BULAWAYO – Ever since the country was plunged into chaos following the announcement of austerity measures by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, most residents of the second city are toiling on a daily basis to eke out a living. The city has witnessed a spate of unprecedented price increases for most goods and services after foreign…
HARARE – Life in Chitungwiza’s St Mary’s suburb has previously been described as ‘‘something stranger than fiction’’ for having people who care the least for a better life. The suburb, characterised by high school drop-outs, is infamous for its rampant abuse of mbanje and sex workers always inviting passers-by for sex at any time of…
HARARE – A family in Hatcliffe is in anguish after being forced out of their home by Mt Pleasant Housing Cooperative without any compensation. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday, the family spokesperson Wilbert Mundoza revealed that he has been in the cooperative for the past 21 years, and had been paying his monthly…
HARARE – Mount Pleasant Housing Cooperative has triggered a storm with residents in Hatcliffe as it moots to downsize residential stands so as to accommodate members who have not been able to get land allocation. According to Mt Pleasant Housing Cooperative chairperson Zivanai Mapeno, the cooperative bought stands from the Harare City Council and allocated…
HARARE – The abuse of cough syrup BronCleer, popularly known as “bronco”, has worsened in the last few months as a significant part of the population turns to drugs to escape the biting economic pressures. It is estimated that 60 percent of the youths are on illicit drugs in Zimbabwe. A bottle of bronco is…
HARARE – One of the brick-moulding companies operating in Dzivaresekwa area were 16-year-old Corridors of Hope Academy student Tinashe Mlambo died while swimming in a disused pit recently, Tiger Bricks, has taken responsibility for the death and joined hands in grief. Mlambo, a Form 3 student, drowned in a disused pit in the high-density suburb…
HARARE – Chitungwiza mayor Gift Tsverere and his deputy Jabulani Mtunzi have consented to an order for them to relinquish their posts and allow for fresh elections. This comes after High Court judge Edith Mushore granted an order effectively suspending the two politicians, pending the outcome of the main application. According to Kiven Mutimbanyoka, who…
HARARE – Government’s call for bread retailers to revert to the old price of $1,10 for a loaf from the $2,10 as announced by Lobels on Friday was heeded by most retailers, although with alarming consequences. Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu on Friday night ordered bakeries to revert to the old price but economic…
HARARE – A healthy sexual life is the key to every marriage and the lack or shortage thereof breeds fissures that may lead to its collapse. Failure to perform in bed brings in suspicion from the other partner and causes severe psychological torture to the affected parties. Described as the total inability to achieve an…
HARARE – Government is still to formally amend the law to outlaw child marriages, three years after a landmark Constitutional Court ruling that banned the marriage of girls under the age of 18 years. The ruling came after an application by two women — Loveness Mudzuru and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi — who were aged 19 and…
