THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is waiting for a government directive to re-introduce its fleet of commuter trains to service Bulawayo and Harare. This comes as commuters in the country’s two major cities have been battling with transport challenges as Zupco struggles to cope with increased demand. The rail transport provider was…
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) says it is more than ready to receive tourists after government recently gave the tourism sector the green light to reopen since the imposition of coronavirus (Covid-19) national lockdown in March. The Daily News on Sunday Senior Staff Writer Sindiso Mhlophe last week sat down with ZimParks director general…
POLICE are investigating the murder of a 7-year-old boy in Murehwa at the weekend. The police suspect that the boy was murdered for ritual purposes as his body was found without the head, arms and legs. The boy went missing on Thursday after his mother had sent him to the garden and his body was…
THE government has gazetted regulations through Statutory Instrument (SI) 218 for the cultivation, possession, transportation and sale of industrial hemp (cannabis), with the application fee for a permit to cultivate the plant set at US$200. This comes as the government legalised the production of industrial hemp in 2018 for medicinal or scientific purposes. The regulations…
TWO thieves who went on a housebreaking spree in Mabvazuva, Ruwa, ran out of luck after an iPhone 11 they had stolen led detectives to their hiding place. Simba Sithole, 26, and Pardon Kasiyandima, 24, were at the weekend convicted of unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances after they went on a spree breaking into homes…
COMPANIES working on the first phase of Harare-Beitbridge highway rehabilitation are racing against time as they try to complete the project before the rainy season. Speaking to the media at the weekend, one of the companies, Exodus and Company site engineer Ginny Muchenje — whose firm is working near Ngundu — said they would complete…
THE African Union (AU) has partnered with Unicef in a campaign aimed at improving birth registration amid declining figures owing to various factors, chief among them the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) in its latest report…
TWO primary school pupils from remote Nenguwo Village in Manicaland who were unable to receive online or electronic lessons during the coronavirus (Covid-19)-induced lockdown period have sued the Education ministry for neglecting them ahead of Grade 7 final examinations. This comes after the government reopened schools for Cambridge examination classes on September 14. Zimbabwe…
TEN vendors who were arrested on allegations of bashing a cop before fleeing into the basement of a building in the capital where several police helmets were reportedly recovered have had their freedom bid fail. Evans Chinyanga, Tichaona Mazia, Petros Kayesa, Adoration Tafadzwa Madziwa, Lovemore Chitengo, Robson Mutseta, Hillary Nyawasha, Wambo Denford, Blessing Chirodza and…
PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports. Speaking in the Senate recently, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, said the rule would bring order in the august House. “I move the motion standing in my name that Standing Order No. 79 of the Senate…
