GOVERNMENT is probing alleged purging and ill-treatment of war veterans employed by local authorities across the country. The first probe team was recently dispatched to Bulawayo by Local government minister July Moyo. According to latest Bulawayo City Council (BCC) minutes, the six-member team is led by director of Urban Local Authorities Fungai Mbetsa and had…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has turned down an application by a private firm — Nondweni City (Private) Limited — which sought to establish a new cemetery adjacent to the Joshua Mqabuko Airport in the city. This comes as the city has been facing burial space shortages, forcing the local authority to encourage residents to…
TEACHERS in Bulawayo yesterday defied a call by unions to embark on an industrial action after they reported for duty in large numbers. A survey conducted by Daily News in western suburbs and a few schools in the outskirts of the central business district showed that the majority of teachers turned out for work. In major cities,…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says the opposition should use Parliament to push the electoral reform agenda as the electoral body had no powers to make such changes. Speaking during a virtual discussion titled Zambia’s Historic Election: Lessons for Zimbabwe held at the weekend, Zec commissioner Qhubani Moyo said that there was a misconception among opposition…
THREE suspected armed robbers, who were recently arrested after a shootout with police in Bulawayo’s Fourwinds suburb, remained behind bars yesterday after…
DARING copper cable thieves have plunged many parts of Bulawayo city into darkness, resulting in some suburbs going for months without electricity. Residents are being forced to dig deep into their pockets to replace the stolen cables and restore power to their homes as Zesa Holdings’ resources are now strained. “So far from June 2021…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have taken Fatima High School in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, to task over its decision to withhold ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level examination results for two former students over outstanding fees. ZLHR has since written to the school headmaster demanding the release of results belonging to Wellington Nyoni and…
FORMER Education minister David Coltart says the government should have prioritised the vaccination of the entire teaching staff against the Covid-19 virus as opposed to continuously extending lockdowns as the education sector has significantly suffered. Coltart said while the virus had caused a huge global strain, the government had failed to come up with sustainable…
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni, is fuming over the government’s Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2), saying it has left them as by-standers in their own area of jurisdiction as road and devolution funds are now being given to third parties. Mguni told Daily News at the weekend that the city fathers were now in a dilemma over…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken a victim-centred approach as part of his efforts to address the emotive Gukurahundi issue after meeting with traditional chiefs at Bulawayo State House yesterday. The 1980s Gukurahundi military operation in the Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, once described by the late former president Robert Mugabe as a “moment of madness”, is believed…
