By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw LAW enforcement agents have arrested ‘John Doe’ in connection with the “bomb and firearm threat” that was directed at the country’s airports last week. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba confirmed yesterday that Cuan Reed Govender, who is apparently a South African national, had been nabbed in connection with the case. This comes…
THE World Obesity Atlas has expressed concern over the increasing number of children getting obese, projecting that by 2035, 41 percent of children in Zimbabwe will suffer from the condition. According to its report yesterday, the World Obesity Atlas said the increasing levels of obesity in children had to be urgently curbed. “The prevalence of…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been consulting all key stakeholders ahead of its pending new policy interventions to address the country’s currency and prices quandary. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the outgoing governor of the RBZ, John Mangudya, said the forthcoming monetary policy statement (MPS)…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government has gazetted a revised Private Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Bill, with an added provision that seeks to prevent money laundering disguised as philanthropy. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa sent the Bill back to Parliament last year in the light of some reservations about certain aspects of the proposed law —…
By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GOROMONZI Rural District Council (RDC) has given a seven-day ultimatum to illegal settlers to demolish their structures and vacate the area. This comes despite the government announcing last week that it had temporarily halted its countrywide evictions, ostensibly to resume in a more humane manner. In a statement yesterday,…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government says the cholera outbreak is still in the country despite a decrease in the number of cases that has been experienced in the past few weeks. This comes as the country as of February 29 2024, had recorded 26 708 suspected cholera cases, 2 723 confirmed cases, 25 928…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Wildlife Conservation Coalition (WCC) has warned of the spectre of an escalation of human wildlife conflict this year over water as the country is staring at a devastating El Nino induced drought. This comes as the country is expected to receive below normal rainfall with the cropping season having already…
THE World Bank has reiterated the immediate need to restructure the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) quasi-fiscal operations to restore macroeconomic stability. This echoes the recent statement by the International Monetary Fund urging the central bank to shift its focus from such activities to fostering private sector growth, which is critical for economic recovery. The…
FITCH Solutions predicts the Zim dollar to weaken by over 80 percent against the US dollar his year. The outlook, however, highlights a potential deviation, contingent on the pending monetary policy statement. The local unit has depreciated by over 40 percent against the US dollar this year underscoring economic turbulence, raising the spectre of further…
BY RUTENDO NGARAStaff Writer THE country’s strife-torn opposition is crying for a leader in the mould of the late founding MDC president, Morgan Tsvangirai, to give it much needed gravitas and the capacity to once again give the ruling Zanu PF a run for its money. So says prominent opposition big wheel, Morgen Komichi, who…

