PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned child abusers and drug peddlers saying the government will soon introduce stiffer and deterrent penalties against them. This comes amid growing concern over rising cases of child abuse, infanticide, forced early child marriages and rape. It also comes as thousands of youths are throwing away their futures by getting hooked…
HEALTH experts have warned that continuing public indiscipline could result in an alarming surge in new coronavirus infections in the country during and after the festive season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts also implored the government to increase national testing for the disease to get a better idea of and handle on the current…
POLICE have launched a manhunt for 12 people who escaped from the Beitbridge Border Quarantine Centre on Thursday last week. In a statement at the weekend, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, said the 12, who had tested positive for Covid-19, had been deported from South Africa and were being held following the government’s coronavirus health…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the treasury is going to consolidate the “current economic stability” through, among other measures, a tight monetary policy to be pursued under the 2022 National Budget. Speaking in the Senate last week, Ncube said the government was determined to maintain the current economic growth trajectory. “In consolidating macro-economic stability, a…
Hazel Marimbiza POLICE in Zimbabwe are concerned about a spate of murder cases which have been occurring in the country. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi at the weekend said disputes, disagreements or any form of misunderstanding between relatives, friends, workmates or other members of the community should be resolved in a peaceful manner…
A STEP mother found herself in trouble for allegedly abusing her step son to the extent of hitting him with an electric cable and a hammer on the knees that had to be noticed by the school head, leading to her arrest. Loice Masa was charged with ill-treatment or neglect of a child when she…
FED up with its relentless infighting, the ruling Zanu PF has vowed to throw the book at party bigwigs found to have fomented divisions during the former liberation movement’s forthcoming internal elections to choose its regional leaders. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, ahead of voting for the party’s provincial chairpersons, Zanu PF…
A 23-YEAR-OLD man was stoned to death at a beer binge and dumped into Umzingwane River, Esigodini, last week. Lawrence Khumalo of Umzingwane, Matabeleland South, was found floating on the river. He had allegedly been involved in a beer brawl at Carmen Farm in Esigodini with two suspects, Mncedisi Ncube and Thobani Khumalo, both aged…
THE government recently received eight crane trucks and two Nissan NP300 bakkies from the African Development Bank AfDB to enhance disaster preparedness and response in Manicaland Province The donation, which came under the Post Cyclone Idai Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project (PCIREP), follows Tropical Cyclone Idai, one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to…
THE Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development (Zimcodd) says rural women should be economically empowered to boost efforts to end gender-based violence…
