THE escalating war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached a boiling point, with the M23 rebels seizing the eastern city of Goma and threatening to march into Kinshasa to topple the government. The situation demands immediate attention and collective action from regional blocs, particularly Sadc and the East African Community (EAC). Friday’s…
AUTHORITIES need to do far more to curb corruption and to take decisive action against the widening inequality gap in the country. So says prominent economist Eddie Cross, who warns that the high levels of poverty in the country, juxtaposed with the brazen flaunting of ill-gotten wealth by some people, is a ticking time bomb….
URGENT dialogue and diplomacy, and not the deployment of more troops, is what is needed to end the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), experts say. This comes as hundreds of people have died in the past week alone, while hundreds of thousands more have been displaced in the war in eastern…
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has fired its general manager Respina Zinyanduko as part of its realignment and restructuring exercise. In a statement on Friday, the NRZ board chairperson, Mike Madiro, confirmed the development. “The board of directors of the National Railways of Zimbabwe wishes to inform the public that … Respina Zinyanduko has…
THE Civil Registry Department says there is a need to improve death registration in rural communities as this affects national mortality data collection. Speaking at the Zimstat data to policy dissemination forum in Harare at the weekend, Civil Registry Department assistant registrar Lettisia Zinengeya highlighted that low death registration in rural areas also impacts governance,…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says water levels in the city’s dams have increased by 13,78 percent. In a statement yesterday, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said that while they had noted an increase, the water levels remained below the required threshold. “As of the current date, the global dam water levels have shown a…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reports that Bulawayo recorded the highest crime rate in the third quarter of 2024, with the metropolitan province nearly doubling the national crime rate. In a 2024 third-quarter statistics report released on Friday, Zimstat expressed concern over the increase in crime across the country. “The national crime rate was…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA GOVERNMENT is struggling to distribute presidential agriculture inputs across the country due logistical problems and has since advised farmers to source their own transportation. The inputs for the 2024/25 farming season are stocked at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots. In an interview with the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the ministry…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is adopting advanced global scientific and technology-driven models to combat corruption. This development comes as over 140 institutions, including government departments, parastatals, and private entities, have established integrity committees to fight graft. Speaking in Harare on Friday at the signing of an integrity pledge between Zacc and the Scientific and…
TWO bogus police officers, John Jaji and Iyeni Njani, have been sentenced to 40 years in prison each for armed robbery after being convicted by the Bindura Magistrates Court. In a statement yesterday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the duo impersonated police officers to rob unsuspecting victims of goods and cash. “The duo, posing…
