THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has set up multi-sectoral food and nutrition security committees across the country as part of a broad initiative to curb child malnutrition. This comes as statistics by Unicef show that there has been a decrease in the number of children admitted and treated for severe acute malnutrition in…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF, which finalised its candidates for the August 23 national elections two months ago, is now busy training tens of thousands of polling agents for the crunch polls. Political analysts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said this demonstrated Zanu PF’s “superior” organisational capacity over the opposition, which did not…
By Brandon Josphat AS the harmonised general elections are drawing closer, the police have assured the nation that they will not take sides as they discharge their mandate particularly when dealing with cases of political violence. This comes amid accusations that the law enforcement agencies are biased towards Zanu PF as they only arrest opposition…
SOUTH African police yesterday arrested a 31-year-old Zimbabwean in connection with the case of convicted Facebook rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester. It…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO INDEPENDENT auditors have issued an unfavourable perception on Bulawayo City Council’s financials for 2019 and 2020 saying they do not depict the city’s financial status fairly in all material aspects. According to a council report seen by the Daily News, the local authority has had their financials for 2019 and 2020 audited…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government says farmers should ensure that they wrap up winter wheat planting by Thursday to avoid late planting which exposes crops to pests and diseases. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services head Obert Jiri said this year’s winter wheat planting had been introduced in new…
ZIMBABWEANS frantically trying to protect their savings from a collapsing currency have driven the country’s main stock index up by 600percent this…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT AND RUTENDO NGARA AS AUTHORITIES battle to curb the ever skyrocketing prices of basic goods in the country, experts and various interest groups have reiterated the need for continuous dialogue among key stakeholders to restore normalcy in the economy. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, as the government’s…
THE government says it shares the concerns by various interest groups that there is need to have a homegrown electoral system that can end the country’s long history of disputed elections. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, the leader of government business in the National Assembly, Ziyambi Ziyambi — who is also Justice minister —…
YVONNE NCUBEin BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo city fathers have raised concern over the silence by its parking management partner Tendy Three Investments (TTI), over part of its mandate to rehabilitate roads in the city centre. According to the latest special council meeting minutes, councillors said they expected TTI to direct part of the revenue generated from…
