By Rumbidzai Ngwenya AN UNIDENTIFIED man died yesterday after falling from the eighth floor of a local hotel in Harare in a suspected suicide incident. Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, confirmed the death of a 63-year-old white male. “Around 8 o’clock in the morning a white male aged 63 fell from the hotel and…
THE government has challenged local authorities and other stakeholders across the country to scale up waste management efforts to ensure the environment is not polluted. Speaking at an environmental management strategic dialogue yesterday, Environment minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said it was unfortunate that stakeholders were failing to maintain cleanliness in their respective cities. “The major question…
A UNLICENSED Harare driver, who was dragged before the magistrate’s court for reckless driving after he allegedly hit two people, has been granted $10 000 bail. Kudakwashe Godzi, 32, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mushavakure yesterday after he allegedly side-swiped two pedestrians, resulting in their hospitalisation. He is facing two charges: one of negligent…
GOVERNMENT yesterday kicked off its bid to digitalise all line ministries’ administrative systems with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) supplying 160 computers to the Public Service ministry. Speaking during the first phase of handing over computers to government ministries, ICT minister Jenfan Muswere appreciated the support from Potraz, adding digitisation of…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed calls by churches and some opposition parties to postpone this year’s elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Charamba said unduly delaying the crunch polls would violate the country’s Constitution, and was thus unacceptable. This comes after the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) recently added its voice to appeals…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has increased its asset recovery and forfeiture target for this year from US$40 million to US$1 billion as part of its anti-corruption drive. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Zacc spokesperson Thandiwe Mlobane said the antigraft body had realised that there were more assets stashed outside the country….
CITIZENS Coalition for Change legislator Job Sikhala is stepping up his efforts to have Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti recuse himself from his trial. Sikhala and his co-accused Chitungwiza North MP, Godfrey Sithole, appeared before Miti yesterday facing allegations of inciting violence. Sikhala, through his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu, made an application for postponement of the commencement…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa CASES involving mental health issues are on the rise in the country, with Parirenyatwa Hospital’s psychiatric unit confirming yesterday that it was now handling at least 60 mental health cases every week. Speaking to the Daily News, Parirenyatwa clinical psychologist, Farzna Naeem, said the hospital was attending to many mental cases, some…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s planned blitz to weed out informal trading in the city centre got off to a false start yesterday after State security forces reportedly requested a postponement of the exercise citing fears of anarchy. The move by the local authority, mainly targeting vendors, pushcart operators, street car washes and other informal…
By Ketty Nyoni ECONOMIC trade between Türkiye and Zimbabwe is at US$35 million and both countries have committed to increasing the traffic as both nations have the potential to grow the market. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday after a closed meeting with the country’s acting president Constantino Chiwenga, and his Zimbabwean counterpart Frederick Shava, visiting…
