THE Sadc Parliamentary Forum (PF) has heightened its calls for the Zimbabwe Government to ensure that local women participate in all processes of the upcoming general elections. Speaking yesterday at a regional high-level dialogue on women’s participation, the Sadc PF secretary-general, Boemo Sekgomo, said there was need for more effort to ensure women took part…
THE Zimbabwe Association of Neurological Surgeons says it is intensifying the training of neurosurgeons in the country to ensure their services are decentralised. This comes at a time when Harare and Bulawayo are the only two cities with neurosurgeons with the second capital having only two specialists, one based at the United Bulawayo Hospitals and…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says it is investigating how mobile phone users recently ended up receiving unsolicited political campaign messages ahead of this year’s polls. This comes after the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe wrote an enquiry letter to Potraz wanting to know how mobile phone users received…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says some areas in Manicaland province are at extreme risk of veld fires, with the rest of the country generally at medium to high risk this year. This comes after last year 1 753 055.9 hectares of forest and grassland were destroyed by 7 511 veld fires recorded. It also…
POLICE in Matabeleland North have engaged traditional leaders to be part of their antimurder and rape campaigns following a steady rise in these two heinous crimes in the province. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Matabeleland North provincial spokesperson Glory Banda said the rate of murder and rape crimes in the area was now alarming….
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is on a drive to revive its “Adopt a Road” policy, which enlists residents and business to assist in rehabilitating the city’s roads in the outskirts of the central business district (CBD) and residential areas. The policy is intended to maintain the city’s road network by encouraging residents and companies to…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested six suspects for a series of robbery cases committed within the central business district (CBD) and western suburbs. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said the suspects have been engaging in robberies since March 2023. “Police arrested six robbers, namely Lookout Dube, 42, of Mzilikazi,…
ZIMBABWE Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has embarked on a labour force survey in all provinces aimed at providing labour market statistics which will inform policy formulation. In a statement at the weekend, Zimstats communication officer Ronald Chiringa called on house-holds to cooperate and provide necessary information during the exercise. “The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency will be…
LEADING seed producer SeedCo says it has produced new drought-tolerant maize seed varieties to mitigate the effects of climate change. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, SeedCo agronomist for the Matabeleland region, Wallace Banda, said the seed-breeding company had a variety of new maize seeds in stock. “Some of the new varieties include 303 in…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested six suspects for a series of robbery cases committed within Bulawayo central business district and western suburbs. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said the suspects have been engaging in robberies since March 2023. “Police arrested six robbers, namely Lookout Dube, 42, of…
