BULAWAYO City Council’s (BCC) Fire and Ambulance Service Unit is training firefighters from rural district councils (RDCs) drawn from the country’s southern region. Five RDCs, Tsholotsho, Kusile, Matobo, Insiza, and Hwange, have each seconded six recruits for the training. In a statement yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube, said the training was being conducted…
LEGISLATORS want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the dire state of the country’s public health system a national disaster, to spur the mobilisation of needed resources to mitigate the crisis. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the chairperson of Parliament’s Health portfolio committee, Josiah Makombe, confirmed the push yesterday….
TEACHERS have submitted a petition to the government, seeking an immediate relief package to address pressing needs before schools opening on Tuesday. The demands include financial assistance for transportation to schools, payment of their children’s school fees, and support for basic living expenses, including food for themselves and their families. The development comes amid an…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw PUBLIC transport operators are lobbying the government to involve police officers in the training of learner drivers to curb the alarming rate of road traffic accidents in the country. According to the Zimbabwe Traffic Safety Council, an average of two people are killed and four injured daily in road accidents. Speaking to…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO FOUR men have appeared at the Treadgold Magistrates Court facing 10 counts of robbery after allegedly attacking church congregants with machetes and axes before robbing them of their belongings. The accused, Hardlife Sibanda, 28, Nqobile Terrence Ngwenya, 24, Leeroy Sibanda, 19, and Shelton Ncube, 25, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Joseph Mabeza. They…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to focus its attention on infrastructure rehabilitation, procurement efficiency and public transparency in order to address its perennial water challenges. This comes as the combined storage capacity of the dams supplying Bulawayo as of March 20 was 49,65 percent, representing a total volume of 205 860 832 m³,…
By Rutendo Ngara NINE women who were advertising massage and sex services on social media were yesterday fined US$30 each by Harare provincial magistrate Winfilda Tiatara. The nine, Natasha Makowe, Anne Mandaza, Ashley Nyamutsaka, Nyasha Mungate, Gamuchirai Dzvukutu, Ellen Chihota, Miola Manyange, Euno Chiwara and Mukhtah Banda, were convicted of breaching the Criminal Law Codification…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE Masvingo City Council says it has dismissed six workers for soliciting for bribes from defaulting ratepayers to facilitate illegal water reconnections, mayor Aleck Tabe confirmed yesterday. This comes amid concerns that rampant corruption in most local authorities across the country is one of the many reasons that has led to poor…
Cloud FusireSENIOR SPORTS WRITER LOG leaders MWOS’ unbeaten run will be put under severe test when they host tricky TelOne at Ngoni Stadium in Norton this afternoon. MWOS, who are leading the pack with 22 points, three ahead of second-placed Scottland, remain one of the unbeaten teams in the league alongside FC Platinum, having managed…
A major conservation charity linked to Prince Harry has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in Congo-Brazzaville, following…
