By Tamary Chikiwa AT LEAST 80 percent of people with albinism are prone to skin cancer and related ailments as they cannot afford special lotions specifically recommended for their skin. Noble Hands Zimbabwe Trust deputy director Marvelous Tshuma told the Daily News at the weekend that the cheapest sunscreen bottle costs US$20, which she said was out…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has ranked Bulawayo as the top local authority in the country successfully implementing projects under the regional financier’s funding. The city has three projects that are underway namely the Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP) being supported to the tune of US$33 million, the Beef and Leather project…
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) expresses concern over the new dates that have been set by the government for the conducting…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that civil servants are getting low salaries and pleaded with the government workers to be patient as his administration is trying to find ways to increase their salaries. This comes as teachers embarked on a partial strike before schools closed earlier this month as they were reporting to work for…
A BREAKAWAY faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM), which recently lost the church leadership battle, is pleading with the government for land to construct new churches. This comes after the Bishop Cossam Chiangwa-led camp recently announced its new venues and locations for its church services, after it was barred from using the AFM…
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is demanding his reinstatement after claiming that his 45-day suspension has lapsed. Mafume, his former deputy Luckson Mukunguma and four other councillors, were suspended by Local Government minister July Moyo in December last year on allegations of gross incompetence and misconduct. This was after Mafume was arrested on allegations of…
FORMER Air Zimbabwe chief operations officer and the late former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore wants abuse of office charges against him quashed. Chikore allegedly engaged a security company — Safeguard Security Services (Safeguard) — on August 30, 2017 without following tender procedures. He has since filed a notice excepting to the charge, arguing…
TWO sales representatives employed by a private firm — Creative Credit (Private) Limited— have appeared before the Masvingo Magistrates’ Courts facing corruption charges after they allegedly prejudiced the company of over $12 million. Stephen Neshamba, 40, and Richard Tomu, 43, are facing two counts of corruptly concealing from a principal a personal interest in a…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it requires in excess of $2 billion to fund the forthcoming by-elections to fill 26 vacancies in the National Assembly and 91 in local authorities. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a media training workshop on electoral reporting which ended in Chinhoyi yesterday, Zec spokesperson Qhubani Moyo described…
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has told the African Development Bank (AfDB) that the local authority needs US$1 billion for its water and…
