BULAWAYO City Council says it remains overstretched in the ambulance services and urged residents, particularly those on medical aid, to consider using other local service providers to reduce the pressure. Chamber secretary Sikhangele Zhou at the weekend said the city needed more ambulances to cater to the ballooning population. She said the rescue services normally…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ELEVEN suspected kidnappers, Grace Fellowship Ministries Church bishop Charles Matondo (46), two Chinese nationals and eight Zimbabweans, have been granted US$200 bail each by a Harare magistrate. They allegedly kidnapped a Chinese man, Cheng Song, and demanded US$120 000 ransom. Besides Matondo, the other suspects are Guo Zairen, 34, Wang…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A 39-YEAR-OLD man from Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province, was arrested for allegedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter thrice. The rape came to light when his wife caught him in the act. The man appeared before Harare regional magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka facing three counts of rape. Chakanyuka remanded him in custody to…
THE government has said Fertop Agriculture and Heliconvest’s new fertilizer-manufacturing plant in Norton will significantly augment the fertilizer stocks in the country ahead of the winter cereal production. This comes as local fertilizer companies have failed to meet the domestic demands leading to the importation of the product from as far as Russia. Speaking during…
BY RUTENDO NGARA AND NYASHA KUNYISWA VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says the government will throw the rule book at illegal money changers in order to protect the recently introduced ZiG currency. Addressing Zanu PF supporters in Harare East ahead of next week’s by-elections, Chiwenga said the new currency, which marks the dawn of a new…
By BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has stepped up its campaign to defend the rights of all Zimbabweans from being transgressed by errant traders. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, CPC research and public affairs manager, Kudakwashe Mudereri, said the recent crackdown on trading malpractices that had been carried out in…
BY BRYN MATONGO THE government has moved to install solar systems at various hospitals across the country to mitigate power outages. This comes as Zesa has reintroduced austere load-shedding schedules after it was forced to cut its power generation at the key Kariba plant. It also comes after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), which manages…
BY BRYN MATONGO HARARE City Council has embarked on a robust exercise of removing illegal billboards that were installed along roads and across the city in order to account for the revenue it has been losing. According to the HCC`s by-laws, it is illegal to erect billboards or any structure within the City of Harare…
FORMER president of the National Baptist Convention, Patrick Face Moyo has died following a severe stroke attack last week. He was 74 and will be buried in Gweru today. Family spokesperson Phanuel Banda confirmed the passing on of Moyo, adding that he was rushed to Kensington clinic in Harare before he was transferred to Arundel…
LOCAL football giants Dynamos and Highlanders return to top flight football action tomorrow, just three days after they clashed in a hard-fought Independence Cup final at Murambinda B High School. The two sides have endured contrasting fortunes in the early weeks of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign, with Bosso flying high while DeMbare…
