THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has formed a taskforce meant to find ways to reduce challenges associated with refuse collection in the city. This comes after the shortage of refuse compactors had forced BCC to alter its refuse collection schedule, a situation which has seen the residents getting up in arms with the local authority.This…
THE ruling Zanu PF has reiterated that it will not hold talks with the opposition, including on much-needed electoral reforms, outside the government’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform. Polad is a platform where President Emmerson Mnagagwa regularly meets with the leaders of small opposition parties who contested him in the 2018 presidential election. Responding to…
TEMPERS flared yesterday after regional magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka issued a warrant of arrest on former Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Marry Mubaiwa, for wilful default of court despite being within the precinct of Harare courts. The court was due to make a ruling on Mubaiwa’s application that it had no jurisdiction to charge her with…
Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw PADARE, a men’s forum, has called on the government to invest in providing psychological support to men as the country has of late been recording high cases of suicide. This comes as there has been an increase in the number of abuse, murder and suicides committed by men.Speaking to the Daily News…
A FREEDOM bid by legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole has again failed after a regional magistrate threw out their applications challenging placement on remand and refusal of further remand. Sikhala is accused of posting a video allegedly inciting violence, threatening to avenge the death of a Nyatsime, Seke, woman Moreblessing Ali while Sithole stands…
THE director corporate affairs at National Social Security (Nssa) has appeared in court accused of siphoning over US$180 000 from his firm on the guise that it was for renovations at his home. David Makwara is alleged to have misrepresented to Nssa by submitting an invoice of US$182 661.77 purporting that Zivo Project Management (Pvt)…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is ramping up its push for inclusive dialogue ahead of the crunch 2023 national elections, which they say must break the country’s history of violent and disputed polls. Yesterday, the party announced that it had begun to engage key stakeholders in this regard, including the government,…
Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has warned of the possibility of a monkeypox outbreak in the country. This comes as cases of monkeypox have been reported in non-endemic countries including neighbouring South Africa.As of July 31, a total of 6 785 confirmed cases, 106 probable cases and 561 suspected cases had been reported in 78…
SUSPENDED Zifa president Felton Kamambo has taken a decision to appeal against regional magistrate Bianca Makwande’s ruling dismissing his discharge application. Kamambo…
Ketty Nyoni and Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERS IN A worrying development, police have recorded more than two thousand incidents of motorists who ran over pedestrians and fled the scene of the accidents in the first six months of this year alone. Announcing the staggering statistics in Harare yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi also revealed that…
