BULAWAYO City Council’s (BCC) Fire and Ambulance Service Unit is training firefighters from rural district councils (RDCs) drawn from the country’s southern region. Five RDCs, Tsholotsho, Kusile, Matobo, Insiza, and Hwange, have each seconded six recruits for the training. In a statement yesterday, the BCC town clerk, Christopher Dube, said the training was being conducted…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to focus its attention on infrastructure rehabilitation, procurement efficiency and public transparency in order to address its perennial water challenges. This comes as the combined storage capacity of the dams supplying Bulawayo as of March 20 was 49,65 percent, representing a total volume of 205 860 832 m³,…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE Masvingo City Council says it has dismissed six workers for soliciting for bribes from defaulting ratepayers to facilitate illegal water reconnections, mayor Aleck Tabe confirmed yesterday. This comes amid concerns that rampant corruption in most local authorities across the country is one of the many reasons that has led to poor…
THE country is facing yet another high risk of veld fires owing to the normal and above normal rains received this season. Last year veld fires caused significant destruction, burning approximately 894 402.9 hectares of land. This was a notable increase compared to 2023, when 744,431.23 hectares were burned and property valued at US$285 192…
CHITUNGWIZA Hospital has scored a notable first in the country, after it recently launched successfully total joint replacement surgeries which were previously only available outside Zimbabwe. These complex procedures involve replacing damaged joints with prosthetic implants made from metal, plastic or ceramic joints. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chitungwiza Hospital operations director, Edson Mudenda,…
A FORMER finance manager at a local non-governmental organisation, Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation, was yesterday jailed three years by Harare regional magistrate Taurai Manuwere for defrauding a business partner of US$108 000. Shingirai Cele was initially sentenced to six years imprisonment out of which one was suspended on condition of good behaviour for…
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested the directors of Synlak (Private) Limited, Vusumuzi James Mpofu and Nobunkosi Mpofu, on allegations of defrauding Harare City Council of $415 000 earmarked for the Mbare biogas project. Zacc yesterday alleged that Synlak obtained the contract through deceitful means, falsely claiming to be authorized resellers of Camda New…
TOSE Respite Care Centre, a home for children with multiple and severe disabilities in Harare, yesterday received a significant boost from Delta Beverages. The company handed over 805 chickens, two tonnes of feed, and 90 bags of feed supplements to support the centre’s poultry project. This initiative aims to foster self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on…
A WHISTLEBLOWER, who appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday, said he was shot and is being intimidated after tipping the police that four foreigners were planning to commit a robbery of 4kg gold. Ozias Matsekete said Goh Ga Kan from Singapore, Wu Ke Wen from China, and Sierra Leone nationals, Aruna Saidu and Foday Kamara were behind the planned…
AUTHORITIES say they are accelerating fi nancial support for innovation hubs across the country in a bid to empower youth and grow the economy. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of an entrepreneur’s symposium in Bulawayo recently, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, said the National Venture Capital Fund would back local innovations…
