AUTHORITIES are set to hold a stakeholder consultative engagement as they seek to introduce portable toilets in the country. This comes as the Zimbabwe Mobile Sanitation Association (ZMSA) is supporting government efforts to fight the spread of cholera across the country by setting up mobile toilets at bus termini and other crowded areas. In a…
ZANU PF is holding a crunch politburo meeting in Harare today amid high tension in the party over suspensions and votes of no confidence against several leaders across the provinces. This comes after a few attempts to suspend some senior officials in Harare, Bulawayo and Mashonaland West provinces. In a statement yesterday, Zanu PF spokesperson…
A SUSPECTED fraudster who allegedly duped two unsuspecting clients in botched land deals resulting in him getting away with more than US$100 000 was granted US$500 bail yesterday. Tawanda Denford Bondamakara, who is facing two counts of fraud, was temporarily freed by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. According to the State, sometime towards the end of…
By Rutendo Ngara A CHINHOYI man Kasina Kawocha was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the High Court for killing his wife for not bathing his minor nephew. Kawocha was convicted by the Chinhoyi High Court for culpable homicide after a full trial. Two years of the sentence were suspended for five years on condition…
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over severe food poverty among children with recent statistics by the Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee Report on Urban Nutrition showing that 76 percent of children are not getting adequate nutrients. According to the report, more needs to be done to improve the dietary needs of children. “76 percent of the…
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged industrialists to take advantage of the upcoming Sadc Summit to cement the economic gains the country has achieved in the last few years This comes as the country is expected to host more than 150 companies from across southern Africa during the Sadc Industrialisation week scheduled to run from July…
AFTER some improvement, Zimbabwe has for the past five years held steady at about 25 percent of the rural population with no…
BULAWAYO Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) say they are devising strategies to catalyse industrialisation in a bid to tap into new markets. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo Chamber of SMEs coordinator Nketa Mangoye Dlamini said while SMEs were displaying great talent, they still lacked skills to penetrate into new markets. “We are looking…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been taken to court after he allegedly assaulted his wife for suing him for child maintenance. Khaya Ngulube yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Challenge Mahambe facing a charge of physical abuse. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded out of custody to July 29 for continuation of…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FOUR Harare City Council (HCC) bosses who are in remand for allegedly illegally awarding a US$9 million streetlights tender to a company owned by businessman Moses Mpofu, Juluka Ennd Joint Venture have been denied bail. In a the bail ruling yesterday, magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa said the four accused persons concealed important…
