THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires over US$20 million to rehabilitate at least 15 of its major roads this year. This comes after the city’s allocation for 2024 by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) was over $12 billion for both routine and periodic maintenance works.According to the latest council report, the BCC…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE popular second-hand clothing flea market, Mupedzanhamo, in Mbare, Harare, which was closed for four years. Re-opened this week. The Harare City Council-run market was closed in 2020 as part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of the global Covid-19 pandemic.It later underwent renovations over the past two years.However,…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO DESPITE the heavy rains that have been pounding most parts of the country lately, Bulawayo dams’ water levels have not increased, a situation that has compounded the city’s water situation, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says. Speaking during a full council meeting yesterday, director of engineering services, Sikhumbuzo Ncube, said the level…
By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE has banned potato imports amid fears of a pepper ringspot virus, which was reported in neighbouring South Africa. This comes as the Tobacco Research Board (TRB) says their potato seed varieties are disease-free. TRB introduced potato mini-tubers that develop potato seeds for crops and plants that are resistant to a variety…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A COWDRAY Park man, 47, who raped his daughter, 13, while his wife was in the kitchen cooking, has been sentenced to an effective 40 years in prison for raping the minor on separate occasions. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor appeared before Bulawayo…
KUTSAGA Tobacco Research Board says its recently introduced four “climate-smart” tobacco crop varieties, which are under testing in the southern parts of the country, are reported to be “doing very well” despite the low rains forecast this season due to the El Nino-induced drought. This comes as some tobacco farmers say they have lost part…
IN A surprising view from Washington, it has emerged that the United States of America sees Zimbabwe as being of strategic importance and having the potential to become the growth hub for Southern Africa. This view is captured in a recent opinion piece that was co-authored by former US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Charles Ray —…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITER BULAWAYO Chiefs have re-appointed former coach Thulani Sibanda as the head coach of the team for the upcoming top-flight league season. The coaching job at the Twitter Kings job fell vacant after the club parted ways with Johanisi Nhumwa whose contract expired on December 31.Sibanda, who guided the Bulawayo-based side to…
Zimbabwe Men’s Cricket caretaker coach Walter Chawaguta is backing his team to turn around their poor form when they face Sri Lanka in a limited-overs series that will kick off this Saturday at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. The Chevrons will first face off in three ODI matches scheduled for 6 to 11…
FACING a series of domestic crises around water, electricity, rampant crime and corruption, expect the ANC to pivot to the international arena…
