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GOVERNMENT says there is no backtracking on ensuring that all local authorities comply with the government’s blueprint on improved service delivery. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year launched the local authority blueprint on service delivery as part of Vision 2030. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Local Government minister Winston Chitando…

By Ketty Nyoni THE cost of maize, a staple food in the country, has increased from US$5 a 20kg bucket to a high of US$12 due to the El-Nino-induced drought. This also comes as livestock farmers are destocking their herds resulting in prices of cattle going down in some areas by almost 50 percent. According…

By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi THE plunging local currency, spiralling prices and power cuts have blighted the Easter holidays for many hard-pressed Zimbabweans. Ordinary members of the public, consumer representatives, trade unions and economic experts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday all bemoaned how life was getting tougher for most people — leaving…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) has availed over US$3, 2 million to support women to start various business projects. Speaking at the International Women’s Day commemorations in Epworth this week, the EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst Von Kirchmann, said the EU was partnering with the local government to establish safe marketplaces for…

HARARE magistrate Donald Ndirowei has granted US$300 bail to the sixth police officer who is accused of being part of a team of cops who took money stolen in last month’s Quest Financial Services robbery in Milton Park, Harare. Prosper Chimbunu, who turned himself in on March 21, joins his five other colleagues who were…

A SUSPENDED Harare City Council principal engineer Albert Madanha, who has been in custody for nearly a week, will spend the Easter holidays in custody after a magistrate ordered him to return to court on April 2 for his bail ruling. Madanha, who is facing criminal abuse and assaulting a peace officer charges, appeared before…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday took a notable step that should help to ease market anxiety over perceived policy paralysis by authorities regarding the country’s Zim dollar and prices crisis. This comes after authorities brought forward the starting date of the tenure of the new governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe(NBSZ) says it has in stock one week supplies of the crucial body fluid after managing to collect over 4 000 units in the two weeks leading up to the Easter Holiday. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, NBSZ chief executive officer Lucy Marowa said they were satisfied…