AUTHORITIES in Beitbridge have embarked on anti-cholera campaigns meant to educate residents living with HIV on the importance of practising proper hygiene and sanitation, as they are more vulnerable to cholera. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a National Aids Council (Nac) tour last week, the environmental health officer at the municipality…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 47-year-old man from Northend Suburb for covering up for his wife who assaulted his sixyear-old daughter to death. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said police arrested David Zhou following the death of his daughter after being severely assaulted by her stepmother Priscilla Muchape,…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned motorists, whose vehicles would have been clamped for failing to pay parking fees, against illegally removing wheel clamps saying those caught engaging in such practices risk prosecution. This comes as some motorists in Bulawayo have resorted to unclamping their vehicles to evade paying hefty penalties in fines. BCC…
THE Nelson Chamisaled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has completed its candidate selection process in the second largest city over the weekend amid a plethora of disputes, sparking fears of widening fissures ahead of the upcoming general elections. This comes after a number of wards in the city had disputed processes which saw the exercise…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended water supplies for some suburbs in the city due to a maintenance shutdown by Zesa. In a statement yesterday, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said water supplies would only resume when Zesa restores power. “The City of Bulawayo residents are hereby informed of possible water supply interruptions and…
POLICE have partnered with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to evict illegal gold miners along the Umzingwane River in Insiza, Matabeleland South Province. This comes after an influx of small-scale miners who continue infiltrating Umzingwane River and engage in rampant illegal mining activities even though they were banned from mining in the area two years…
THE National Aids Council (Nac), in partnership with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), has embarked on a goat breeding project meant to improve the dietary requirements for inmates on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Speaking to journalists during a media tour yesterday, the officer-in charge for Gwanda Prison, superintendent Ishmael Madzimbamuto said since the start…
POLICE have arrested two siblings who allegedly teamed-up to kill their father before one of them went on to murder her two children. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed that the siblings from Bikita district in Masvingo Province first killed their father after accusing him of witchcraft before the other killed…
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has bemoaned the rise of gender-based abuse in the informal sector saying there was a need for authorities to urgently address the vice. In its latest survey released yesterday, Zimcodd said it discovered that a lot of women in the informal sector were victims of Gender-Based Violence…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says water supplies in the second capital are back to normal after an electrical fault disrupted supplies for a few days. In a statement yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube said residential areas will be receiving water supplies according to their normal shedding timetable as full treatment has commenced. …
