Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw ALMOST 4 000 people are facing homelessness after a property developer who sold them residential stands embarked on a re-pegging exercise for a fee and threatening to evict those who fail to pay. This comes after the developer allegedly parcelled out the stands on State land without a permit and allowed beneficiaries…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has launched a US$150 000 airtime recharge and usage promotion that will see customers walk away with various weekly prizes, when they recharge their phones with at least US$1 airtime per day. The company said thousands of customers were set to win several prizes — including 2KVA solar systems, gas stoves, fridges,…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw KADOMA and Chegutu town councils have promised to give discounts to residents who pay 50 percent of their bills using United States Dollars (US$). In a notice, Chegutu said they were discounting rate payers up to September 9. “Chegutu Municipality hereby notifies its residents, ratepayers, and stakeholders that it is discounting 50…
OPPOSITION legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole say they wish they could change their surnames to resonate with the ruling elite in order to be granted bail. This was after regional magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka threw out their application for bail on changed circumstances, saying nothing had been proffered to justify a change in circumstances.The two…
Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) has allocated US$1.5 million to strengthen disaster preparedness structures and systems in Zimbabwe. In a statement yesterday, the EU said the money will help fortify Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit structures to improve efficiency and effectiveness of disaster preparedness and response.“The EU is providing an additional US$1.5 million to…
THE United Nations (UN) says it has trained over 600 Zimbabwean women and girls with disabilities on human rights in a bid to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) related challenges. In its latest update, UN said through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 1200 more women and girls and representatives of organisation’s for persons with disabilities…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw MAZOWE rural district council has been ordered by the High Court to pay its former employee over US$25 000 following its failure to finish paying off his dismissal benefits emanating from a deed of settlement they entered into three years ago. Stephen Chirova, who was employed as the area manager for the…
A SPEEDING mushika-shika driver has found himself in trouble after his theatrics in the Central Business District of Harare went wrong and hit pedestrians at a bus terminus. Garish Tsamvi was captured in a video that has gone viral while driving in a white Toyota Fun Cargo vehicle with his door open.In a video that…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO BULAWAYO residents have appealed to the government to intervene over the alleged failure by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to honour its contractual obligation of offering fully-serviced stands to beneficiaries. This comes as the local authority has failed to avail stands they sold in Tshabalala Extension, Pumula South, Woodville and Magwegwe West in…
FORMER police officer commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad Kirisipeni Mutsengi will perform 315 hours of community service for taking and using a car held as an exhibit at Southerton Police Station, Harare, before getting involved in an accident. He was convicted of criminal abuse of duty and was slapped with 15 months imprisonment before six…
