LEGISLATORS have compelled authorities to craft a policy to make it mandatory for all schools to have rooms for girls equipped with sanitary pads. This will afford the learners privacy and easy access to sanitary pads. Debating the 2025 National Budget in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP, Thokozani Khupe,…
LAW enforcement agents will embark on a covert operation to sniff out businesses that are rejecting the ZiG in favour of the US dollar, the deputy minister of Finance, Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, has said. Mnangagwa was responding to Senators who on Thursday wanted to know the practical solutions that the government has come up with to…
LAWMAKERS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to have a relook at his proposed 2025 National Budget to cushion ordinary people more from the current challenging economic environment. Presenting MPs’ recommendations on the Budget in the National Assembly on Tuesday, the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on budget and finance, Clemence Chiduwa, said some…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) owes service providers ZiG200 million for past elections, a situation which is jeopardising its operations and integrity. This came out in a report tabled on Tuesday in the National Assembly by parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice chairperson Energy Mutodi on the 2025 National Budget proposal. Mutodi said there was a…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER bmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have reinstated Victoria Falls town clerk Ronnie Dube who was suspended on allegations of corruption. Dube was suspended last week by Victoria Falls mayor Prince Moyo and was ordered not to report for duty during the subsistence of his suspension. In a letter dated December 6 2024 addressed to…
GOVERNMENT has set up a multi-agency operation mandated to promote ethical business practices by curbing the rampant business malpractices within the economy. This comes as police have intensified their border patrols at all ports of entry to curb smuggling into the country. In a statement yesterday, minister of Industry Mangaliso Ndhlovu said the task force…
A CHIPINGE man was last Friday jailed for six months for assaulting his mother over witchcraft claims. The man from Chief Musikavanhu was arraigned before the Chipinge Magistrates Court for physically abusing his mother. “The accused person met the complaint while she was on her way home on 19 November 2024 and accused her of…
AN ESTIMATED 7,6 million people will require urgent humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe due to the El Nino-induced drought, a food and nutrition crisis, floods and public health emergencies, Unicef has said. As a result, the international aid agency said it requires US$36,55 million next year as it plans to reach 1.6 million people, including 1.3…
A MAN from Beitbridge in Matabeleland South Province was on Friday sentenced to 15 years in prison by a local magistrate for raping a three-year old toddler. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed the conviction and sentence over the weekend. “On 16 October 2024, the complainant’s mother left the complainant in the custody of her…
A MUTARE-based female smuggler, Maria Mwarehwa, has been fined US$150 after she was found guilty of stealing baby diapers worth US$50 that had been impounded from her by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). “On 2 December 2024, at around 1700hrs, the police impounded a bus carrying smuggled goods, including baby diapers belonging to Maria Mwarehwa,…
