Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw ALL Women Advocacy (AWA), a sex workers’ organisation, is actively pushing for the decriminalisation of commercial sex and advocating for the rights of sex workers. This comes after 13 sex workers in Harare were fined US$30 each by the magistrates court in May for advertising massage and sex services on social media….
Staff writer in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly beating his neighbour to death during a heated dispute over a girlfriend. Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Thandekile Ndlovu confirmed to the Daily News that the suspect, Brian Moyo of Clark Road, Suburbs, was apprehended on Sunday after a report implicated him…
Thabiso Mutirwara MEMBERS of the public have been urged to dress warmly and to get out more blankets at night as a cold front hits most parts of the country this week. At the same time, authorities have also implored the public to use all heating devices safely, including heaters and braziers — and not…
Takudzwa Dhambu AUTHORITIES are planning to offer attractive condoms, amid a growing preference for flavoured sheats in the country. Speaking in Parliament recently, the deputy minister of Health and Child Care, Sleiman Kwidini, confirmed the move, while noting the lack of enthusiasm nationally for freely distributed male condoms. In this regard, he added, the government…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashaya@dailynews.co.zw THE government, workers, and employers will hold an emergency Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meeting tomorrow to negotiate incomes that align with the escalating poverty datum line (PDL) as people’s disposable incomes continue to shrink. This urgent meeting comes as the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) reported a significant rise in the…
HARARE City Council (HCC) began an operation yesterday to close businesses that do not comply with its by-laws. This initiative comes as the HCC currently lacks an electronic management system, with property records still being maintained manually on an Excel sheet, as a senior official recently revealed. “On July 28 2025 (yesterday), the City of…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says there is an urgent need for Southern African liberation movements to unite in the face of growing challenges and changing power dynamics across the globe. This comes as a summit of liberation movements ended in South Africa on Sunday, a gathering that was intended to…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’s economy could take a fresh major hit if the United States of America goes on to impose sanctions on South Africa, concerned analysts warned at the weekend. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — senior lecturer at South Africa’s Tshwane University of Technol ogy,…
MEMBERS of the public and companies in possession of illegal firearms should surrender them to authorities without delay. So says national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi last week, who told leading independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, that firearms were a serious national security matter. Vantage — which offers diverse perspectives on…
By Shamaine Chirimujiri and Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITERS OVER 600 Glenview 8, Harare, home industry informal traders were left counting their losses yesterday after their furniture was gutted by a fire that started early in the morning. This comes after the complex, which houses 2 383 traders who specialise in the production and sale of…
