FIVE people were this week killed across the country over petty disputes, the Daily News can report. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi warned the public against taking matters into their hands, which results in unnecessary deaths. “In Silobela, on February 25, 2020, two men who were drinking beer at a bar…
ZBC yesterday told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that it will soon enact a policy that prohibits its staffers from contesting in future political elections. This comes after the State broadcaster came under fire after some of its employees contested in the 2018 harmonised elections on Zanu PF ticket and…
THERE is no respite in sight for long-suffering Zimbabweans, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining other important bodies this week in warning that the country is headed for a mega economic and humanitarian crisis, the Daily News reports. Rather damningly, the IMF — one of the few key international organisations that have not been…
CIVIL servants have not only rejected the government’s plans to introduce a welfare fund — that will see them contributing 2,5 percent of their salary to this pot every month — they have also slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, for the idea, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government announced on Wednesday…
VICTIMS of Inter Africa bus accident are demanding fair compensation saying the $1500 offered is not enough in this prevailing economic environment. Inter Africa bus killed one passenger and injured 16 in Goromonzi recently on its way to Checheche from the capital. “The $1500 offered by the bus operators is not enough in this economic…
RURAL girls are yet to get free sanitary wear promised by the Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in his 2020 National Budget presentation last year, the Daily News can report. Ncube proposed to set aside $200 million for sanitary pads that is set to benefit rural primary school learners from Grade 4 to Upper Sixth to…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa risks failure to see through his term of office if he does not embrace the opposition party’s proposals for political and electoral reforms. Speaking during the launch of the MDC’s 20 Principles for Reliable, Inclusive and Credible Election in Zimbabwe (PRICE) document in Harare yesterday, Chamisa said…
SOME pregnant women in some drought-hit areas in Zimbabwe are increasingly giving birth to children with signs of kwashiorkor, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) has said. ZCBC president Archbishop Robert Ndlovu made the revelation yesterday during the launch of an urgent appeal for US$1 million dollars for food aid against the backdrop of the…
AS THE 6th session on sustainable development is drawing to an end, experts have revealed that Africa needs to close a funding gap of up to US$3 trillion in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and push agenda 2063. Speaking during a session on financing SDGs using new and digital technologies, African…
THE executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca), Vera Songwe, on Wednesday said addressing climate change is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Africa is currently losing 15 percent of its GDP to the effects of climate change. Speaking on the sidelines of the 6th session of the…
