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 Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR ZIMBABWE’s re-engagement offensive in the United States continues to gather momentum, with Harare escalating its drive to consolidate bilateral, trade and investment ties with Washington. This follows a high-level meeting yesterday between the minister of For­eign Affairs and International Trade, Amon Murwira, and the USA’s assistant secretary of state for African…

 Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe has died by suicide after losing US$300 of his employer’s money in a gam­bling wager. Kuzivakwashe Gava, who worked at a mobile money shop, took his own life after squandering the funds on a bet. Gava had been struggling with a severe gambling ad­diction prior to…

Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERFIVE hundred informal vending stores have been destroyed at Makoni Business Centre in Chitungwiza as the council intensifies its Operation Chenesa campaign to restore order and remove illegal trading structures.The clean-up operation comes as local authorities across the country step up efforts to remove illegal vending stalls, unauthorised structures and other activities taking…

Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITORZIMBABWE must clamp down on lucrative wildlife crime while maintaining fair, humane justice for impoverished offenders, Prosecutor-General Loice Matanda-Moyo urges.Speaking during the official launch of a landmark publication titled A Review of Wildlife Criminal Law and Wildlife Court Judgments in Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Matanda-Moyo said the country’s wildlife was a national and…

Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERTHE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday reserved judgment in an application by six war veterans seeking direct access to challenge the constitutionality of the country’s new presidential electoral system.Represented by top lawyers — Lovemore Madhuku and Lewis Uriri — the applicants argued before a full ConCourt bench led by Deputy Chief Justice, Paddington Garwe,…

 Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR THE government may be forced to consider reinstating the death pen­alty in the country down the road if life imprisonment is enacted but still fails to deter major drug traffickers. So warned tough-talking Prosecutor General (PG) Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday, who told the Daily News — the coun­try’s most influential newspaper —…

 Blessings Mashaya NEWS EDITOR FORMER Cabinet minister and Zanu PF G40 faction kingpin, Walter Mzembi, is facing a major hurdle in his bid to rejoin the ruling party. This comes after the party’s Masvingo provincial leader­ship demanded an explanation for his past scathing attacks on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the former liberation movement. Speaking to…

Hazel Marimbiza in Bulawayo GOVERNMENT says it is moving to reform Zimbabwe’s tobacco market­ing system after acknowledging that record production and rising earn­ings have not translated into higher incomes for growers. This comes after Zimbabwe recorded another production milestone during the 2026 marketing season, with output reaching about 359 mil­lion kilogrammes and earnings of approximately…

Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITERTHE High Court has awarded former minister of Finance Ignatius Chombo a 55 percent share of the rights and benefits of the 99-year lease over Allan Grange Farm in Mhangura following a protracted dispute with his former wife, Marian.Justice Phillipa Phillips recently ruled that although the 3 098,8115-hectare farm itself could not…