THE Harare municipality is working on reviewing “hefty” US$500 monthly charges it had pegged for traders at the Mbare Musika traders’ market set for opening tomorrow by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The mall will accommodate over 1 000 vendors whose wares were destroyed by fire last year at the old popular Mbare Musika market. However, the…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE government is distributing residential stands around the country to Members of Parliament, to “empower” them and to “lessen accommodation expenses for the fiscus”, officials confirmed yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF chief whip, Pupurai Togarepi, said the programme…
THE Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) says 560 dip tanks have been rehabilitated countrywide since 2023. In a media update yesterday, the DVS chief director Pious Makaya said more effort was still needed to protect cattle from diseases. “By 2023 to 2025, we have rehabilitated 560 dip tanks and we are encouraging our farmers to…
PARLIAMENT is on a fact-finding mission to establish the security of the country’s national points of entry amid reports of rampant smuggling of various goods including hard drugs and other substances. This comes as the government is working on introducing computerized and online border management systems at all points of entry to improve efficiency, eliminate…
Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have warned members of the public to be on high alert when responding to job offers and dating opportunities on social media. This comes as many desperate and unsuspecting people across the country have been scammed or subjected to sexual abuse by marauding cyber criminals. Speaking to the Daily…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE trial of Taurayi Prosper Vanhuvaone, accused of masquerading as a medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, took another turn as his friend told the court that he lost US$4 000 as a result of his deception. This came to light when Thamsanqa Mbambo, a State witness, appeared before Bulawayo…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Harare City Council (HCC) has deployed rapid response teams to Glen View after a vendor in the suburb contracted cholera this week. The unidentified man is admitted at the Harare council-run Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital. HCC epidemiologist Michael Vhere yesterday said the deployment of the council’s response teams…
THE United Nations (UN) and its organs have allocated a budget of around US$370 million to support various government programmes meant to…
By Rutendo Ngara RICHARD Tafadzwa Marondera, an accomplice in the Luke Zinyengere case, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Harare regional magistrate Fadzai Mthombeni for their escape from custody whilst armed with a revolver. With the two convicts being tried in two separate courts, the main accused’s case has been postponed by fellow…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe continues to play a leading role in promoting local sport and recently bankrolled the two-day St George’s College Stanbic Hockey 5’s tournament to the tune of US$10 000. The St George’s College Stanbic Bank Hockey 5’s tournament, which serves as a curtain raiser to the schools’ hockey season, this year saw 48…
