THE government is rewriting liquor licensing laws to crush Zimbabwe’s surging trade in dangerous and illicit alcoholic substances. The process is currently at the stakeholder consultation stage, with industry players from Bulawayo and the broader Matabeleland provinces heavily engaged in discussions to help shape a more efficient, affordable, and transparent licensing framework. Speaking during the…
Masimba MakwembereTHE government has deployed emergency psychosocial support and counselling services following a horrific Gweru Road accident that killed seven pupils.This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa declaring the accident a national disaster after the seven primary school learners were burnt beyond recognition when the commuter omnibus they were travelling in caught fire near Senga Shopping Centre…
Tapiwa Chirume A DESTRUCTIVE locust swarm has hit Harare’s affluent Borrowdale Brooke suburb, prompting authorities to issue an urgent pest alert. The Department of Migratory Pest Control in the ministry of Agriculture swiftly responded after receiving frantic reports of the infestation, which officials identified as mainly comprising elegant grasshoppers, a species that rarely gathers in…
Masimba Makwembere THE government has deployed emergency psychosocial support and counselling services following a horrific Gweru Road accident that killed seven pupils. This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa declaring the accident a national disaster after the seven primary school learners were burnt beyond recognition when the commuter omnibus they were travelling in caught fire near Senga…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE government is rewriting liquor licensing laws to crush Zimbabwe’s surging trade in dangerous and illicit alcoholic substances.The process is currently at the stakeholder consultation stage, with industry players from Bulawayo and the broader Matabeleland provinces heavily engaged in discussions to help shape a more efficient, affordable, and transparent licensing framework.Speaking during…
Tapiwa Chirume DZIVARESEKWA legislator Edwin Mushoriwa has opposed Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3, branding it a regressive threat to democracy. Speaking during a heated debate on the Bill in the National Assembly earlier this week, Mushoriwa said the proposed amendments were clearly aimed at preserving political power rather than improving the daily lives of ordinary…
CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES are deeply concerned about the increase in malaria cases in the country, with the disease now also resurgent in regions where it was previously thought to have been eradicated. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the minister of Health and Child Care, Douglas Mombeshora, said yesterday…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO woman has won a major High Court battle to stop her property claim from being summarily dismissed. In a judgment handed down recently, High Court Judge Justice Evangelista Kabasa ruled that the intense legal dispute between Nomagugu Sithulisile Johnson and Natasha Farai Mashonganyika—the executrix of the late Nkosinothando “Nkosi”…
By Lorreta Songola, LIKE many others, Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector is under increasing pressure. Climate variability, unpredictable rainfall patterns, and limited access to…
Patrick Mubwandarikwa at Rufaro Stadium DYNAMOS……………………….……. (0)2 FC HUNTERS……………………….… (0)2 DYNAMOS were held to a frustrating two-all draw by FC Hunters in a tightly-contested Caste Lager Premier Soccer League match here yesterday. Coming off a frustrating 2-2 draw with Manica Diamonds in Mutare, Dynamos arrived desperate for all three points. However, the opening 20 minutes…
