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BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says over 500 000 young children in Zimbabwe are living in severe food poverty. In a statement yesterday, the Unicef country representative in Zimbabwe, Nicholas Alipui, added the numbers were expected to increase due to the El Nino-induced drought. “Food insecurity among Zimbabwean children…

THE government says cash transfers for the food vulnerable people in urban areas will only be paid to people who undertake public work programmes in their local communities. This comes as the 2024 Zimbabwe Livelihood Assessment Committee (ZimLAC) urban report recently indicated that at least 35 percent of the urban population would be food insecure…

BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE government has called on all stakeholders to support each other in the fight to curb drug and substance abuse in the country. Speaking in Harare yesterday at a Roman Catholic Church-organised drug awareness campaign, the Sports and Recreation deputy ministry, Emily Jesaya, said the effects of drug and substance abuse remained…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE start of the ruling Zanu PF’s latest restructuring exercise has, as expected, been characterised by wrangling and jostling for positions. The party’s newly appointed national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that he had received several reports of “differences” within the former liberation movement’s structures —…

ANOTHER team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in Harare later this month. The visiting party will assess the country’s economy, as well as the impact of the ZiG to date, while also proposing other measures that would further strengthen Zimbabwe’s new currency. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to…

By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE number of criminal activities continues on an upward trend in the country, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. This comes as a total of 221 704 criminal activities were reported in the first quarter of this year while 206 300 criminal activities were reported last year. “There were…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has urged people to embrace the use of digital and electronic money when making transactions that require huge sums of money. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) sensitisation seminar at the University of Zimbabwe yesterday, RBZ deputy governor Innocent Matshe said they had disbursed enough money for use in…