LAWRENCE PAGANGADeputy News Editor “ I HAD a ‘powerful’ dream in 2022 that simply told me that I should go to Zimbabwe.” Knowing very little of Zimbabwe, Joby Wheatley, in 12 weeks sold all his property and was on the flight with his family from the United Kingdom to Harare in 2022. “ People said,…
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (Bupra) has shot down the city council’s proposed US$308 million budget for 2025, arguing that it will worsen livelihoods of the locals already struggling to sustain themselves. This comes after the BCC proposed a review of certain levies together with the introduction of special roads and water levies during the…
AT LEAST 3 000 researchers, captains of industry and policy makers are set to gather in Harare next month to exchange ideas and showcase latest research methods. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officiate at the event that will be graced by the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Claver…
By Stella Madzivanyika SOUTH African Airways (SAA) yesterday announced that it was increasing the number of its flights between Harare and Johannesburg from 10 to 12 frequencies per week to cater for growing demand. The increase in the number of flights will start on November 5, 2024. “SAA customers will have the option of two…
JUDGES, sitting at the Gweru and Gokwe High Courts this week, handed lengthy prison sentences to convicted murderers for crimes committed in the Midlands Province in recent years. A Shurugwi man, Lonyaka Mlambi, 44, was sentenced to 20 years for murdering his wife. “On 29 November 2023, Mlambi and the now deceased were at their…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE recent move to bestow more powers on traditional leaders has been commended for reducing child marriages and teenage pregnancies in some areas. This emerged last week in Shamva district, when a local village head, Wadzanai Kabvundu, told journalists that they were now more effective because they have been empowered to…
THE Victoria Falls City Council has intensified disconnection of water supplies to ratepayers who have failed to settle mounting debts. Since 2022, the local authority has been disconnecting water supplies to residents and businesses with higher debts as a means to force them to settle their bills. However, the council in the resort city, feels…
HEALTH authorities in Hwange district, Matabeleland North Province are targeting key populations in their Cabotegravir (CABLA) pilot programme to reduce new HIV infections. CAB-LA, is a long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis(PrEP) medication used for short-term prevention of HIV/Aids. Hwange district medical officer, Fungai Musinami told the Daily News that authorities in the district were scaling up…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has voiced concern over the under-marketing and lack of promotion of the Matobo World Heritage Site. The site includes the iconic Matobo Hills, Matobo National Parks, and Cecil John Rhodes’ grave, among other tourist attraction sites. Coltart made the remarks at the 10th anniversary celebrations of the…
A 23-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe man appeared before the Gweru Magistrates’ Court facing allegations of raping a 10-year-old girl. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the accused person, who is not related to the complainant, cut his manhood whilst insisting that the girl was his wife. “Allegations are that sometime in September 2024 at around 1500…
