POLICE in Maphisa, Matabeleland South Province, have launched a manhunt for five suspects who allegedly teamed up to murder a man they accused of being in a relationship with a woman they found him walking with. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Matabeleland South police spokesperson Thandolwenkosi Moyo said the victim died after being severely…
GOVERNMENT says it is targeting reducing mother-to-child HIV infections to five percent, after the infections rose to eight percent due to disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic over the past three years. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the director of the Aids and Tuberculosis Programme in the ministry of Health, Owen Mugurungi, said while…
THE Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (Arda) has expressed concern over the country’s youth shunning farming despite rolling out programmes specifically targeted at them in rural areas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Arda chairperson Ivan Craig said while they were doing well in providing irrigation systems for all groups of people, youth were being…
THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has set up multi-sectoral food and nutrition security committees across the country as part of a broad initiative to curb child malnutrition. This comes as statistics by Unicef show that there has been a decrease in the number of children admitted and treated for severe acute malnutrition in…
THE government has partnered with the World Bank (WB) to revise the national gender policy (NGP), as part of the initiative aimed at enhancing gender equality in the country. According to a recent Bulawayo City Council (BCC) report on gender mainstreaming, the ministry of Women Affairs, in partnership with the WB conducted consultations in April…
POLICE in the Midlands Province have arrested nine armed robbers for allegedly committing a spate of heists targeted at mines around Kwekwe, stealing property worth over US$60 000. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police Midlands provincial spokesperson, Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the arrests. “Police in Kwekwe arrested nine robbers for a series of robberies in…
MINISTER of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has come under fire from Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which is accusing him of flouting by-laws by spearheading projects in Cowdray Park without seeking council permission. This comes after Ncube, who is vying for the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat in the forthcoming harmonised elections, had been rehabilitating roads and also…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has warned its party members against leaking candidate selection process results before the final official announcement is done. This comes after the party’s candidate selection process was completed in the city last weekend, amid chaos which saw names of those who are believed to have sailed through being released…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resorted to taking legal action against a South African civil engineering firm, Terracotta Trading, the contractor of Egodini Mall, as work on completing the multi-million dollar project remains stalled. The last deadline for the completion of the mall was last February, but construction of the first phase, which includes 1…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two women from Old Magwegwe suburb after they allegedly teamed up to abort the pregnancy of a 15-year old girl. Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday. “On June 6, 2023 police arrested Siduduzile Moyo and Nokuthula Moyo for trying to terminate a…
