THE government is set to auction over 400 abandoned vehicles after one -and-a-half months if they are not claimed by their owners. In a Government Gazette on Friday, the ministry of Transport said 442 unregistered, locally abandoned and accident-damaged vehicles, including foreign registered vehicles, across the country were going to be sold. “It is hereby…
THE United Nations (UN) has called on all stakeholders in Zimbabwe to work together and address the negative effects expected from the looming El Nino-induced drought and other natural disasters in the 2023/23 summer season. Addressing delegates in Harare on Friday to mark the official end of the four-year Zimbabwe Idai recovery programme, UN resident…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) yesterday said they are engaging the police to investigate and arrest space barons who are allegedly swindling US$120 000 per month from thousands of informal traders at the popular Glen View 8 manufacturing complex. For years, operations at the complex have been hampered by repeated fire outbreaks, with the latest…
PARLIAMENT says it will follow the country’s Constitution with regards to this week’s surprise bid to recall 15 legislators belonging to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). This comes as fresh confusion has hit the CCC after a well-known opposition fi gure claiming to be the party’s interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, wrote to National Assembly…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has no capacity to monitor and sanction its teachers who conduct extra lessons for a fee away from the gaze of authorities. So says Education minister Torerai Moyo, who told the Daily News yesterday that authorities would continue to take action against teachers who conducted extra lessons for learners on…
THE surge in corruption and money laundering activities, which also contribute to currency instability in the Sadc area, has been linked to loopholes in financial transactions.This emerged yesterday at the Southern Africa Association of Accountants (SAAA) 23rd conference being held in Nyanga under the theme “40 Years of Training and Nurturing Accountants”.“Some principles, such as…
Farai MabezaSENIOR STAFF WRITER PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister July Moyo says Zimbabwe’s occupational disabling injuries and fatalities recorded over the past five years have not been encouraging. Moyo made the remarks as he officially opened the National Social Security Authority (NSSA)’s 60th national conference on safety at work in Victoria Falls on…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw SENIOR health authorities in Bulawayo have applauded the government and World Bank’s results-based financing (RBF) programme for its contributions to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. The aim of the RBF programme is to attain the global target of eliminating HIV/AIDS by 2030 and Zimbabwe is partnering with the World Health…
AUTHORITIES have introduced new safety measures to curb mining accidents that artisanal miners should comply with or risk losing their mining licences. This comes after Bay Mine in Chegutu collapsed last week, leading to the deaths of nine people working at the shaft, while several others remained trapped inside and were feared dead.It also comes…
THE Supreme Court has set aside a previous High Court judgment which barred the gold mining company Falcon Gold Zimbabwe from mining at 11 of its gold claims in Maphisa, Matabeleland South. Falcon Gold and Nyamazane Gold filed an appeal at the Supreme Court after the lower court threw out their application for a review…
