ZIMBABWE is poised for a good agricultural harvest next year as the country continues to receive favourable rains, the World Food Pro – gramme (WFP) has said in its latest report. The report is on Zimbabwe’s food security and market monitoring and it indicated that land preparation and farming had intensified across the country, “which…
POLICE in Zvishavane, Midlands, have arrested four notorious drug dealers, among them a 65-year-old man, as the law enforcers push to eliminate peddlers who are believed to be behind the rise in drug abuse in the mining town. The crackdown comes after it recently emerged that 12 young people in the Zvishavane district have died…
THE government has expressed concern over reluctance by youths to participate in economic programmes saying this was working against its drive towards an upper middle class economy. Speaking during an anti-drug abuse campaign in Zvishavane on Tuesday, Youth ministry district officer Emmanuel Marabuka said the government had created an environment for them to be innovative….
THE Zvishavane Town Council is reportedly spending at least $6 million per week on water treatment chemicals, a development that the local authority has blamed for compromising service delivery in the mining town. Speaking at a budget consultation meeting yesterday, a town council committee member, Tinashe Chifashu, said the town was purchasing seven tonnes of…
ZVISHAVANE residents have accused their local authority of failing to service its flats leaving hundreds of dwellers living in squalid conditions. Zvishavane Residents Association chairperson Kamino Simango told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that water, sanitation and security were the most neglected aspects at the flats. “People staying at council-owned flats are living in…
THE government says it is seized with acute water shortages in rural areas owing to climate change impacts with authorities searching for solutions to address challenges. Speaking during the handover of a piped water scheme at Vugwi Primary School in Mberengwa yesterday, minister of State for Presidential Affairs Joram Gumbo, said water shortages remained a…
DESPITE the government’s efforts in rolling out various pro-women initiatives aimed at reviving the economy, a majority of females are still lagging behind economically owing to a myriad of challenges, a parliamentary committee says. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) forum in Masvingo recently, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Women Affairs, Chipo…
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvishavane and Mberengwa, both in Midlands Province, have called for a multi-stakeholder approach in dealing with drug and substance abuse which is on the rise in the two mining districts. Speaking to the Daily News on Wednesday, the chiefs lamented the rise in drug and substance abuse, saying there is a need…
ZIMBABWE is losing at least 330 000 hectares of tree cover each year due to deforestation, despite government calls to preserve trees as well as intensify their planting. Speaking at the National Tree Planting Day at the weekend, Zvishavane district forestry extension officer Tendai Mufandaedza said the continued loss of forestry had far-reaching implications on…
THE government says rural areas are a potential source of economic development, and there was a need to mobilise small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) to invest in village communities. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the SMEs chairperson Midlands chapter in the Women Affairs ministry Bigboy Murenga said the government was mobilising entrepreneurs to invest…
