AUTHORITIES have promised to end the challenges that Zimbabweans are enduring in trying to acquire national identity cards and birth certificates. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the current crisis had been caused by shortages of consumables used in producing national IDs. In the case of birth certificates, he said…
Hazel Marimbiza WOMEN in the country are set to benefit from the new land policy framework as most of them have over the years been denied the rights to own land, a senior government official has said. This was revealed yesterday by deputy minister of Agriculture, Douglas Karoro during a Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)…
A HARARE man Tapera Sengweni and three others have challenged the proclamation of the forthcoming parliamentary and council by-elections by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes as the campaign for the by-elections slated for March 26 are already in full swing with various political parties canvassing for support in 28 constituencies countrywide. Most of the seats fell…
FOUR employees from the Transport ministry have found themselves in trouble, accused of stealing 901 drums of tar worth over $21 million meant for development of roads in Mashonaland Central Province. Andrew Chitura, Allen Gutura and Simon Ndoro, who are supervisors in the department of road works, joined their foreman Dalla Sibanda on accusations of…
COUNCILLORS have called for a ban of rituals at Bulawayo City cemeteries as they are causing unnecessary congestion during burials. According to latest full council minutes, Bulawayo city fathers said graveside different cultural and religious rites carried on gravesides by bereaved families prior to burial were time consuming resulting in failure to stick to their…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, yesterday appointed an interim board of trustees of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) which he mandated to curb illicit plundering of heritage resources. The looting of cultural heritage refers to the unrecorded destruction of archaeological sites in order to get artefacts for sale on the illicit market….
Rumbidzai Ngwenya POLICE yesterday raided three Harare properties, including the home of prominent preacher Walter Magaya. Authoritative sources told the Daily News last night that a team of detectives, military officers and CIO operatives swooped on Magaya’s residence in Mt Pleasant at the crack of dawn. Law enforcement agents would only say the raids entailed “investigations on…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday said next month’s census is aimed at alleviating poverty as it will give the government statistics on schools dropouts, housing characteristics and living conditions. Launching a 50 days countdown to the 2022 population and housing census scheduled to take place between April 21 and 30, Mnangagwa yesterday said the government would…
A HARARE magistrate has given Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, Marry a two-week ultimatum to engage a new lawyer for trial in a matter she is accused of assaulting her maid. Magistrate Learnmore Mapiye gave the order after Marry’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday failed to turn up for trial on medical grounds after she underwent…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ZIMBABWE yesterday got a shot in the arm in its fight against Covid-19 after receiving medical equipment worth over US$2,3 million from the governments of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Japan and development partners. The United Kingdom donated case management equipment worth US$340 191, which included 100 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) UCL…
