By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw DISABILITY Reform Coalition bemoaned lack of inclusivity in ensuring that children living with disabilities get access to education amid revelations that only 10 percent of them go to school. Speaking during an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the chairperson of the Disability Reform Coalition, Masimba Kuchera, highlighted a number of…
A TRUST reportedly lost US$3 568 after it was duped by three suspected fraudsters. The Honourable Muswere Trust Entity is said to have hired Hamandishe Chihuri, 49, to facilitate a car servicing deal at Faramatsi Motors. Chihuri, who has since been arrested and charged with fraud, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday where…
SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts that he is the interim secretary-general of the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), says he is now busy preparing for the party’s elective congress. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday as the CCC’s internal wars become more intractable, Tshabangu said he would soon unveil a “roadmap with clear sign posts”…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will not tolerate any form of corruption in the mining sector as this derails the country’s economic development. Speaking during the commissioning of the Bikita Mineral Spodumene and Petalite processing plants in Bikita, Masvingo, yesterday, Mnangagwa said the law would not hesitate to take its…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is among the countries in the region which will likely bear the full brunt of El Niño climate effects — with the resultant droughts worryingly set to continue until 2025. As a result, there are growing concerns that millions of people in the country and within Sadc will be food insecure…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has signed a US$5 million, 20-year deal with the Peace Parks Foundation (PPF) of South Africa for the conservation of Mana Pools National Park. The PPF, founded in 1997 by Anton Rupert, the late former South African President Nelson Mandela and Prince Bernhard of…
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives allegedly extorted money from a businessman who had knowingly purchased 75 bags of stolen fertiliser. Nelson Chinembiri, 36, and Maxwell Mukono, 34, both stationed at CID Marondera are said to have demanded US$730 from Maxwell Takawira after finding him in possession of fertiliser that was stolen from the Presidential…
A ZIMBABWEAN woman allegedly stole a five-month-old baby in South Africa before she came back and started staying in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb. Janet Marimo, 28, who resides at Prospect Flats in Waterfalls, was charged with contravening provisions of the Trafficking in Persons Act when she appeared before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday. Marimo, who is…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says there was limited participation of Civil Society Organisations (CS0s) in voter education ahead of the August 23 general elections due to new laws that censored their operations. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa passed the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act 2023, commonly called…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Aids Council (Nac) says the country’s health delivery system will benefit from the upcoming International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (Icasa). Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Nac chief executive officer Bernard Madzima said the conference set to be held next week would give…
