THE Gweru City Council (GCC) has rolled out US$90 000 towards a tower-light rehabilitation project targeting all residential areas in the locality. In its latest update, the GCC revealed that it purchased 600 lighting LED units which will replace the existing old ones which are no longer functional. “Gweru City Council acquired 600 Zimbabwe Energy…
A LARGE number of drug addicts are reported to have turned to the abuse of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, among other pharmaceutical substances, the Zimbabwe situational analysis on drug use and injections has revealed. According to a recent report, while crystal meth (also known as mutoriro) was the most abused substance in Zimbabwe, it was discovered…
ROGUE beef traders are making a killing by purchasing infected cattle from farmers at low prices and smuggling the meat into butcheries, putting consumers’ health at risk, according to veterinary services. Farmers in Zvishavane and Mberengwa districts have been losing cattle to the January disease, with authorities suspecting that infected cattle meat is making its…
POLICE in Chiredzi, Masvingo Province have adopted the public-private partnership (PPPs) model in policing as part of an initiative to reduce crime in the district. Public-private partnership in policing involves government entities, the private sector and the community working together to combat crime. Masvingo province police assistant commissioner Shelton Dube said the PPPs were implemented…
THREE districts in the Midlands province, Mberengwa, Gokwe South and North are set to be affected by severe flooding for at least a month during the festive season, it has been revealed. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said in its latest weather update that heavy rains are expected to fall across the province, causing flooding…
FOUR men have appeared in court on charges of assaulting two Chiredzi district lands officers and accusing them of corruption. The men are allegedly part of a 10-man gang that impersonated officials from the Masvingo provincial land taskforce team. The accused are Elisha Chirove, Promise Mhlanga, George Bowa and Ruben Sithole all from Chiredzi. They…
THE United States (US) President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has mobilised over US$75 million to assist in the fight against HIV in Masvingo and Manicaland provinces. Over 57 000 adolescent girls and young women in Manicaland under the DREAMS programme and 70 000 orphans, vulnerable children and their families in Masvingo province are set…
TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province are pushing for the enactment of a law that punishes small-scale miners who do not plough back to the communities they operate in. The miners rake in millions of dollars, but in the process are accused of causing land degradation and polluting the environment.In separate interviews at the weekend,…
THE start of the 2022/2023 rains last week is likely to affect national wheat harvesting, authorities have said expressing concern the downpours would affect expected yields. The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) president Shadrach Makombe told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that the harvesting of the winter wheat crop was still underway and this…
HIGH Court judge Justice Siyabona Paul Masithu has dismissed an application filed by 34 Zvishavane villagers who were seeking to block the Local Government and Lands ministers, Runde Rural District Council, Zvishavane Town Council and a building society from seizing their land. Runde Rural District Council and Zvishavane Town Council sold the land to the…
