Source: Waste pickers seek official recognition – The Southern Eye LOCAL waste pickers say it’s high time the Constitution recognised them and accord them full rights to operate without hindrance. Currently, the Constitution is silent on the role played by waste pickers in cleaning up the environment and recycling waste. Speaking at a waste pickers’ […] …
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Zimbabwe Situation
BCC winds up polio vaccination programme
Source: BCC winds up polio vaccination programme – The Southern Eye BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) was expected to wind up its massive polio vaccination programme yesterday with hundreds of children having been jabbed since October 27. The intensive polio vaccination campaign was aimed at curbing the spread of the virus, which has affected neighbouring countries […] …
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Works affect Forbes Border Post
Source: Works affect Forbes Border Post -Newsday Zimbabwe Forbes Border Post THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says installation works for an automatic high-rapid speed boom barrier at Forbes Border Post have affected the border post’s traffic handling capacity. Forbes Border Post near Mutare serves traffic between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, bordering the Machipanda Border Post on […] …
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Human rights group welcomes delayed relocation of Lubimbi villagers
Source: Human rights group welcomes delayed relocation of Lubimbi villagers -Newsday Zimbabwe THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has welcomed the delay in relocating Lubimbi villagers who will be displaced to pave way for construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam. Matabeleland North minister of State Richard Moyo recently said government had postponed the relocation exercise […] …
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Party splashes on cars for top chefs
Source: Party splashes on cars for top chefs –Newsday Zimbabwe Zanu PF top chefs cars ZANU PF has splashed millions of dollars on cars, party regalia and improving the welfare for its chefs ahead of next year’s polls. This is despite that the majority of citizens in the country are wallowing in poverty. The party’s […] …
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I feel Sikhala, Sithole’s prison torture: Chamisa
Source: I feel Sikhala, Sithole’s prison torture: Chamisa -Newsday Zimbabwe CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the State is maliciously exposing incarcerated legislators Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) to inhumane treatment as punishment for their political affiliation. Sikhala, Sithole and 14 other party members were arrested […] …
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Zimplats invests $373m in projects
Source: Zimplats invests $373m in projects –Newsday Zimbabwe AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange-listed resources giant Zimplats has spent about US$372,8 million in various projects in the country, with the Mupani and Bimha mines development chewing the largest chunk. According to the company’s quarterly activities report for the period to September 30, 2022, the projects were at different […] …
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Chief invades widow’s mine
Source: Chief invades widow’s mine | The Sunday News Miners -Image taken from iStockphoto Sunday News Reporter A 64-year-old widow from Shangani in Matabeleland South Province has accused Chief Gwesela of Zhombe of elbowing her out of her mining venture, a development which she says has left her wallowing in poverty. The woman, Mrs Priscilla […] …
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Funeral policies, burial societies and the business of death…The great funeral policy debate ‘after tears’
Source: Funeral policies, burial societies and the business of death…The great funeral policy debate ‘after tears’ | The Sunday News Nyaradzo CEO Phillip Mataranyika Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter MEMBERS of Sibanye Burial Society meet once a month, under the shelter of a tree at MaKhumalo Beer Garden (Big Bhawa) in Bulawayo. Some might question […] …
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Plumtree man on the run after murdering lover
Source: Plumtree man on the run after murdering lover | The Sunday News Inspector Loveness Mangena Clementine Phulu, Sunday News Reporter A PLUMTREE man last Friday stabbed his girlfriend to death over a yet to be established misunderstanding before fleeing the scene. The two were travelling in a Toyota Quantum towards Zimnyama area with the […] …
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