Melisa Chatikobo THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has embarked on an awareness programme to educate communities on the dangers of veld fires during this dry season. At the same time, the environment watchdog is also fining and prosecuting villagers and farmers that ignite veld fires and fail to erect fire guards. This comes as…
GOVERNMENT’S failure to complete the construction of the Welshman Mabhena Complex in Lupane has delayed the relocation of government employees, most of whom are operating from Bulawayo. After touring the site last year, former vice president Kembo Mohadi fumed over the slow pace towards the completion of the complex as most civil servants from Matabeleland…
UMZINGWANE residents in Matabeleland South province have rejected the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa)’s bid to introduce pre-paid water meters in the area, arguing that the organisation should first address water challenges. This comes as Zinwa had already embarked on a pre-paid water meter pilot project in the district with the mass rollout programme having…
THIEVES broke into Marula Clinic in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South, and stole solar panels, crippling service at the health institution amid concern some drugs which require refrigeration may go bad. Since last Thursday, the solar-powered clinic has been in darkness with Mangwe district medical officer, Joe Nganunu, saying the development would negatively affect the clinic’s…
THERE has been serious bloodletting in the opposition MDC since the death of the founding president of the party, Morgan Tsvangirai, in February 2018. The party he left is in chaos. The Daily News on Sunday caught up with one of the founding fathers of the party and now one of the three vice presidents…
THE government is tomorrow set to begin issuing birth certificates and identification cards to members of the San community in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province. This comes as people in Tsholotsho and Bulilima have been struggling to obtain the registration documents, making it difficult for them to acquire formal education and voting rights. Information minister Monica…
Melissa Chatikobo AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka says the government is committed to investing in the country’s railway network as it will help reduce transport costs for farmers and increase exports to regional countries. Speaking during the Delta Corporation Limited (Delta)-organised Barley Field Day held at one of the company’s contract farmers, Percival Mazikhe’s Resurge Farm…
HUMAN rights activist, Alice Kuvheya, has filed a High Court application challenging the legality of Statutory Instrument (SI) 95 of 2021, which allows the government to monitor and record citizens’ mobile communication data, among other things. In her application, Kuvheya cited Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, and the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)…
A 34-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man will spend the next 26 months in jail after he was found guilty of illegally possessing nearly 3kg of dagga. Bigboy Munyanyi, who appeared before Gokwe provincial magistrate, Musaiwona Shotgame, was convicted on his plea of guilty. Shotgame, who bemoaned the rise in drug abuse in the Midlands province, initially jailed…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts has accused the Agriculture ministry of corruption through the abuse of farming inputs and failure to register government assets. In a report tabled in the National Assembly, the committee said the ministry had failed to make a follow up on cars it bought from a local firm, Solution…
