
By Beaven Dhliwayoin VICTORIA FALLS VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles up as Health minister, says the government is committed to achieving universal health coverage and improving the quality of life by the year 2030. He said this yesterday in a speech read on his behalf by Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Amon Murwira while…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw A JUST-RELEASED report says HIV is ravaging Zimbabwe’s teenagers — with at least 25 000 girls aged between 10 and 19 years having contracted the virus in 2021 alone. The national assessment report on adolescent pregnancies in the country, which was put together by the ministry of Health, in conjunction with…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has embarked on a household listing exercise ahead of the Zimbabwe demographic and health survey expected to start next month. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat appealed to citizens to provide all the necessary information to its agency enumerators when they visit their households across the country. “Zimstat is conducting…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa FIFTY-NINE Harare councillors took their oaths of office during a ceremony before Harare City Council (HCC) town clerk Hosea Chisango in the capital yesterday amid violent clashes between Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change supporters. There were running battles between the two political parties’ supporters outside Town House. Anti-riot police had…
