By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has extended its water cuts to both residents and businesses, as its perennial water woes persist. The move has been necessitated by continuing repairs and maintenance delays at the key Ncema waterworks.“The City of Bulawayo would like to advise the public of the extended water supply interruptions…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT plans to procure an additional 6.3 million vaccines in order to accelerate the fight against cholera, especially in places that have been declared hotspots. This comes after the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) said Zimbabwe required more cholera vaccines to further curb the spread of the acute diarrhoeal disease.It also…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngara@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Independent MP for Norton Temba Mliswa says the government should release land audit reports to ensure that people know the real owners of the land to curb corruption and illegal settlements. This comes as the government had embarked on nationwide evictions where they were targeting land barons and illegal settlers,…
THE 40 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters, including Glen View South MP, who have been on remand since their arrest last August following an unsanctioned car rally they held, yesterday tried to be released from remand pending the start of their trial. The 40, who include Gladmore Hakata, the Glen View South MP, appeared…
THE country’s largest beverage maker, Delta Corporation, is funding US$25 000 worth of projects, including a US$10 000 solar-powered borehole to help provide the Bikita community with access to safe drinking water. In a statement yesterday Delta’s general manager Corporate Affairs Patricia Murambinda said the Bikita water project was driven by the need to provide…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is working on crafting a policy to ban all unapproved contractors from trenching across built up roads as their work is usually substandard. Speaking in a council meeting yesterday, BCC director for engineering services Sikhumbuzo Ncube said council was worried about roads being damaged by contractors. “Council is…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s leading financial technology platform, says it has further widened its merchant strategic channel partnerships with nation-wide supermarket chains, pharmacies, service…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has suspended with immediate effect the mass evictions of families who settled on State and local authorities’ land around the country. Speaking to the Daily News last night, after a meeting of the inter-ministerial committee that was spearheading the evictions, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed that they had…
By Brandon Josphat josphatb@dailynews.co.zw THE ministry of Health says the country has recorded more than 1 000 malaria cases and one death in a week across the country. This comes as the government is currently battling a cholera outbreak that has so far claimed the lives of several people across the country. In its weekly…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE requires more cholera vaccines to further curb the spread of the acute diarrhoeal disease in the country. In a recent report, the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) confirmed that the nation needed more vaccines to deal with cholera, as authorities had almost exhausted all the stocks they had received. “Unicef,…
