A 52-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane woman, Silizwile Chinhamo, yesterday sobbed as she begged a local magistrate to grant her a protection order, barring her 32-year-old son from staying at her home as she allegedly beat her up several times over unclear reasons. Chinhamo told the court presided over by Zvishavane magistrate Eviar Matura that her son, Tawanda,…
GOVERNMENT has approved Bikita Rural District Council (RDC)’s $800 million budget for the year 2022, a figure that is double that of…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has accused local authorities and industry of not taking environmental issues seriously saying this was exacerbating water…
MASVINGO City Council (MCC) has allocated $2 million for its gender desk, becoming one of the few local authorities in the country to adopt such an initiative. An MCC official manning the council gender desk, Sithabile Mataba told the Daily News yesterday that the local authority was making strides to ensure that women’s rights were observed at…
THE Midlands State University (MSU) Tugwi-Mukosi Multidisciplinary Research Institute says it will forge ahead with its plans to investigate the displacement of families near the Tugwi-Mukosi Dam. In 2020, MSU signed a memorandum of understanding with Aquaculture Zimbabwe, Chivi Rural District Council and Gweru-based non-governmental organisation Jointed Hands Welfare Organisation, to enhance research at Tugwi-Mukosi Dam….
SEVERAL bus operators, including the government-run Zupco, have abandoned routes in Mberengwa owing to bad roads, leaving villagers stranded. The roads have been worsened by incessant rains that have been pounding the area over the past months. Locals told the Daily News yesterday that several bus operators have discontinued servicing Mberengwa-West Nicholson and Buchwa-Rutenga highways which lead…
ZIMBABWE Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) says most farmers are facing a myriad of challenges which have resulted in them failing to repay government loans. A recent report by the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) presented in Parliament last week revealed that a number of farmers defaulted repaying their loans, a development that has had a negative…
A ZVISHAVANE woman and her two infants sustained severe injuries after her neighbours allegedly set her house on fire over adultery gossip accusations. Tavona Zhou, 28, and her two children, (ages not supplied) had to be rushed to Zvishavane District Hospital after the incident. Raviro Dube, 28, and her suspected lover Atinos Msipa, 32, yesterday…
THE government says the expansion of Sabi Gold Mine will create 800 jobs for locals after it recently approved a joint venture between Chandiwana Mines Private Limited and Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) for the resuscitation of the mine. Addressing stakeholders at the mine, minister of State in the President’s Office in charge of policy…
A GUTU veterinary officer Kudzai Murima, 34, has been sentenced to 45 years in jail for cattle rustling. Murima was found guilty of five counts of stock theft by Masvingo magistrate Mandlenkosi Ndlovu and was slapped with the mandatory nine-year jail term for each beast. His alleged accomplices, nabbed recently, are yet to be tried….
