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BLESSINGS MASHAYA Political Editor ZANU PF’s Harare provincial executive has rejected the co-option of former MP Shadreck Mashay­amombe into one of its district structures, calling the move illegal. The rejection concerns Mashayamombe’s co-option into the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) 6 as the secretary for local government. In a letter to other top provincial executives and…

Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat WORKERS, consumers and businesses expected Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to do much more than he did when he presented his 2026 National Budget in Harare on Thursday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most in­fluential newspaper — these key stakeholders were criti­cal of Ncube’s budget yesterday, which they…

CHIEF WRITER THE police have intensi­fied their engagement with transport opera­tors in a renewed push to reduce road accidents and curb crime during the busy travel period as the country heads into the 2025 third-term school holiday and festive season. This comes as law enforcement agents and other key stakeholders want authorities to urgently review…

THE Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) is demanding an urgent inquiry into the government’s failure to enforce laws against child marriages. In a petition to Parliament that has been endorsed by more than 2 000 women’s rights activists and 86 organisations, WCoZ accuses authorities of failing to implement Section 3 of the Marriages Act, which…

Thabiso Mutirwara THE Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) has released the 2025 Grade Seven results, marking a slight decrease of 0.52 percent in the national pass rate compared to the previous year. Announcing the results in Harare yesterday, the Zimsec board chairperson, Paul Mapfumo, said while there was a drop in the pass rate, it…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Ministry of Ag­riculture yesterday condemned US$7.7 million fraudsters Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, stating they tarnished the coun­try’s image and derailed the Vision 2030 agenda through their corrupt activities. Ministry representative in the fraud case, Alga Mhindurwa, yes­terday told High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda that the government had…

Brighton Muronzereyi and Blessings Mashaya UNDER pressure Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, gave hard-pressed Zimbabweans with one hand and then took from them with the other yesterday. This follows Ncube’s welcome lowering of the country’s much-criticised tax on ZiG transactions from January next year — which will boost the local cur­rency — although the minister simultaneously…

Thabiso Mutirwara ZIMBABWE will begin the rollout of a long-acting, ground-breaking HIV prevention injection, Lenacapavir, starting in January. The move follows the recent approval of the drug by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimba­bwe (MCAZ). Speaking at a media briefing in Harare yesterday, the Minister of Health, Douglas Mombeshora, hailed the new drug as a…

Omega Ukama ZIMBABWE’S small and medium enter­prises (SMEs) were celebrated as the un­deniable engine of the nation’s economy at the inaugural state of the MSMEs survey report and awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. The project was spearheaded by The Financial Gazette and the Small and Medium Enter­prises Development Corpora­tion (SMEDCO), with research conducted by Consumer…