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Staff writer in BULAWAYO THE minister of State for Matabeleland South, Albert Nguluvhe, has challenged road management agencies and local councils to collaborate when rehabilitating roads as the public expects efficient service delivery. Speaking during a provincial development committee meeting yesterday, Nguluvhe said roads must be of high quality. “Our people want us to deliver,…

IT HAS emerged that the government is also not paying companies that supply vital medicines to the country’s distressed public health sector on time. This was confirmed in the Senate last week by the deputy minister of Health and Childcare, Sleiman Kwidini — at a time that many other government suppliers are battling to get…

POLICE are set to procure speed monitoring machines as it battles to tame lawlessness on the country’s roads which has led to an increase in fatal traffic accidents. This comes as the Police Commissioner General, Stephen Mutamba, has directed his officers to modify their checkpoint procedures in a bid to tame the country’s traffic jungle….

ENERGY minister July Moyo has accused former Zesa employees of orchestrating a wave of vandalism targeting the power utility’s infrastructure across the country. This comes as blackouts have returned with some parts of the country going for months without power supplies. It also comes as the government said that vandalism had destroyed at least 6…

ZIMBABWE’S health sector still faces challenges in providing equal access to vulnerable populations, including children, adolescents, and pregnant women, the 2024 Unicef annual report says. This is despite the country having achieved the UNAids 95:95:95 targets. In its report, Unicef revealed that new HIV infections in adolescents and women continue to soar coupled with early…

BRANDON JOSPHATChief Writer THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is on track with its plans to issue new and refreshed banknotes to replace the current ZiG bills, governor John Mushayavanhu has said. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Mushayavanhu added that the implementation of the intricate project would, however, take time…

THERE is no reduction in the intensity of the water crisis that has been ravaging Bulawayo residents for some time now. Indeed, and despite the decent rains that were received in the region this past rain season, dams that supply the metro are still less than 50 percent full. Bulawayo deputy mayor, Edwin Ndlovu, told…

POLICE have confirmed the arrest of 125 suspected drug barons during the first two weeks of this month in an ongoing national crackdown against drug trafficking. The police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, yesterday said they were arrested for offences that included unlawful possession and dealing in dangerous drugs, possession and dealing in unregistered medicines, drug…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has warned the public to be wary of bogus investigators “implementing” an anti-smuggling operation and duping cash from suspected smugglers. This comes after the government last November launched a national anti-smuggling campaign to combat illicit trade. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and law enforcement agencies are targeting smugglers operating along…