By Ketty Noyni IN AN effort to enhance the value of Great Zimbabwe, Masvingo, the United Nations Organisation for Projects Services (UNOPS) and other partners, with funding from Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), are working towards the rehabilitation of the heritage site. The Great Zimbabwe Development Project (GZDP), which received 3 million Euros from AFD,…
By Nyasha Dube TWO siblings are locked in a battle over their mother’s inheritance after a sister, Renee Juanita Hiten, approached the High Court seeking to have a plot in the up-market suburb of Glen Lorne, Harare, measuring 21.2552 hectares be subdivided into two. In her application, Hiten cited her brother Steven Barry, the Master…
THE MDC has set December 18 as the date it will hold its fifth ordinary congress. In a notice yesterday, party president Douglas Mwonzora said the congress will be held in Harare. “All members defined in Section 6.2.1 of the party constitution in line with the constitution of the party, and following the relevant internal…
THE government says rural areas are a potential source of economic development, and there was a need to mobilise small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) to invest in village communities. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the SMEs chairperson Midlands chapter in the Women Affairs ministry Bigboy Murenga said the government was mobilising entrepreneurs to invest…
By Nyasha Dube A GWERU family is embroiled in an unpleasant property dispute after the father, Thomas William Baron, approached the High Court seeking to have his estranged wife Theresa and son Gilbert barred from filing a lawsuit against him. According to court papers, Thomas and Theresa were involved in divorce proceedings in 2018, but…
By Yvonne Ncube WOMEN rights organisations have called on the government to set aside money in its national budget to fund Gender Based Violence (GBV) service providers to ensure that victims get adequate assistance. Zimbabwe on Friday joined the rest of the world in commemorating 16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. To mark the…
ZIMBABWE Gender Commission chairperson Commissioner Margret Mukahanana- Sangarwe says women’s economic empowerment is key if gender equality is to be realised. Once…
ZIMBABWE is gearing up for next year’s elections after the Finance minister Mthuli Ncube provided $76 billion funding for the smooth running of the plebiscite. Presenting the 2023 budget at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden on Thursday, Ncube said preparations for the general elections had started in earnest. “The country will hold harmonised…
THE Gweru City Council (GCC) has rolled out US$90 000 towards a tower-light rehabilitation project targeting all residential areas in the locality. In its latest update, the GCC revealed that it purchased 600 lighting LED units which will replace the existing old ones which are no longer functional. “Gweru City Council acquired 600 Zimbabwe Energy…
BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE Harare City Council (HCC) has been forced to import its water chemicals from neighbouring Mozambique as local suppliers are failing to meet demand. Harare is facing a water crisis with some suburbs going for over two weeks without running water. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, HCC mayor Jacob…
