HARARE – Chipinge Rural District Council (RDC) will on Friday sell buffalo and elephant hides acquired from Problem Animal Control (PAC) hunting through public auction. PAC hunting is a growing industry that fetches significant revenue from the auctioning of animal hides. In a statement, the RDC revealed that the auctioning of the hides will take…
HARARE – Government is planning to remove all vehicles that are defective from the country’s roads in a desperate bid to tame rising carnage. The move by the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development, in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), comes as road traffic accidents have spiked to alarming levels. In the last…
HARARE – MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti yesterday challenged the court’s jurisdiction to prosecute him, arguing that he was unlawfully brought into the country following his arrest in Zambia. Biti is facing two counts of violating the Electoral Act by making unofficial or false declaration of the 2018 election results. He pleaded not guilty…
HARARE – Former Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira has expressed his displeasure over the State’s ‘‘inefficiency’’ in handling his case after he was served with State papers minutes before his trial was meant to commence. Mandiwanzira is facing allegations of engaging a South African company, Megawatt to do consultancy work for NetOne without following procedure and…
HARARE – Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge’s wife Letwin knelt down in court in prayer when her husband was acquitted of fraud. Undenge was accused of awarding a tender for Gwanda Solar project to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s company without following prerequisite procedures. Undenge was acquitted at the close of the State’s case after he…
HARARE – Information Technology, Postal and Courier services ministry, in partnership with Econet, TelOne, Telecel, Greepys and ZITC have launched a cyber-security booklet and website to foster awareness and protection from cyber-crime which has started to cripple many Zimbabweans, particularly on social media. Zimbabwean Internet users have also been experiencing cyber-crime such as hacking and…
HARARE – Government’s new online application system for Form One boarding places has come under attack again after teachers yesterday said it was causing chaos in schools because officials had not thoroughly appreciated how it functions. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education prematurely adopted the online…
HARARE – Ministry of Health and Child Care will hold crunch talks with striking doctors tomorrow as it bids to end their industrial action which has crippled services across the country’s public hospitals. Tomorrow’s meeting will also bring together the Health Services Board and the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA). HDA secretary-general Mthabisi Bhebhe said…
MUTARE – Rural teachers have so far walked more than 50km following the commencement of their 275km march from Mutare to Harare in a protest to demand salaries in United States dollars. Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) President Obert Masaraure recently told the Daily News that 102 protesters will arrive in Harare on December…
BULAWAYO – There was drama in Entumbane yesterday after the radical Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) led by its director Jenni Williams descended upon an elderly woman suspected of illegally selling drugs to school-going children in Entumbane suburb. Woza in conjunction with the Entumbane residents marched in the suburb carrying placards while singing protest songs…
