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Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITOR CHURCH leaders have been engaging in cordial high-level discussions with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to subject the government’s proposed constitutional amendments to a referendum, it has been revealed.Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the president of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Ignatius Makumbe, confirmed…

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo IN A major development, United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) is offering free surgery for disadvantaged women affected by obstetric fistula.Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the chief executive of UBH, William Busumani, confirmed the life changing move yesterday.Obstetric fistula is a traumatic childbirth injury that creates an…

Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo TWO men have been arrested in connection with separate murder cases in Mberengwa and Shurugwi, Midlands Province, where disputes over a pool token and a cigarette lighter turned fatal.Midlands police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the arrests on Monday, saying the incidents occurred on July 4 and 5 at Greenspan Business Centre…

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to the private sector, churches, communities and well-wishers to partner with the government in accelerating the repatriation and reintegration of thousands of Zimbabweans returning from South Africa.The appeal comes as the government says nearly 59 000 Zimbabweans have already returned home through both state-assisted and self-repatriation programmes…

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has demanded a coordinated crackdown to dismantle entrenched drug supply networks across the city.Speaking during a courtesy call by the Bulawayo United Residents Association (BURA) at his offices yesterday, Coltart said while awareness campaigns and rehabilitation programmes were important, greater attention must be directed towards those supplying drugs.“We…

SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ESCALATING Afrophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa, which have triggered a mass exodus of migrants there, will have huge social, political and economic consequences for Harare, Pretoria itself and the rest of the region.So says veteran economist and businessman, Eddie Cross, who adds that although Zimbabwe is now in a much better shape…

RUTENDO NGARA MORE and more unsuspecting Zimbabweans continue to be duped into participating in the Russia-Ukraine war.In the latest incident, a somber Harare Magistrates’ Court was told on Friday how one unfortunate local had recently lost his life tragically in the deadly conflict, after being lured to Russia on the false promise of a lucrative…

Staff Writer PHILANTHROPIST and businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, wants legendary Chimurenga music maestro — Thomas Mapfumo — to bow out a millionaire.The businessman, whose philanthropy and business activities have been simultaneously expanding at a frenetic pace, has previously offered Mapfumo decent money and packages, which the icon at the time politely declined.At the weekend, while celebrating…

BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE government has earmarked more than US$1 million for the construction of an open prison and a halfway facility as part of efforts to decongest the country’s correctional facilities while promoting the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders.The development comes as Parliament has implored authorities to increase budgetary allocations to the Zimbabwe Prisons and…

BRANDON JOSPHAT MORE than 58 000 Zimbabweans have been repatriated from South Africa as government-led reintegration efforts gather significant momentum.This comes amid an influx of thousands into the country, among them locals and foreigners headed for their home countries such as Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.The government is also ramping up its stringent,…