Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT wants the government to empower rural schools by providing them with more resources, including solar radios, to ensure learners in these areas are not left behind. This comes as lessons have been disrupted since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has seen most learners doing lessons…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) says it has managed to arrest the flooding problem that has for the past 40 years haunted the coal mining town. Some sections of the town have been susceptible to floods each time heavy rains are received, resulting in loss of property. HLB town secretary Ndumiso…
Jeffrey Muvundusi and Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the Epping Forest borehole project in Nyamandlovu and also officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline as the government seeks to deliver on its promise to solve Bulawayo’s perennial water challenges. This comes as the city has been experiencing one of…
Blessing Masakadza FORMER NatPharm acting-managing director and operations manager Zealous Nyabadza has been nabbed on allegations of purchasing and selling surgical masks at the firm without following procurement procedures. Nyabadza was not asked to plead to allegations of criminal abuse of duty when he appeared before senior regional magistrate Trynois Utawashe. He was remanded in…
Nyasha Dube LOCAL businessman Antony Mukandabvute has now escalated his dispute with Zanu PF councillor Luckson Mawanga over a mining claim in Manicaland to the High court. Mukandabvute, who operates Twin Castle Resources (TCR), filed an urgent chamber application and cited Paari Mining Syndicate, Manicaland Provincial mining director Owen Dube, Mines minister Winston Chitando and…
POLITICAL activist Makomborero Haruzivishe has begun the fight for his freedom by seeking to have two warrants of arrest issued against him last year expunged. Haruzivishe is currently in custody after he was arrested last week on charges of allegedly kidnapping and locking up Impala Motor Spares employees inside their office during a protest against…
A SELF-CONFESSED sex worker has been brought before the court on allegations of engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor half her age. Precious Teya, 26, is facing allegations of aggravated indecent assault after sleeping with a boy, who is 13. She was not asked to plead to the allegations and was remanded in custody…
STAFF WRITERS THE infighting and strategic missteps wracking the MDC Alliance are once again coming to a head, with a worried insider telling the Daily News yesterday that the coalition was becoming “a Twitter party”. In addition, the senior alliance official also lamented the “undue” influence that a few “unelected people” — including “some politically-naive academics and…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL health experts are encouraged by the high uptake levels of the available Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines by frontline workers. This comes as the current vaccination phase, which started on Monday and will run for 10 days, will see authorities inoculating up to 150 000 frontline workers around the country….
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw STUNG by incessant robbery cases across the country, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has declared war against the perpetrators by launching a sting operation. This comes as police yesterday arrested 11 suspected robbers in connection with an armed robbery case that occurred at Maruta Shopping Centre in Hatfield, Harare….
