CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have intensified calls for heightened road safety awareness, urging mo­torists, passengers, and public transport operators to exercise extreme caution on the country’s highways ahead of the busy festive season. This comes after a tragic road traf­fic accident claimed four lives and injured 14 others along the Masv­ingo–Beitbridge Road on November 16. In…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO  A GWERU magistrate has sentenced a 21-year-old Mkoba man to 15 years in prison for sodomising his 13-year-old male relative. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the minor, appeared before the Gweru magistrate. The court heard that the of­fence occurred on October 28 last year after…

Tapiwa Chirume THE City of Kadoma has prohibited all farm brick-moulding activities within its jurisdiction to safeguard the environment and promote sustainable urban development. Authorities have warned that anyone found violating the ban would face penalties, including fines or imprison­ment. Speaking to the Daily News yester­day, the council’s engineer Blessing Musasira said the local authority…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE government has put together a ZiG100 million stimulus package, in a bid to spur business and to boost the creation and preservation of much-needed jobs in the country. In this regard, authorities will use this facility to provide concessionary funding to manufacturers with bankable projects nationwide, seeking to expand, retool…