ZIMBABWE has over the past year registered a significant upsurge in armed robberies. Millions of dollars have been stolen, while human lives have also been lost. In an interview with one of the country’s growing commercial television stations, 3Ktv, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi spoke about what the police are doing to stem armed robberies…
RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA THE Zimbabwe Dental Association (ZiDA) has raised concern over the prevalence of oral diseases especially in youth, which is caused by drug abuse. Speaking at a meeting for oral and mental health and the launch of a patient manual in Harare yesterday, ZiDA project coordinator Cleopatra Matanhire said harmful drugs that youths were…
HAZEL MARIMBIZA THE Zimbabwe Council of the Blind has embarked on awareness campaigns throughout the country as part of reaching out to school-going children under its eye screening services programme. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday in an interview yesterday Council of the Blind national programmes manager Busisiwe Mzyece said the programme was meant…
THE Japanese community has extended a helping hand in the education sector in the Midlands province, expending US$2,1 million to upgrade infrastructure at three schools in Kabuyuni, Gokwe North. Former satellite schools namely Nenyuka Primary School in Ward 29, Kushinga Primary (Ward 31) and Chirisa Primary School (Ward 2) kissed goodbye to the pole and dagga…
THE government in conjunction with DanChurchAid (DCA) has trained 1 250 urban farmers to venture into hydroponics technology in-order to increase food security in the country following poor harvests this season. Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydro-culture which involves growing plants, usually crops, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient…
A CIO operative has been nabbed on allegations of conniving with his two colleagues in defrauding and extorting a local businessman pretending to help him recover his debt from the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. Leornard Mutandwa, a divisional intelligence officer and Charles Benjamin Chari have been slapped with fraud and extortion charges after…
TELONE says it has lost close to US$1,5 million due to network theft and infrastructure vandalism. Speaking at the company’s eighth annual…
A HARARE company lost US$30 000 when four armed robbers pounced on its premises in Msasa in the early hours of Tuesday. Police said the four who were armed with two unidentified pistols and crowbars broke into the premises before getting away with the money using the company’s vehicle as the getaway car. “The police…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw Transport minister Felix Mhona says he is elated by the progress that has been made so far on the ongoing expansion of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as the government targets world-class air transport infrastructure and services. Speaking during the commissioning of the Aviation Ground Services’ (AGS) ground handling equipment in…
BULAWAYO councillors have shot down a resolution by the city management to have residents pay their service charges and levies in US$ at the prevailing bank rate. This follows a recent notice by Bulawayo Town Clerk, Christopher Dube, saying the local authority’s move was necessitated by the continued depreciation of the local currency, making it…
