HARARE has gone for five days without potable water. Residents have dug shallow wells and are relying on open and untreated water sources to cope with the dire situation. Zimbabwe authorities shut down the main water-treatment plant in the capital due to a failure to secure chemicals. “We wish to advise all our clients that…
AT least 2.9 million registered voters inspected their details on the voter’s roll between July 17 and 26 when the Zimbabwe Electoral…
Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zw MOTORISTS in the capital will have to contend with even higher parking fees, after the Harare City Council (HCC) hiked its charges again yesterday. The increase comes as motorists in Bulawayo have been boycotting central business district (CBD) parking in the second city, after a company working with the council there recently…
masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE house maid has been nabbed on allegations of conniving with her boyfriend to rob her employer. Laina Mabhauti, 26, allegedly left the door open for her boyfriend and his accomplices to gain entry without hurdles before making away with money and other valuables. She was not asked to plead to robbery charges…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to lead deliberations at the Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference to be held in Victoria Falls next week,…
OUTSPOKEN former Cabinet minister and still Zanu PF politburo member, Tshinga Dube, has pooh-poohed ongoing calls for the exhumation of the revered late vice president, Joshua Nkomo, from the National Heroes Acre in Harare for reburial at his rural home in Kezi, Matabeleland South. Speaking on Thursday on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage,…
CHURCHES have renewed their push for the country’s political parties and other stakeholders to have dialogue before 2023 elections, saying Zimbabweans need to come together to end the decades-long social, economic and political challenges. Speaking during an online discussion on Thursday, Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary-general Kenneth Mtata said only an all-inclusive dialogue would…
POLICE are worried over an increase in cases of parents and guardians beating up their children to death. In a statement on Friday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said they recently arrested a man and his sister after severely assaulting his child to death for abusing drugs.“The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested Nomore Makwinja, 51,…
HARARE provincial development coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti says Harare, Chitungwiza, Ruwa and Epworth are losing 65 percent of treated water to illegal connections. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Muguti said the areas were losing the water to unscrupulous practices by residents.“As a province, we are losing a lot of the non-revenue…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has formed a taskforce meant to find ways to reduce challenges associated with refuse collection in the city. This comes after the shortage of refuse compactors had forced BCC to alter its refuse collection schedule, a situation which has seen the residents getting up in arms with the local authority.This…
