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ZVISHAVANE residents have accused their local authority of failing to service its flats leaving hundreds of dwellers living in squalid conditions. Zvishavane Residents Association chairperson Kamino Simango told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that water, sanitation and security were the most neglected aspects at the flats. “People staying at council-owned flats are living in…

AN INSIZA teenager has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly raping his 15-year-old ‘girlfriend’ on two separate occasions. Cliffort Sibanda, 19, of Mawayilesini Village 4 in Insiza, Matabeleland South province, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Amanda Ndlovu facing two counts of rape. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was remanded in custody to…

By Hazel Marimbiza THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has granted villagers in Matabeleland North Province a three-week amnesty period to return all stolen railway equipment or face arrest. This comes at a time the struggling parastatal has continued to experience high incidents of vandalism and theft of key infrastructure, a development that has forced…

DESPITE the government’s efforts in rolling out various pro-women initiatives aimed at reviving the economy, a majority of females are still lagging behind economically owing to a myriad of challenges, a parliamentary committee says. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) forum in Masvingo recently, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Women Affairs, Chipo…

By Hazel Marimbiza BULAWAYO councillors have raised concern over the small sizes of graves in the city’s cemeteries which they said are causing unnecessary delays during burials. According to the latest council minutes, councillor Christopher Dube said that local residents were worried about the local authority’s grave service delivery, including the sizes of the graves….