THE government on Thursday set aside ZWL$195.5 billion in next year’s national budget to fund devolution projects such as construction of health…
BY YVONNE NCUBE THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has suspended commuter train services offered in conjunction with the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco), following unsettled debts that are being owed to the parastatal by the mass public transporter. In a statement yesterday, NRZ public affairs manager Andrew Kunambura said operations will resume after Zupco…
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has bemoaned high incidences of discrimination and sexual abuse among females in the film industry. This comes after a situational analysis of the film industry in Zimbabwe indicated that women constitute 31 percent of practitioners in the sector, with 69 percent being males. According to the report, 71.9…
SOUTHERN African countries will converge in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, next week to discuss the governance of labour migration as an instrument for…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Staff College in Harare is set to be transformed into a fully-fledged university by 2025. Speaking during a graduation at Morris Depot, University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Quality Assurance and Development executive Chipo Janda, who was representing UZ vice chancellor Paul Mapfumo, said the police’s learning centre had…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Sylvia ChirawuMugomba, has upheld a decision by Harare magistrate Hoseah Mujaya to dismiss local real estate owner, Bishop Jeche’s application for discharge at the close of the State’s case. Jeche is the director of East River Investments. In 2018, he and the real estate company appeared before the magistrates’ courts facing…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is offering free medical consultations to blood donors, as the festive season approaches, in an effort to increase blood units. This comes as the NBSZ has set itself a target of collecting 6 960 blood units for use during the festive season. Speaking to Daily News…
By Regis Chingawo MASVINGO Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD) has urged the government to improve the living conditions of people who were resettled in 2014 at Chingwizi in Mwenezi District, Masvingo Province, following floods caused by the construction of the TugwiMukosi Dam. In its latest report, MACRAD has noted that the villagers are…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE magistrate, Stanford Mambanje, has ordered 34 members of the Mirirai Jehovha Apostolic Church to pay a $12 000 fine each for staging an antigovernment protest march in Harare in July. The 34, who are also members of the opposition Zimbabwe Transformative Party (ZTP), were arrested on July 9 for marching…
By Hazel Marimbiza have launched a manhunt for two unidentified armed suspects accused of stealing US$350 000 from a gold buyer in Bulawayo. National police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said the suspects ransacked the complainant’s house after duping him into thinking they were selling gold. The police did not name the complainant. “The…
