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Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERA COLD-BLOODED killer slaughtered a mother and her two innocent young children before setting their hut ablaze to conceal the horrific triple homicide.Detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police have since launched a massive manhunt for the unknown perpetrator following the gruesome attack at Shirleigh Farm in Darwendale on Sunday.The victims have been identified…

Emmanuel Marambe DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR ZIMBABWE’s escalating drug crisis has now evolved from being a public health issue into a grave threat to national security, a concerned minister of State for National Security, Lovemore Matuke, has warned. Addressing youth in Gutu during an anti-drugs sports tournament that he organised at the weekend, Matuke said rampant…

Tapiwa Chirume PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will continue removing investment and trade barriers to create a conducive business environment and attract capital. Speaking yesterday at the official opening of the new Ecobank Zimbabwe headquarters in Harare, Mnangagwa said the government would step up meas­ures to promote investment, shared prosperity, and economic development. “Barriers…

AUTHORITIES have ordered an immediate crackdown on space barons in Bulawayo, directing vendors to stop paying illegal operators controlling trad­ing sites. The minister of Local Govern­ment, Daniel Garwe, yesterday said space barons had no legal authority to allocate vending spaces or collect money from traders, warning ven­dors that paying them amounted to supporting illegal activities….

ZIMBABWE has invited Chinese technol­ogy companies to invest in its digital in­frastructure, e-commerce, smart logistics, and cross-border payment systems. The deputy minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Mercy Dinha, made the call at the weekend in China at the Forum on Digital Trade De­velopments and DGF Annual Meeting held as part of the…

Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR AUTHORITIES have announced a raft of new meas­ures aimed at eliminating power shortages, mak­ing fuel affordable, boosting private investment in electricity generation and promoting the adoption of electric vehicles in the country. In this regard, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) is seeking to streamline licensing fees in the petroleum and…

Tapiwa Chirume HEALTH officials have recalled two defective medica­tions for high blood pressure and Parkinson’s disease. The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) said at the weekend that laboratory tests had established that the two medicines, that are imported from Cyprus, did not pass critical quality standards. “Reference is made to confirmed Out-Of-Specification (OOS) results…