COUNCILLORS in Bulawayo are divided over which stretches of roads to prioritise during the rehabilitation exercise in and around the city. The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) disbursed over $600 million for the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) which has since started and the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is yet to identify some roads…
SOUTH Korean Ambassador Do Bong-Kae has said his government will continue assisting Zimbabwe in the fight against Covid-19 and improving access to maternal healthcare. Bong-Kae made these remarks during a donation of maternity equipment worth US$12 000 by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) and Korea Alumni Association of Zimbabwe (Kaaz) to Pelandaba Clinic in…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will retest its staff, who have been forced to isolate after contracting Covid-19 or were identified as contact persons, to enable them to resume work as the local authority is now short staffed. Last week, Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube revealed that council operations had been severely crippled with some…
HUNDREDS of National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are stuck in Bulawayo and cannot go back home due to the inter-city travel restrictions, forcing them to appeal for food donations. Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, the government closed all learning institutions, including universities, and a number of learners who stayed outside Bulawayo…
POLICE have recovered five motorbikes after arresting a Silobela man for allegedly stealing the vehicles from Bulawayo on different occasions. Bulawayo Provincial police spokesperson Abednico Ncube yesterday said law enforcement agents arrested Bruce Ndlovu, 31, for allegedly stealing the motorcycles valued at $546 000. “I can confirm police in Bulawayo have arrested…Ndlovu from Tshokotse village…
AT LEAST 60 officials, including doctors and nurses, at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo have tested positive for Covid-19, the institution’s acting chief executive Solwayo Ngwenya has confirmed. “Yes, it’s true, but we are coping well for now,” Ngwenya said in a terse response. It could not be ascertained as to how many doctors and nurses…
AN UNIDENTIFIED man died yesterday after being run over by two different cars in Nketa, Bulawayo, police spokesperson Abednico Ncube has confirmed. Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that investigations into the matter were still underway. “Police in Bulawayo are investigating a case of fatal road traffic accident which occurred in Nketa suburb … where a male…
MORE than 20 percent of people with chronic illnesses, such as HIV, hypertension and diabetes, in rural areas are defaulting on their medication due to high costs, the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) says. According to the organisation’s 2021 Rural Livelihoods Assessment report, Matabeleland North province constituted the largest percentage of defaulters at nine percent….
