TAPIWA CHIRUME ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) has solarised 78 rural water supply stations to improve access to clean water. The initiative, which has revived some water supply schemes that had been out of service for nearly two decades, is expected to transform water delivery in rural service centres and communities that had long endured…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA BULAWAYO City Council inspectors have destroyed more than a tonne of hazardous, expired, and contaminated food found in local shops.According to the latest report by the council’s health services department, environmental health inspectors confiscated expired groceries, contaminated meat, uninspected pork, damaged canned foods and products that were either improperly labelled or had no…
KUDZANAI GEREDE OLD Mutual Zimbabwe (Old Mutual) is set to migrate its secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), marking an end to a six-year trading suspension, the group announced on Friday.Old Mutual shares, together with PPC Zimbabwe and Seed Co International, were suspended from the ZSE…
THE Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) has called on churches across the country to open their doors to Zimbabweans returning from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks.In a pastoral plea yesterday, EFZ bishop Never Muparutsa appealed to churches, pastors and believers to welcome returnees with compassion, saying the Christian community should respond by demonstrating the…
Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for an urgent overhaul of outdated laws and regulations, warning that legislation that no longer serves its intended purpose is stifling investment, innovation and growth.In a speech at the Oxprop Borrowdale Park groundbreaking ceremony in Harare yesterday, read on his behalf by the minister of National Housing,…
POLITICAL EDITOR RETIRED Air Marshal Henry Muchena has launched a scathing attack on the recently enacted Constitutional Amendment Act Number 3 (CAA3), describing it as an assault on Zimbabwe’s constitutional order and urging citizens to use lawful means to oppose it.Muchena delivered the attack on behalf of retired military chiefs, senior civil servants and former…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER ZIMBABWE has called for a united African approach to removing barriers restricting air transport liberalisation as part of efforts to transform aviation into a catalyst for trade, investment, tourism and regional integration.Addressing delegates at the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) Pilot Implementation Project (PIP) Airshow in Harare yesterday, the minister of…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo BULAWAYO residents will endure widespread water supply interruptions for more than a week as the local authority undertakes critical maintenance on the city’s raw water pumping system.In a statement, Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube confirmed that the disruptions would run from yesterday to Monday, July 20 to allow for essential, scheduled engineering…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERchirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has urged media houses to develop formal artificial intelligence (AI) policies to ensure the technology is used responsibly and ethically within newsrooms.The urgent call comes as rapid technological advancements continue to reshape global journalism, creating unprecedented opportunities for news gathering and content production while simultaneously raising major…
RISING levels of violence and abuse against children have sparked urgent calls for Zimbabwe to fortify its social safety nets. Speaking at the National Child Protection Conference in Bulawayo earlier in the week, Unicef deputy representative Fiachra McAsey warned that children face increasingly complex threats despite significant historical progress. “Violence against children remains a significant…
