BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says council is pushing for the digitalisation of ratepayers accounts in a bid to modernise their systems. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday, Coltart said the council was lagging behind in digitalisation of services. “A huge problem we face is that we still receive paper bills and often months can…

BULAWAYO’S crime rate has gone down by 10 percent compared to last year during the same period, police have said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube appreciated residents for closely working with police to reduce crime. “From the cases we had last year we have noted a reduction in crime. We had…

VICTORIA Falls deputy mayor Lungile Nyoni says the resort city’s water challenges are set to ease as they are recording progress in addressing the crisis after channelling devolution funds to critical water projects. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the city yesterday, Nyoni said part of the devolution funds had already been distributed to phase…

POLICE have confirmed the arrest of a 20-year-old woman from Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province, for recently strangling her 18-month-old son to death. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspect allegedly murdered her son after failing to silence him while he was crying. “On August 14 2024, police in Nyamandlovu arrested…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is seeking to restore order in the city through hiring more security personnel in a move aimed at curbing rising cases of lawlessness. Speaking during a residents meeting in the city yesterday, BCC representative Howard Sibanda said the council was worried over public buses operating from undesignated areas…

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) and the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) have embarked on an informal economy survey across the country with the aim of creating a tailored social security scheme that addresses their unique challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimstat public relations officer Ronald Chiringa said the 2024 informal economy…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) and the government of Japan say they have performed over 500 free surgeries for various ailments on vulnerable patients across the country in the past year. This comes after the Japanese government last year, through WHO, committed US$633 975 to strengthen access to safe, timely and affordable Surgical, Obstetric and…