A 21-YEAR-OLD Cowdray Park man reportedly died by suicide after poisoning himself following a domestic dispute with his mother over wastage of cooking oil. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the death of Thabiso Ndlovu on July 12. “Police confirm receiving a sudden death case of Thabiso Ndlovu … who took his own life…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERchirumet@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are challenging Chinese mining companies operating in the country to adhere to local laws and demonstrate respect for their employees and the communities in which they operate. Speaking at a Zim-China business seminar in Harare yesterday, the secretary for Presidential Affairs and Devolution, Tafadzwa Muguti, called for a more harmonious business…
Thabiso Mutirwara STAFF WRITER mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is urging University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers to be patient, stating that salary increases can only be implemented when resources become available. This comes as lecturers have been on an indefinite strike since April, demanding improved pay. The permanent secretary in the ministry of Higher Education, Fanuel Tagwira, yesterday…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE government’s continuing failure to pay its suppliers on time has seen many companies closing or downsizing their operations, with hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs as a result. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — a worried chief executive of the Zimbabwe National…
GOVERNMENT is set to regularise illegal housing settlements across the country, a cabinet minister has said. Responding to a question in the National Assembly recently on the government policy regarding informal housing settlements, Lands minister Anxious Masuka said authorities had appointed a committee to regularise the informal settlements. “The government is concerned that there are…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application for bail pending trial was dismissed yesterday by Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei. Ndirowei only read the operative part of the judgment before telling the court that he could not see properly because he had an eye operation and was recovering. Mzembi…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE’S health sector continues to grapple with a worsening workers retention crisis, despite stricter migration policies in key destination countries that have somewhat curbed the outflow of medical professionals, according to the Health Service Commission (HSC). Speaking at a health sector stakeholders’ engagement meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, the HSC human resources…
Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw THE US$550 million rehabilitation of 352 kilometres Harare– Chirundu Road has commenced in earnest with the project expected to be completed in 2027. In a statement yesterday, the Transport ministry said the project involved upgrading and widening of the highway to Sadc standards, improving road safety and facilitating smoother trade routes across…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE upcoming mid-term budget review will focus on further lifting the lives of the poor, improving the country’s ease of doing business and boosting the local economy. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Finance minister Mthuli Ncube confirmed at the weekend that he would…
THE local film sector has the potential to become much bigger and to handsomely benefit all key stakeholders in the country. So says American film producer and envoy for the American Film Showcase, Alix Madigan, who adds that this bigger future can become a reality if authorities introduce tax incentives for the industry and also…
