Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYOA BULAWAYO regional court has sentenced two local men to six years in prison for stealing a vehicle worth US$5 000 in Botswana and smuggling it into Zimbabwe.Onias Mapfundirwa and Abraham Murima appeared before regional magistrate Matthew Mutiro, pleading not guilty to vehicle trafficking and theft. However, they were convicted after a full…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is intensifying strict enforcement of its dog control regulations following an alarming increase in the number of canines kept on private properties.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube, said the dogs were a “nuisance” to local residents.“The city of Bulawayo has noted an increasing number…
FOR many February is the month of love but not System Tazvida’s widow, Barbara Mabuyaye. The Anodyiwa Haataure hit-maker died 26 years ago on February 4 at the age of 31, leaving Birchenough Bridgebred Barbara broken-hearted. While many women look forward to February with glee in anticipation of gifts such as bouquets of flowers or…
ZIMBABWE’S authorities should do more to balance public expenditures with revenues in order to avoid sinking further into debt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Zimbabwe is already saddled with a US$21 billion national debt. This comes as the IMF staff team led by Wojciech Maliszewski conducted a mission to Harare from January 30…
THE recent head-on collision between a bus and a haulage truck in Beitbridge, which claimed the lives of 24 innocent people, is a stark reminder of the urgent need for Zimbabwe to implement practical measures to curb the scourge of road accidents. The country has witnessed far too many lives lost on its roads, and…
RUMBIDZAI, a sex worker from the bustling settlement of Epworth in Harare, has been taking antiretroviral drugs since 2017. For over two…
THE chief executive of the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), John Mangudya, at the weekend announced new board members for the State-owned companies NetOne and Petrotrade Zimbabwe. NetOne is Zimbabwe’s first cellular network operator in Zimbabwe launched in 1996, while Petrotrade is a trading company responsible for downstream activities, including selling petroleum products and lubricants through…
AGRICULTURAL experts have implored the government to rehabilitate and maintain supply dams in both rural and urban areas in a bid to maximise rainwater harvesting and storage. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday an agricultural technical expert from the Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (Orap) Thandazani Mkhwananzi said the government could utilize catchment…
THE reality remains that as long as the government continues to demand US dollars for many of its services, this will negatively impact the confidence that Zimbabweans have in the ZiG. So reiterates economist and business executive, Kipson Gundani, who adds that authorities also need to act urgently and decisively against corruption, as the scourge…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE CBZ Holdings says the multi-billion US dollar Nyore Nyore Housing Scheme is an inspiring game changer in the country’s quest to accord decent shelter to ordinary Zimbabweans. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday on Friday, after a tour of the mega housing initiative on the outskirts of Harare, the chief executive…
