FORMER Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo, says the opposition needs to accept the reality that this year’s elections are gone, and take lessons from its defeat by Zanu PF. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Moyo — who now leads the United Movement for Devolution (UMD) — also implored Citizens Coalition…
SPECIAL advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on disability and former mayor of the city of Bulawayo, Joshua Teke Malinga, has died at the age 79. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Malinga’s son, Mpehlabayo Joshua Malinga, confirmed the death of his father. “I am confirming that my father passed-on on Friday evening at…
ZIMBABWE is among the four southern African countries set to benefit from the US$12,8 million released recently by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to combat the impending El Nino-induced drought effects. The WFP yesterday said over 550 000 beneficiaries were expected in Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. “The activation, co-funded by Germany, the European…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has embarked on a household listing exercise ahead of the Zimbabwe demographic and health survey expected to start next month. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat appealed to citizens to provide all the necessary information to its agency enumerators when they visit their households across the country. “Zimstat is conducting…
THE 26th edition of the annual Mining, Engineering and Transport (Mine Entra) exhibition has been slated for November at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. The exhibition will be held under the theme “Accelerating Economic Transformation through Mineral Beneficiation”, from November 1 to 3 this year. In a statement yesterday, ZITF chief executive…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says it has recorded an 11,6 percent increase in Internet and data usage owing to the rise in citizens resorting to e-learning and remote working. In his sector performance report released yesterday, Potraz director general Gift Machengete said Internet usage increased after the outbreak of the…
THE Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA) has moved to capacitate citizens in rural areas with social accountability tenets meant to ensure they demand transparency from incoming councillors and Members of Parliament. This comes after human rights defenders called on leaders who were elected in the recently held harmonised elections to prioritise service delivery and positively trans[1]form…
A TUCKSHOP employee from Bulawayo lost an ear and eye after being attacked by robbers who later on fled with cash and groceries. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.“The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bulawayo are investigating a robbery case which occurred on August 29 2023 whereby…
HEALTH authorities in Bulawayo have scaled up efforts in their tuberculosis (TB) fight and are now targeting residents living in informal settlements in their drive to achieve universal health coverage in the second capital. This comes as the latest statistics from the Health ministry indicate that Bulawayo has the highest TB death rate of 16…
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has challenged the incoming city councillors to urgently, once in office, address issues of poor service delivery, which have been one of the major challenges in the second capital for decades. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the BPRA coordinator, Permanent Ngoma, demanded “innovative leadership” from the newly-elected councillors….
