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‘Capacitate childcare workers’

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GOVERNMENT has implored stakeholders to unite in capacitating community childcare workers in a bid to strengthen services in rural areas. Speaking at a Save the Children’s handover ceremony of 207 bicycles for community childcare workers in Plumtree yesterday, deputy minister of Public Service Mercy Dinha said protecting children from social ills required a holistic approach.“My…

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Cops accused of brutally assaulting suspected thief

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TWO police detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Braeside, Harare, stand accused of assault after they allegedly brutally beat an unidentified suspected thief. Wellington Kurai Mlambo, 43, and Gracious Selemani, 35, who are facing a second charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, were brought before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo…

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Editorial Comment

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THERE has been a huge outcry over authorities’ decision to evict thousands of citizens across the country for allegedly occupying state land. The move, spearheaded by the ministry of Lands, has seen thousands of villagers in Masvingo, Manicaland, Mashonaland East and Matabeleland South provinces being notified of their imminent eviction. In Masvingo alone, 22 000…

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Business

Delta funds US$25k Bikita projects

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THE country’s largest beverage maker, Delta Corporation, is funding US$25 000 worth of projects, including a US$10 000 solar-powered borehole to help provide the Bikita community with access to safe drinking water. In a statement yesterday Delta’s general manager Corporate Affairs Patricia Murambinda said the Bikita water project was driven by the need to provide…

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BCC to ban unapproved contractors

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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is working on crafting a policy to ban all unapproved contractors from trenching across built up roads as their work is usually substandard. Speaking in a council meeting yesterday, BCC director for engineering services Sikhumbuzo Ncube said council was worried about roads being damaged by contractors. “Council is…

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Life & Arts

It’s all systems go for Jangano Rana Nyanduri

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DOZENS of artistes, drawn from different disciplines, are set to share ideas on how best they can use their talents to help end drug abuse at Jangano Rana Nyanduri, Music Indaba in the capital. Apart from issues of drug abuse, the indaba organised by Fred Nyakudanga, slated for tomorrow at Island of Joy, will also…

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Sport

Bosso relish DeMbare date . . . giants keen to make early statement-of-intent when PSL comes alive

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By Nash Mkokwayarira SPORTS WRITER BULAWAYO giants Highlanders have spoken for the first time since the release of the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League fixtures which saw them pitted against fellow giants Dynamos on the opening weekend of the campaign. Traditionally the biggest match of the local football season, the famed ‘battle of Zimbabwe’…

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Man arrested for possessing lion heads

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A HARARE man Patson Ndlovu has appeared before magistrate Ruth Moyo for allegedly possessing five lion heads worth US$10 000. Ndlovu was charged for contravening the Wildlife Act and was granted US$200 bail yesterday. Prosecuting, Belinda Chimuka said Ndlovu and his three accomplices, who are still at large, were selling lion heads in Harare and…

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Government puts a halt to land evictions… after wide criticism of ‘inhumane’ blitz

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By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has suspended with immediate effect the mass evictions of families who settled on State and local authorities’ land around the country. Speaking to the Daily News last night, after a meeting of the inter-ministerial committee that was spearheading the evictions, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed that they had…

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