By Nyasha DubeSTAFF WRITERduben@dailynews.co.zw A SOUTH African immigrant, Brent Johan Lunt, who was arrested back in 2019 for allegedly attempting to smuggle US$240 000 worth of rhino horns has been set free after High Court judge, Justice Samuel Deme, yesterday granted his application for discharge at the close of the State’s case. According to court…
By Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned owners of illegal food outlets to desist from activities which pollute the city as council will ensure all offenders face the law amid fears of pollution and disease outbreak. Speaking during a BCC special council meeting on Wednesday, director of health services Edwin Sibanda…
POLICE in Bulawayo have revealed that they have recorded 123 reported cases of missing people aged between 10 and 20 since the beginning of the year. This comes as missing children have become a common trend in the city, a development that has raised alarm among residents, particularly those with school-going children. The latest incident…
By Regis Chingawo WORKERS in the sugar milling industry have given their employers a two-week ultimatum to address their salary grievances or face a crippling strike. In a notice dated October 27 written to the Zimbabwe Sugar Milling Industry Employers Association by the three associations, Zimbabwe Sugar Milling Industry Workers Union, Sugar Production Milling and…
By Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it seeks to ensure 37 000 residents will benefit from safety nets by the end of this year in a move aimed at improving residents’ livelihoods. This comes after the local authority on Monday approved a US$158 million budget for 2023, the same amount they…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO ENVIRONMENT ministry yesterday said there is a need to prioritise children’s rights in all efforts to adapt to climate change. This comes after the ministry, together with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef), recently hosted a dialogue to take stock of the climate change challenges in the country ahead of the…
THE mayor of Harare Jacob Mafume has threatened to fire officials for incompetency if they fail to clean up the local authority by December. This comes amid concerns that the former Sunshine City had lost its glitz owing to poor service delivery that has seen the Central Business District epitomised by heaps of uncollected garbage…
COMMERCIAL rabbit farmers are targeting to introduce cuniculture production among 1,8 million households in Zimbabwe over the next five years as part of creating employment and shoring up incomes at grassroots levels. Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association (Zicorba) president, Regis Nyamakanga, told the Daily News that the programme was in line with the government’s five-year…
By Hazel Marimbiza THE United Nations (UN) has implored Zimbabwean citizens abroad to consider investing back home in order to enhance economic development in the country. This comes after the Zimbabwe Investment Business Community (ZIBC), comprising prospective Zimbabwean investors based outside the country, have been mobilising Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to consider investing back home….
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has revealed that close to 2 000 hectares of land has been destroyed by sand poachers in the last four months throughout the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange said there was need for local authorities to protect the environment within their jurisdiction by putting…
