BULAWAYO City Council will next week unveil a new US$2m vehicle parking management system to decongest the central business district (CBD). The CBD had become overwhelmed by the volume of traffic. Cabinet recently approved a joint venture between the council and Tendy Three Investment (Pvt) Ltd (TTI) to implement the parking system. The company has…
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) says it is owed $36 million by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), claiming the debt has crippled its operations. HLB spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo told the Daily News last week that because of the money that it was owed, the local authority was struggling to meet its service delivery obligations as well as…
EDUCATION authorities in Matabeleland South Province have urged parents and guardians to prioritise their children’s education regardless of the challenges they may be facing. The province has witnessed a large number of school drop-outs compared to other areas in the country, due to a number of reasons including long distances to schools, failure to pay…
ZIMBABWE has no capacity to migrate from coal-fired power stations to other renewable energy sources due to lack of money to procure the much-needed technology, Zesa Holdings’ executive chair Sydney Gata, has said. This comes as companies in Hwange are using coal as a source of energy at a time environmentalists are pushing for the…
ZESA Holdings (Zesa) says it has struck a US$310 million deal with the Chinese government to repair and mordenise obsolete equipment at Hwange Power Station. The initiative is set to boost electricity generation amid a rising power crisis, which has seen Zesa resorting to load shedding over the past few months. Addressing the media this…
A LEADING humanitarian organisation has credited the rise of early child marriages in Zimbabwe to the drastic poverty levels most families are going through, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its latest report titled, “Covid-19 and child marriages”, World Vision International noted that globally and Zimbabwe included, there is already an increase in the number…
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) Bulawayo provincial secretariat has appealed to its leadership to consider industrial action in a bid to push the government to review salaries and improve working conditions. The teachers have since written to their leadership pleading with them to urgently announce dates for the strike until authorities address their demands. “For…
HIGHERLIFE Foundation has donated lifesaving machinery to Mpilo Central Hospital’s maternity wing, in a move aimed at reducing neonatal and maternal mortality rate at the institution. Authorities at the health facility revealed that the neonatal mortality rate, currently stands at 30 percent of 10 000 babies delivered yearly at the institution.It was further revealed that…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects who have been on the run for the past few weeks after they allegedly teamed up and fatally hit a man in Nkulumane suburb. The two, Sydney Siyamwi, 23, and Recent Mukatawa, 26, allegedly assaulted Sabelo Gumbo with bricks until he fell unconscious. Seven days later, Gumbo reportedly succumbed…
BULAWAYO residents have said the government should prioritise the country’s health sector and avail more funds towards devolution in its 2022 national budget expected next month. This came out during the national budget public consultations conducted by Parliament’s portfolio committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development on Wednesday in Bulawayo. “As we are going towards…
