Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO GOVERNMENT says it is working on installing a storm drainage system in Bulawayo’s biggest suburb, Cowdray Park, to curb persistent flooding. This comes after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) identified 17 properties in the Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai section of Cowdray Park for demolition to pave way for a storm drainage system. Speaking…
Yvonne Ncube and Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITERS THE country’s Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza says there is a need to implement policies promoting judicial independence in decision-making and foster public trust in the justice delivery system. She said this yesterday while officially opening the 2025 judicial calendar at the Constitutional Court in Harare. “Broadly speaking,…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat BOTH vice presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are fully behind Zanu PF’s push to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in power beyond 2028. So says the ruling party’s Harare provincial chairperson, Godwills Masimirembwa, who also warned at the weekend that Zanu PF members who continued to oppose the former liberation…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are fretting over the rising cases of violent crime in the country, especially those involving murder. This comes after seven people were killed in the past week alone, amid growing concerns over the recent spike in murder cases involving family members and people living within the same communities. Police national…
Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITER THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says the country is safe from Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi which is currently developing in the Indian Ocean. This comes as the country is expected to receive heavy rains and thunderstorms to last until the end of this month. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD meteorologist Isaac…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITER THE Museum of African Liberation in Harare is set to house a variety of artefacts from Cuba for display at the facility in recognition of the country’s contribution to the liberation of most African countries. In a statement yesterday, the chief executive officer of Institute of African Liberation (INSTAK), Kwame Muzawazi,…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader in Parliament Sengezo Tshabangu has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court ruling declaring that his recent parliamentary appointments were unlawful. Tshabangu suffered a significant political setback in the High Court on Wednesday when Justice Neville Wamambo barred…
WITH the country’s two main political parties increasingly singing from the same hymn sheet on many issues, deferring the 2028 national elections now looks more and more achievable. Seemingly opening the door for this prospect, the minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, told the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that if there was national consensus around…
THE State-owned National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) distributed drugs worth US$240 million in 2024 to public health institutions across the country as it bids to improve availability of medical supplies. This comes as the curative services chief director in the ministry of Health, Maxwell Hove, told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health last year that MPs…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE SEVEN people succumbed to diarrhoea last week, bringing the cumulative number of deaths since January last year to 189 deaths as the country continues to grapple with the disease. According to the ministry of Health disease surveillance report, 361 255 cases of diarrhoea have been recorded in different parts of the country…
